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“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E7: "Strength, Power, Beauty"

“Come out in the fucking rain and celebrate.” 🌈

Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :)

Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show!

Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta.

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Devlyn

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“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E6: "Off to the Races"

"If there's gonna be a queer movement, it has to say that there's something about our experience as queers that gives us an insight into something that is wrong with our culture that's beyond homophobia that needs to be changed." 💖

Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :)

Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show!

Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta.

xoxo
Devlyn

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“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E5: "Epicenter"

“Young people who seemed to be living the easy life—no responsibilities, let's just go out and play—who showed true heroism, true love, true wisdom.” 💐

Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :)

Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show!

Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta.

xoxo
Devlyn

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“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E2: “This Crazy Jewish Guy with the Ponytail"

“It was about the redefinition of queer power in the city.” 🔥

Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :)

Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show!

Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta.

xoxo
Devlyn

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PREVIEW: “GIVE ‘EM HELL, HARRY!"

A new sister series about Supervisor Harvey Milk’s final wishes. •

Listen to “Infamous Crimes: White Night Riot Interviews”—and lots of other queer history bonus podcasts!—on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. And get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :)

Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. 📺

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show!

Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta.

xoxo
Devlyn

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Season 3 Preview

Season 3 begins April 12. Follow along on Instagram @queerserial through the season to see photos of the real activists and events featured in every episode.

Season 3 picks up in 1963, as militant gay activists take cues from the Civil Rights Movement. Queer activists will be forced to go toe-to-toe against the doctors, ministers, and government officials who discredit them as sick, sinners, and criminals. The fight for liberation will lead them into some of the most famous raids in queer history at California Hall, Compton’s Cafeteria, and Stonewall. They’ll march in the first defiant pickets for our rights, and they will shake the walls of the United States Government.

Queer Serial is told in serialized episodes. Check out this handy episode guide!
Created by Devlyn Camp. More at queerserial.com.

Bonus episodes! Cute buttons! Cute mugs! Cute archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial, or “you’re only getting half the story!”

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"Live and Let Live: 58 Years Later" • Interview w/ Randy Wicker

Featuring Sylvia Rivera, Michael, and stories about Marsha P. Johnson, the Mattachine, and radical activism. • Recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 16, 2020. •

More bonus episodes!! Twice a month! COMING UP: A 1920s Election Day special, and soon after, a new mini-series about a true 1950s gay sex panic that turned one small town into a witch hunt, and how the town tried to cover it up. These bonus episodes and many more already waiting for you, plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. (Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast!)

Research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon, too! It only costs a little gayola.

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Listen to the full, unedited version of “Live and Let Live” from WBAI in 1962 at Patreon.com/QueerSerial, or hear it in the context of its history in season 2, episode 11. Watch Randy Wicker and Sylvia Rivera talk on the pier here on YouTube or Vimeo. Watch the Marsha P. Johnson documentary “Pay It No Mind” here on YouTube. Listen to Randy’s full 1966 interview with St. Philomena on WBAI here on my website. And look through Randy’s photo collection here on Flickr!

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis!

Check out my other podcast for one of Chicago’s oldest gay bars Sidetrack, “OutSpoken: LGBTQ Storytelling."

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. “Live and Let Live” courtesy Pacifica Radio Archives. WBAI, September 1, 1962. “Randy Wicker Interviews Sylvia Rivera on the Pier” by Randy Wicker.

Do you like Tallulah Bankhead?
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S2 E13 "Making This Movement Move" (Bayard Rustin)

Season finale • We’ve found each other, we’re organized, we’re ready — how do we demand change? • Guest starring Joan Jett Blakk as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 💋

Bonus episodes!! Twice a month! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! COMING UP, a 1920s Election Day special.

Research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon, too! It only costs a little gayola.

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Watch President Obama present Bayard Rustin’s Presidential Medal of Freedom here. Listen to Eric Marcus’s interview with Rustin’s partner Walter Naegle for Making Gay History here.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis!

Check out my other podcast for one of Chicago’s oldest gay bars Sidetrack, “OutSpoken: LGBTQ Storytelling."

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.

Joan Jett Blakk for President, by any means necessary!
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S2 E12 "The Pleasure of a Response," or, "How to Handle a Federal Interrogation"

#9 Insist on their respect. •

Bonus episodes are $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. They come right to your phone like any other podcast. THIS WEEK we have one final story about Transvestia editor Virginia Prince. When the police come knocking, she finds a way to use their accusations against her to her own advantage.

Research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon, too! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial.

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis!

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.

I hope I made Miss Congressman Dowdy proud. Can you imagine his reaction?
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S2 E11 "The Rejected, the Elected"

What will we say when we finally have their attention? •

Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. THIS WEEK we’re doing a bonus episode with a deeper look at Randy Wicker’s WBAI radio show “Live and Let Live” featured in this episode! Also look through “The Rejected” transcript and behind-the-scenes of production.

