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.

S2 E3 Transcript

 

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Original release: June 17, 2020

 

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Season 2 Bonus episodes

November 24, 1958:
β€œThe Homosexual In Our Society”
on KPFA

Subscribe on Patreon or Apple Podcasts to listen to this bonus episode from spin-off podcast Forgotten Fairy Talesβ€”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:

β€œLive and Let Live:
6 Decades Later”
Interview w/ Randy Wickeβ€ͺr‬

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.

Images from Interview w/ Randy Wicker

β€œReturn to Normalcy”
β€’
2020 Election Day bonusβ€ͺ!

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!

1920 Election Day Research Dive!

β€œTrans-sexuals and the Police”
on KPFA,
April 10, 196β€ͺ8‬

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.

β€œA 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! πŸ“šπŸ“°πŸ—‚

undated covers:
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#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

πšˆπ™΄πš‚β€¦πšŠπšπšπšŽπš› πš–πš˜πš—πšπš‘πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πš™πš•πšŠπš—πš—πš’πš—πš πšŠπš—πš πš™πš›πšŽπš™πšŠπš›πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—, πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πš’πšœπšœπšžπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 π™Όπ™°πšƒπšƒπ™°π™²π™·π™Έπ™½π™΄ πšπ™΄πš…π™Έπ™΄πš† πš’πšœ πšŒπš˜πš–πš’πš—πš 𝚘𝚏𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πšŽπšœπšœ. πŸ—ž

Episode 3 tomorrow πŸ“Œ

JUNE 20, 2020

β€œLewd entertainers must be stopped!” πŸš“πŸš¨

πŸ—‚ @glbt_history


JUNE 22, 2020

β€œEverything Gay Men Know About Gay Women”
by Phyllis Lyon & Del Martin c. 1972

πŸ“š 
@onearchives

Share it on youtube here: www.youtube.com/shorts/aYYeZYEUjZo


JUNE 17, 2020

β€œThis city is ruled by the saloons, no matter whether Republican or Democratic party is in power.” 🍺 🍸 🍷

Episode 3 β€œResorts for Sex Perverts” out now!

JUNE 18, 2020

𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙾𝙳 π™³π™Ύπ™½π™°πšƒπ™Έπ™Ύπ™½πš‚ π™΅πš˜πš› π™·π™΄π™Όπ™Ύπ™Ώπ™·π™Έπ™»π™Έπ™°π™²πš‚... π™±πš˜πšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ π™΄πšŠπšœπš π™±πšŠπš’ πšŠπš—πš πš‚πšŠπš— π™΅πš›πšŠπš—πšŒπš’πšœπšŒπš˜ π™ΌπšŠπšπšπšŠπšŒπš‘πš’πš—πšŽ π™²πš‘πšŠπš™πšπšŽπš›πšœ πšŠπš›πšŽ πš™πš•πšŽπšπšπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πš‘πšŽπš•πš™ πšπš‘πšŽπšœπšŽ πš’πš˜πšžπš—πšπšœπšπšŽπš›πšœ, πš‹πšŽπšŒπšŠπšžπšœπšŽ πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πšŒπš˜πš–πšŽ πšπš›πš˜πš– πš‹πšŽπš•πš˜-πšŠπšŸπšŽπš›πšŠπšπšŽ πš’πš—πšŒπš˜πš–πšŽ πšπšŠπš–πš’πš•πš’πšŽπšœ. πŸ’‰

πŸ“Έ 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, β€œResorts for Sex Perverts.” Listen now! πŸ“Œ


JUNE 23, 2020

β€œI 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 β€˜loyal opposition’ to ONE...” 🏍


Hear Stella Rush’s fabulous resignation from ONE Magazine on the newest bonus episode!
patreon.com/queerserial πŸ”Έ

πŸ“Έ 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 πŸ”Ή

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!