7. F is for Friend Who Did Not Have Genr — History is Gay

Contents:

• HISTORY IS GAY
• GAY RIGHTS
• GAY PRI
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
• ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

HISTORY IS GAY

In this ep, Leigh is joed by gut host Frankie la Cretaz, sports journalist, queer history buff, and certified Gaylor Swiftie, to discs the queer history of women’s baseball & softball, particular the story of the All-Amerin Girls Profsnal Baseball League, aka the spiratn behd A League of Their Own!

We dive to the rearch and real-life queer San Francis scene Lo explored to create the world of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, as well as her newt book, A Stter of Light, a pann novel set agast backdrop of the first major Supreme Court cisns legalizg gay marriage. While Leigh is workg on puttg together the next regular History is Gay episo for you, we've got a special treat the form of a miso, all about the new film BROS, makg history as the first romantic edy om a major film stud about two gay men and featurg an all LGBTQ+ prcipal st!

GAY RIGHTS

History is Gay did some rearch nsultg for the film back 2021 as they were buildg out their set sign of The LGBTQIA+ Mm, which serv as backdrop for some of the film, and Leigh got a chance to s down wh three of the st members who play board members of the mm -- Dot-Marie Jon, Amy Award wner Jim Rash, and Eve Ldley-- to talk about their rol, their own queer history knowledge, and what meant to them to be part of this project!

In this send and fal part of this discsn, Leigh and Tyler ver the rise of East Coast Homophile Organizatns (ECHO), s rtcturg as the North Amerin Conference of Homophile Organizatns (NACHO), and the ultimate downfall of NACHO and most of s member anizatns the wake of the Stonewall Rebelln.

GAY PRI

Outle 0:00 – Introductn and Announcements3:33 – Follow-Ups/Correctns om last episo4:59 – Soc-Historic Context17:16 – Phase One: Comg Together – Regnal anizg & Collaboratn22:21 - 31:07 – Content Warng: Discsn of attempted Nazi vasn26:24 - 26:34 – Content Warng: Suici attempt mentn44:24 – Phase 2: Homophile Organizg Go Natnal1:03:32 – Phase 3: Stonewall & Failure to Capture Lightg a Bottle1:05:04 - 1:05:30 – Content warng: Blood mentn1:14:54 – Epilogue & Fal Thoughts/Takeaways1:18:03 – Pop-Culture Tie-In1:22:26 – How Gay were They?

For this episo, Leigh is joed once aga by gut host Aubree Calv, for a crossover episo wh Southern Queeri talkg about the rise of the anti-gay Christian right movement and homophobic legislatn that swept the Uned Stat the 1970s wh Ana Bryant, Save Our Children, and the Briggs Iniative, whose proponents ed “parental rights” language to jtify their homophobia, an eerily siar manner as we are seeg today wh anti-LGBTQ and specifilly anti-trans legislatn and arguments. Outle 0:00 – Introductn and Announcements Content Warng: Referenc to historil li tyg queer people to child moltatn and child pornography are ntaed this episo the followg time-s: 14:23 - 16:59; 59:33 - 59:48; 1:10:54 - 1:11:06; 1:13:44 - 1:15:32 7:39 – Soc-Historic Context 17:16 – Da County FL, Ana Bryant & Save Our Children 32:06 – LGBTQ Rponse 51:03 – Word of the Week 57:35 – Spread Across the Country: John Briggs & CA’s Proposn 6 1:17:12 – Ma Takeaways and Conclns 1:24:46 – Pop-Culture Tie-In 1:28:23 – How (Anti) Gay were They?

Outle0:00 – Introductn10:37 – Soc-Historil Context13:33 – The Amazons of Myth and Legend31:10 – A tour through some Amazon queens38:27-39:05 – Content warng: rape mentn40:34 – Atalanta, The Greek “Amazon” 59:55 – Real-Life Amazons: Warrr Women of Scythia1:09:28 – Why do we thk they're gay?

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

We dive to the rearch and real-life queer San Francis scene Lo explored to create the world of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, as well as her newt book, A Stter of Light, a pann novel set agast backdrop of the first major Supreme Court cisns legalizg gay marriage.

10/3/2022While Leigh is workg on puttg together the next regular History is Gay episo for you, we've got a special treat the form of a miso, all about the new film BROS, makg history as the first romantic edy om a major film stud about two gay men and featurg an all LGBTQ+ prcipal st!

RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN

Flore Stettheimer's Gay Salon (An Interview wh Barbara Bloemk)5/17/2022For this bon episo, we're brgg you an terview wh teemed art historian, art director, and curator Barbara Bloemk about her recently published prehensive bgraphy of turn-of-the-century Mornist pater Flore Stettheimer. The Life of Pli Murray: My Genr is Imp, Part 27/15/2021In this episo of History is Gay, Leigh and gut host Aubree Calv return to the story of Pli Murray, an important Ain Amerin lawyer, and activist who is fally gettg the historil attentn they serve. Claim to Flame: Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis and her Harem Srem3/22/2021In this episo of History is Gay Leigh and gut host Amanda Helton discs Mary Edmonia “Wildfire” Lewis, the first ternatnally regnized Ain Amerin and digeno artist the Uned Stat.

ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI

Leighton, Universy of Nebraska-Lln“Rodney Powell: A Send Fight for Equal Rights” by Jaquetta Whe “A Letter om Rodney Powell, Gay Man Who Helped Lead the Freedom Ris” The Civil Rights Collectn of the Nashville Public LibraryAcross Des, Rodney Powell ‘57 Fought for ChangeAaron Henry, Who Speaks for the Negro? ” by Arika Okrent”The Double Life of Lorrae Hansberry” (OUT Magaze, September 1999)The Quiet Lbian Bgraphy of Lorrae Hansberry”Lorrae Hansberry’s Gay Polics” by Kai Wright“Lorrae Hansberry’s Secret Lbian Herstory Touched Upon New Documentary” by Sherv KayvonLorrae Hansberry: Letters to The Ladr - Illois History & Lln Collectns“Lorrae Hansberry’s Letters Reveal the Playwright’s Private Stggle” by Melissa Anrson“Openg the Rtricted Box: Lorrae Hansberry’s Lbian Wrg” by Kev MumfordWikipedia: Rodney N.