Guest Episode: Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows: Mourning in America
Valerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’s how some people described HIV and AIDS in...
37:30
Eric is joined in conversation by Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth and Dr. Ilan H. Meyer to delve into...
50:44
Dismantling a Diagnosis: Episode 2: The Cure
A half-century ago, millions of homosexuals were cured with the stroke of a pen when the American...
48:49
Dismantling a Diagnosis: Episode 1: A Kind of Madness
In the 1950s, psychiatrists diagnosed all homosexuals with a mental illness, and the sickness...
28:05
Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 6: Marching On
In 1978 Harvey Milk calls on gay people to gather in D.C. the next year to protest the anti-gay...
01:02:04
Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 5: Thank You, Anita
Eric gets an A on his freshman sociology paper, “Marginal Man: The Alcoholic and the Homosexual.”...
53:32
Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 4: Respectable
Gay rights activists in NYC are first out of the gate to propose anti-discrimination legislation,...
51:29
Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 3: Family Ties
When Jeanne Manford’s gay son is badly beaten at a 1972 GAA protest, the shy elementary school...
51:26
Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 2: Fire Island and Other Stories
While activists are demonstrating, filing lawsuits, and pushing for anti-discrimination laws,...
50:17
Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 1: A Surge of Energy
The Stonewall uprising ignites an explosion of protests and organizing that transforms a small,...
31:33
Coming of Age During the 1970s: Preview
The decade between Stonewall and the 1979 March on Washington lives in the shadow of the AIDS...
03:04
Guest Episode: Sidedoor: Lucy Hicks Anderson
Known for her smashing parties, lighter-than-air soufflés, and comedic wit, Lucy Hicks Anderson...
28:02
Bonus: A Complicated Love Story
Wait, THAT Harvey? When activist Craig Rodwell told Eric in 1989 who his first serious boyfriend...
14:42
Season 11: Episode 6: Kathleen Boatwright
When Kathleen Boatwright fell in love with a woman at church, she fell hard. But this was no...
27:35
Season 11: Episode 5: Robert Bauman
In 1980, conservative congressman Robert Bauman was caught soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy....
31:26
Season 11: Episode 4: Urvashi Vaid
Indian-born activist and lawyer Urvashi Vaid was fiercely attuned to injustice from an early age....
30:59
Season 11: Episode 3: Faygele Ben-Miriam
In 1972, Faygele Ben-Miriam’s penchant for wearing dresses to the office got him fired from his...
30:49
Season 11: Episode 2: Rev. Carolyn Mobley-Bowie
Growing up in the segregated South, Rev. Carolyn Mobley-Bowie knew the challenge of finding an...
30:16
Season 11: Episode 1: Craig Rodwell
In 1954, Craig Rodwell was just 14 when he was arrested for having sex with a man. The experience...
21:08
Season 11: Episode 1: Craig Rodwell
In 1954, Craig Rodwell was just 14 when he was arrested for having sex with a man. The experience...
21:08
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