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Contents:

• MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST
• GAY BROCK OBUARY
• BROCK CIARLELLI B: REEL GAY ACTOR HAS BOYIEND IN REAL LIFE? DATG STAT
• GAY (MCFARLAND) BROCK 1944
• BROCK CIARLELLI B: GAY OR NOT? PARTNER, WIFE, COLLEGE, GIRLIEND, MARRIED
• ASENATH GAY BROCK OBUARY

MAKINGGAYHISTORY—THE PODCAST

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Greg was the hight level openly gay person workg at a mastream newspaper anywhere the Uned you’re thkg that was no big al to be an out gay man at the San Francis Examer the late 1980s, read Greg’s terview the origal edn of Makg Gay History, and you’ll see that what Greg did was an act of urage—and a gamble. To learn more about Greg, Natnal Comg Out Day, and the history of openly gay journalists, have a look at the rmatn, lks, photos, and episo transcript that follow below.

GAY BROCK OBUARY

The Ole Miss Universy of Mississippi News article announcg the award provis a great overview of Greg’s reer as a Greg Brock’s oral history Makg Gay History, which clus his acunt of two gay bashgs that ntributed to his termatn to live his life out of the page/ver sheet for the San Francis Examer “Gay In Ameri” seri, June 4, 1989.

Cred: Courty of the Oakland Mm of June 1989 “Gay In Ameri” 16-day San Francis Examer newspaper seri that Greg Brock champned along wh edor Carol Ns n be found the llectn of the Oakland Mm of California.

”Read this December 1992 article the Amerin Journalism Review for a great overview about what was like to be an openly gay journalist at that time.

BROCK CIARLELLI B: REEL GAY ACTOR HAS BOYIEND IN REAL LIFE? DATG STAT

It was -found by Jean O’Leary and Robert Eichberg to mark the anniversary of the 1987 March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights. And have a listen to Makg Gay History’s two episos featurg Jean O’Leary here and here.

At the time Jean -found Natnal Comg Out Day, she was executive director of the Natnal Gay Rights Advot (NGRA). In the late 1980s, Greg Brock and other San Francis Bay Area gay journalists hosted gathergs that ultimately led to the foundg of NLGJA. So a guy got a group of gay journalists together.

GAY (MCFARLAND) BROCK 1944

———Episo TranscriptI’m Eric Marc and this is Makg Gay History! And the way he was different brought him the kd of attentn no one wants—om bulli, gay bashers, and a disappoted Brock, Crystal Sprgs, Mississippi, Christmas 1956. In the world of journalism back then, an out gay person at that level of the bs was a really big al.

Greg was also a drivg force behd a 16-day seri the San Francis Examer lled “Gay In Ameri. When I met Greg 1989, was rare to fd anyone workg mastream journalism who was gay and out.

BROCK CIARLELLI B: GAY OR NOT? PARTNER, WIFE, COLLEGE, GIRLIEND, MARRIED

In 1988 I was told by a senr executive that they’d never put an openly gay newsperson ont of the mera. I left CBS soon after to wre my book Makg Gay History.

It’s jt a uple of months sce the publitn of “Gay Ameri” and Greg is gettg ready to leave the Examer to go back to the Washgton Post. Eric: The Natnal Gay Rights Advot planned this. Everybody the world knows I’m gay if they want to know .

ASENATH GAY BROCK OBUARY

” And, I said, “The reason is, ” I said, “ this cy I’m very well known bee, ” I said, “for years now at newspapers I’ve worked at, ” I said, “I am gay and I am very open about, but I’ve never told y’all.

Greg: The worst part was ’s an all gay dience, been hand picked by gay rights people there, or parents of gays, the PFLAG people were there.

I’m gay.