Friends of Judy: A new oral history with lifelong Garland fans Andrea, Sean, & Devlyn

Happy LGBTQ+ History Month!

Join me on YouTube to listen to this full special episode while I show you the Judy scrapbook discussed in this interview! youtu.be/tZgQ7hNFhpQ?si=R3OTHpcAX9zdqCvb

When Andrea Eisner was a kid in the 1960s, she collected Judy Garland news clippings. Why was she so obsessed? And why do so many queer people gravitate toward Judy, and even form community around her? We discuss it all as we peruse Andrea’s Judy scrapbook, which I recently restored for her, along with our sister-in-Judy Sean.

Andrea tells her story of coming out in Greenwich Village, waking up the next morning to hear Judy had died, and attending Judy’s funeral the same week she was present at the Stonewall Riots. Sean talks about discovering Judy as a kid and how his collection has grown over the decades to rival any Garland museum. We all talk about visiting Judy’s graves, and how we first met in Judy’s childhood home in Grand Rapids, Minnesota on her 100th birthday.

Learn more about the 1969 Stonewall riots, as discussed in Andrea’s interview, on the Queer Serial podcast episode pages by clicking here: Part 1 & Part 2.

You can support my LGBTQ+ archival history projects by subscribing to my Patreon, shopping on my Etsy, or donating here! Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for watching/listening to this very special episode! And thanks to Andrea & Sean for sharing their stories.

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New "Mattachine Meeting" w/ Lisa E. Davis 🎉

Historian & author Lisa Davis has written two books—UNDERCOVER GIRL and UNDER THE MINK (also available wherever books are sold).

Undercover Girl follows the true story of Angela Calomiris, a lesbian photographer in the Village who was undercover in the Communist Party, secretly working as an informant for the FBI. Under the Mink tells the story of drag kings & queens who worked in the mafia’s Village nightclubs in the 1940s, who Lisa got to know personally.

In tomorrow’s Mattachine Meeting, we’ll talk about how she discovered these stories!

LISTEN on Apple Podcasts with a bonus episode subscription of $2.99/month, or at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Your subscription supports all of my LGBTQ+ history projects!

xo

Devlyn 🧚‍♂️

New Mattachine Meeting! Evansville Queer History (my hometown!) w/ Kelley Coures

A Mattachine meeting on Main Street in downtown Evansville, Indiana, my hometown, with special guest historian Kelley Coures! Pre-order his new book OUT IN EVANSVILLE: AN LGBTQ+ HISTORY OF RIVER CITY here or anywhere you get books. Find Kelley’s fabulous piece about Evansville’s red light district here. You can support my many queer history projects, listen to more bonus episodes & interviews, and join me for LGBTQ+ history deep dives at Patreon.com/QueerSerial for $3/month! ❤️

Watch that Jerry Springer clip we discussed on my Instagram here (along with tons of fab queer history), or on YouTube here. You can also see Evansville featured on a recent episode of HBO Max’s "We’re Here." (Eureka is waving a flag outside the courthouse my Granny used to work in.) Also, check out Someplace Else if you’re in town! And say hello to Li’l Sebastian. 🐴

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Devlyn
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[Preview] Infamous Crimes: WHITE NIGHT RIOT INTERVIEWS

Here's a little love letter to some of my girls, all of whom happened to have been at the same riot with GIVE 'EM HELL host Will Roscoe & Supervisor Harry Britt. We'll cover that story in episode 3 this Saturday—on the 43rd anniversary of the White Night Riots.

On my Patreon bonus podcast, you can listen to a few more points of view from that night on May 21, 1979. 🔥
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Subscribe now if you haven't already!

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Btw if you’re already subscribed to my Patreon, you can click here to open the bonus podcasts on your phone, log in with your Patreon password, and subscribe. Done! Bonus episodes will pop up on your phone regularly just like the free show, and you won't have to listen to bonus stuff on the Patreon website.

PS There's also a Patreon app for your smartphone!

Randy Wicker Radio

Here's a little Queer Serial bonus show spin-off—direct from the Randy Wicker archive! After the success of Randy's 1962 gay radio show "Live & Let Live" (covered on the podcast in S2 E11) WBAI let him talk to anyone he wanted. So, he talked to everyone! We dug up the tapes, digitized them for the archive, and now you can hear 8 bizarre interviews (of the 10 we've found so far!), each episode beginning with an interview between me & Randy about how he found these fascinating interview subjects.

Listen to the show for $3/month, and help me preserve & share more queer history at patreon.com/queerserial.

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Devlyn 🧚🏻‍♂️

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Mattachine Meeting w/ Rumi Missabu!

Welcome to a Mattachine meeting for the 21st century! Join Devlyn Cam, & queer activists, legends, and other very special guests as we discuss…everything!

This is a NEW BONUS PODCAST produced to fund my many new queer history archival projects—including archiving the Marsha P. Johnson & Randy Wicker papers. Legendary Mattachino Randy Wicker and I are archiving their lifetimes of activism. Supporters like you can fund my queer history projects, while looking through the archives with me, and listening to the fabulous new bonus show.

JOIN MY PATREON BEFORE FEB 1, 2022 AND I’LL SEND YOU ALL THE REWARDS FROM EVERY LEVEL! 💖

My very first guest is original Cockette and genderfuck visual storyteller RUMI MISSABU! He’s a Hollywood kid who fell off the grid, and became a star in 1970s San Francisco. In a special 2-part first episode of Mattachine Meeting, we talk about everything from ancient history to marriage & pronouns, along with Rumi’s many stories.

Support queer history & join the Mattachine at Patreon.com/QueerSerial.

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Devlyn

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