S2 E3"Resorts for Sex Perverts"
When police crack down, how do we respond?
San Francisco police raid gay bars and "clean up" the city. Homophiles and street queens strategize.
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Original release: June 17, 2020
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Season 2 Bonus episodes
November 24, 1958:
“The Homosexual In Our Society”
on KPFA
Subscribe on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to listen to this bonus episode from spin-off podcast Forgotten Fairy Tales—and many more from Mattachine Meeting, Randy Wicker Radio, Infamous Crimes: White Night Riot Interviews, and more!
Check out these free bonus episodes from season 2:
“Live and Let Live:
6 Decades Later”
Interview w/ Randy Wicker
Featuring Sylvia Rivera, Randy’s friend Michael, and stories about Marsha P. Johnson, the Mattachine, and radical activism.
Recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 16, 2020.
“Return to Normalcy”
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2020 Election Day bonus!
The 1920 presidential election proves yet again that history repeats itself, from fear-mongering to political scandal, and even a sitting president infected by the pandemic he downplayed. Make sure you have a plan to vote!
“Trans-sexuals and the Police”
on KPFA,
April 10, 1968
Three transgender San Franciscans discuss police problems and their work as members of C.O.G., Conversion our Goal, with Police Community Relations Officer Elliot Blackstone of the San Francisco Police Department. Herb Kutchins of the San Francisco Bail Project moderates.
“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 featured in S2 E8.
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JUNE 16, 2020
One last round of ONE Magazine issues before their homophile group joins the story again! 📚📰🗂
undated covers:
Pic #1: July 1955 (and out of order chronologically because the art is better than March 55!) 4&5: May & June 1955
6-10: Aug - Dec 1955
@onearchives
JUNE 16, 2020
𝚈𝙴𝚂…𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙰𝙲𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝚅𝙸𝙴𝚆 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜. 🗞
Episode 3 tomorrow 📌
JUNE 20, 2020
“Lewd entertainers must be stopped!” 🚓🚨
🗂 @glbt_history
JUNE 22, 2020
“Everything Gay Men Know About Gay Women”
by Phyllis Lyon & Del Martin c. 1972
📚 @onearchives
Share it on youtube here: www.youtube.com/shorts/aYYeZYEUjZo
JUNE 17, 2020
“This city is ruled by the saloons, no matter whether Republican or Democratic party is in power.” 🍺 🍸 🍷
Episode 3 “Resorts for Sex Perverts” out now!
JUNE 18, 2020
𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙾𝙳 𝙳𝙾𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝙴𝙼𝙾𝙿𝙷𝙸𝙻𝙸𝙰𝙲𝚂... 𝙱𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙱𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚊𝚗 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘-𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜. 💉
📸 document from @glbt_history
JUNE 20, 2020
HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY IN SAN FRANCISCO 😳
Police and higher government agencies strategize against the gay bars in episode 3, “Resorts for Sex Perverts.” Listen now! 📌
JUNE 23, 2020
“I now stand relatively in the same position as Henry Hay, who referred to himself in the July 1961 issue of The Ladder as a member of the ‘loyal opposition’ to ONE...” 🏍
Hear Stella Rush’s fabulous resignation from ONE Magazine on the newest bonus episode!
patreon.com/queerserial 🔸
📸 Stella Rush, Keith St. Clare of Vanguard, Harry [Henry] Hay, and Jim Kepner at the Western Regional Homophile Planning Conference at Aldersgate Lodge Los Angeles, April 1967. by Pat Rocco @onearchives 🔹
JUNE 23, 2020
I am so honored to be producing OutSpoken: LGBTQ Storytelling, @sidetrackbar’s new podcast! 🌈
This is a special Pride episode! It’s a live interview at the bar between Stonewall bartender Tree (who was there during the riots) and historian @owenkeehnen (who is voicing several Mattachinos on Queer Serial!) ✨
Link in bio!