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!

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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”

Mattachine Live in San Francisco!

Join me and Joey Cain live at the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco this April!
We’ll be playing season 1 of Mattachine over three nights, along with visuals of the early LGBTQ movement and discussions about the homophile movement. (Joey was a friend of Harry Hay’s!) We’ll also be chatting about how the podcast was produced and what’s ahead in season 2. CAN YOU HANDLE?

Come ask questions, say hello, tell me who you’re rooting for on Drag Race. Whatever!

Tickets are available here:
Night 1, April 4: Dawn of the Movement
Night 2, April 11: To Be Accused
Night 3, April 18: Cracks in the Foundation
Every night will be a different topic and different discussion. Tickets are $5 or free for Historical Society members.

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I can’t wait to meet all of you!
xoxo
Devlyn Camp
they/them

Bonus: GAY BAR

Why are gay bars important? What role have they played in our history?
Take a peak at season 2.

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School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources. The original Mattachine Society jester logo used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Thanks for listening! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E10 "Take This Crowd On"

When the Mattachine's founder is called to testify, when ONE Magazine is seized by the post office, and when the FBI begins to interrogate activists, how does the movement continue to fight?

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Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E9 "I Think That Man Is One of Those"

Do we moderate our queer behavior in an assimilated world? What happens when Mattachine goes public? Or when the culturalists move forward with militant queer identity?
"Can Homosexuals Organize?" "How Clean Can A House Get?" "Why Try to Organize a Bunch of Queers Anyway?" "Quo Vadis, Mattachine Society?"

Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial.
Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E8 "Silly Letters"

Why do assimilationists reject queer culture? Hear the season from the point of view of the Mattachine's rising leader.

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Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E7 "People Like Other People"

Are you a culturalist or an assimilationist? What are the pros and cons of each side, and what would you do to fight for yours? No one will be the same after this week's Mattachine meeting.

Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial.
Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E6 "Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been A Homosexual?"

When an organization splinters into alliances, will the community they're organizing splinter, too? Welcome to the secret society's first constitutional convention.

Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial.
Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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Bonus: Executive Order 10450

This bonus episode doesn't take place in the past, but it's based in history. How does 1953's anti-gay executive order influence our lives under Trump?

Vote.org & Indivisible.org

Sources, current events, and more info: https://www.patreon.com/posts/16833304

The original Mattachine Society jester logo is courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
Thanks for listening! Please continue to share our history.

Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial.
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S1 E5 "Diversified Individualists"

How will political pressure from the lavender scare cause cracks in the Mattachine Foundation? If we are "moral risks," then what is our moral code?

Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial.
Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow on Twitter and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes along with our resources.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E4 "The Lavender Scare"

How and when did homophobia begin in the United States? How did the government weaponize it against us?

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Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E3 "To Be Accused: The Trial of Dale Jennings"

Why was Dale Jennings arrested? What purpose does ONE Magazine serve? How is queer culture defined by our community?
-Miss Jean Dempsey, Treasurer

Please rate and review the show on iTunes! Or support the show at patreon.com/queerserial.
Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E2 "The Call"

Who is the Mattachine Foundation? What do they want?

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Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for free transcripts of the episodes.
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! Please continue to share our history.

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S1 E1 "Strange Sex Cult Exposed"

What is Mattachine? Why are they anonymous? Our case opens with a postal worker in 1920s Chicago.

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Editorial advising by Paul Di Ciccio and Albert Williams. Harry Hay's voice by Steve Camp. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @queerserial. School teachers, email me at queerserial@gmail.com for (clean) transcripts of the episodes.
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! Please continue to share our history.

Download episode transcripts here.

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Season 1 Trailer