"GAY PANIC! 1955" E6: "Queen of the Underworld"

City Councilman Buck Jones blames the police. The reporter uncovers the Arid Club's game. Suspected homosexuals and a murderer take the stand. A rogue officer takes matters into his own hands.

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S3 E4 "Aunties," or, "The Style of Tomorrow"

“Either you keep up with the movement, or you will be dropped by the wayside….that’s just the way movements evolve.” •

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S3 E1 "A Minority of Militant Homosexuals"

“A secret world grows open and bolder. Society is forced to look at it—and try to understand it.” • The final season! 🔥

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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.

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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.

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"Infamous Crimes" — Ep. 1 "Crush the Monster of Boise"

A new serial in a new town with no Mattachine, no Bilitis, and no one to turn to — a true scandal in queer history. 💰Exclusively at Patreon.com/QueerSerial!

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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!)

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

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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 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.

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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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