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MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
Makg Gay History is a 501(c)(3) nonprof anizatn that brgs the history of the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement to life through the voic of the people who lived . In this six-part season, Eric Marc explor the heady years of gay liberatn and the backlash that followed agast the backdrop of his own g of age as a gay teen.
Read More Comg of Age Durg the 1970s — Chapter One: A Surge of EnergyThe Stonewall uprisg ign an explosn of protts and anizg that transforms a small, often tentative homophile movement to a newly assertive natnal force that mands gay liberatn and equaly. Read More Comg of Age Durg the 1970s — Chapter Two: Fire Island and Other StoriWhile activists are monstratg, filg lawsus, and phg for anti-discrimatn laws, 16-year-old Eric is on a ferry to Fire Island, a legendary gay refuge off Long Island, wh his neighbor Rev.
Mullen—a trip that would troduce him to a vivid slice of mid-1970s gay life, ready or not.
MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
Read More Comg of Age Durg the 1970s — Chapter Three: Fay TiWhen Jeanne Manford’s gay son is badly beaten at a 1972 GAA prott, the shy elementary school teacher tak a stand. Read More Comg of Age Durg the 1970s — Chapter Four: RpectableGay rights activists NYC are first out of the gate to propose anti-discrimatn legislatn, nfint will sail through the Cy Council.
Read More Comg of Age Durg the 1970s — Chapter Five: Thank You, AnaEric gets an A on his hman soclogy paper, “Margal Man: The Alholic and the Homosexual.
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” But his sunny predictns for the future of the gay rights movement are met wh skepticism om his profsor. Mere weeks later, Ana Bryant lnch her anti-gay “Save Our Children” mpaign. Read More Comg of Age Durg the 1970s — Chapter Six: Marchg OnIn 1978 Harvey Milk lls on gay people to gather D.