Stay tuned after the episode for an exciting announcement!!

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Watch “The Rejected” in full here on youtube. Watch Joan Jett Blakk’s full presidential campaign announcement speech at Berlin Nightclub in Chicago here.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! Thanks, sis!

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Welcome back to the show, iconic hetero drama queen Paul Coates.
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S2 E10 "The Hose & Heels Club"

José Sarria for Supervisor! Did you register to vote yet? • vote.org •

Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $1/month for a lot of it. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial.

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. Check out channingjoseph.com for more details on William Dorsey Swann, the original “queen of drag.” Watch Sylvia Rivera’s interview with Randy Wicker at the piers here on youtube.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.

Hey mama, welcome to the ‘60s!
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S2 E9 "The Twilight Woman"

Mid-season finale: an ethical homosexual culture overwhelms the Movement. •

Bonus episodes! I’ll still be releasing new episodes of Forgotten Fairy Tales regularly during the break! It’s an exclusive Patreon podcast series of standalone queer history episodes, and it only costs a little gayola. $3! This week’s episode explores the Mattachine Society’s relationship to gay pen pal clubs. Hear it at patreon.com/queerserial

Also on my Patreon: cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Helen Branson’s book GAY BAR published in the Mattachine offices! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial.

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Back soon!
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S2 E8 "Peddled Like Pornography"

Whom Should We Tell? And who won’t find out once the biggest scandal in homophile history breaks? •

Bonus episodes! Hear an exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. Next week’s bonus episode takes place in the Mattachine Society offices at San Francisco headquarters.

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Thanks for listening, sweet darling! Next week: Episode 9, “The Twilight Woman”

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“A Step Higher” w/ Mattachino Wendell Sayers

Historian Eric Marcus interviews Wendell Sayers, an attorney, the first Black assistant attorney general for the state of Colorado, and one of few Black members of the Mattachine Society. He attended the 6th annual Mattachine convention in 1959, a dramatic event which will be featured in this week’s episode!

This audio is used courtesy of Making Gay History. Find the Making Gay History podcast on all major podcast platforms and at www.makinggayhistory.com.

Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

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S2 E7-A "Destroy A Citizen"

Frank Kameny is under the boot. 📌

Bonus episodes! Check out my exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Some episodes feature Queer Serial characters, some are way earlier in our past. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. This week’s bonus episode is about Bilitis leader Billye Talmadge confronting a postman who blackmails lesbians.

Love the show? Please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thanks for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 8 “Peddled Like Pornography”

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S2 E7 "A Useful Citizen" (Transgender & Intersex History)

How long have transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming humans existed? This week we’ll explore some of our known genderqueer history, from ancient Sumer to 1959. •

Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. Among many scripted history episodes, you can also hear my recent interview with founding Radical Faerie, and voice of Mattachino Elver Barker on this podcast, Joey Cain!

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 8, “Peddled Like Pornography”

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S2 E6 "Faces Behind the Names"

Flyers, magazines, television — how should we tell the public that we’re organizing? •

Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. For this week’s bonus episode I’m interviewing founding Radical Faerie, and voice of Mattachino Elver Barker on this podcast, Joey Cain!

If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 7, “A Useful Citizen”

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S2 E5-A "To Be Accused Is To Be Guilty"

An astronomer faces the Civil Service Commission. 📌

Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon! Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! PDFs. Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. Next week’s episode is with original founding Radical Faerie (and voice of Elver Barker on the podcast) Joey Cain!

Love the show? Please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thanks for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 6 “Faces Behind the Names”

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S2 E5 "In the Library Lounge"

Who are our allies on the outside? Who are our enemies on the inside? •

Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. This week’s bonus episode features real archival audio from KPFA’s 1958 “The Homosexual In Our Society,” a 1958 radio program featuring Mattachine Society Publications Director Hal Call, Dr. Blanche Baker, attorney Morris Lowenthal (featured in previous episodes), and Dr. Karl Bowman. Next week’s episode is an interview with a founding Radical Faerie!

If you’re loving the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)

Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.

Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com

Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.

This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Check out “The Cockettes,” “We Were Here,” and other films by David Weissman at davidweissmanfilms.com. I also recommend the many queer projects by Matt Baume, including “The Sewers of Paris” and “Culture Cruise” (especially his queer Frasier analysis episodes!) at mattbaume.com.

Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 6 “Faces Behind the Names”

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Season 1 Recap

You don’t have to hear season 1 to join us for season 2, but in case you wanna brush up…!

Season 2 picks up in 1954, right where we left off. A secret organization of lesbians forms as the national Mattachine Society crumbles. A political revolution is launched by a drag queen. Police raid gay spaces and street queens fight back. The masks come off and a militant minority is rising.

The true story of American LGBTQ liberation from day 1 to Stonewall.

A Queer Serial season 2 begins June 3.

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