S3 E12Stonewall Inn
Night 2:
"Gay Power"
“We can influence our existence—
if we can only come together.”
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Gay Power takes over Greenwich Village in the days following the Stonewall Uprising. Revolution is felt in every corner of the movement. Picketers at the 5th (& final) Annual Reminder break all homophile rules of order. The elder activists find themselves outdated, confronted by newer, younger groups like the Gay Liberation Front.
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Original release: July 5, 2021
Time to learn your GAY-B-Cs!
“The GAY-B-C Coloring Book,” 1966
Check out these maps of Greenwich Village and the Stonewall here.
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Season 3 Bonus episodes
Devlyn at Outspoken LGBTQ Storytelling
at Sidetrack in Chicago
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 pieces from season 3 & beyond:
Devlyn interviews Transparent creator Joey Soloway
March 4, 2022
SAY GAY 🍊
Anita Bryant & Ron DeSantis
March 14, 2022
Interview with Indiana LGBTQ+ historian Kelley Coures
January 18, 2023
Randy Wicker
& Marsha P. Johnson Papers
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JULY 6, 2021
💥 "Liberation is being heard on Christopher Street."
🎧 Part 2! Get out onto the streets with me at the many nights of the Stonewall uprising, and hear how they influenced the homophiles and their organizations. (spoiler: lots of dramatic infighting, just like always)
📸 September 9, 1969. Photo by Diana Davies. @nypl
📸 "FOR RENT" Queen's Quarterly, 1970. @nyclgbtsites
JULY 6, 2021
“The stars were in their element. Wrists were limp, hair was primped, and reactions to the applause were classic. ‘I gave them the gay power bit, and they loved it, girls.’” 💅🏼
🗞 Lucien Truscott’s coverage of the Stonewall rebellion from the outside, Village Voice. July 3, 1969.
JULY 7, 2021
𝙽𝙾𝚆 𝙸𝚂 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙰𝙻𝙻 𝙷𝙾𝙼𝙾𝚂𝙴𝚇𝚄𝙰𝙻𝚂 𝚃𝙾 𝚄𝙽𝙸𝚃𝙴 𝙸𝙽 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙼𝙾𝙽 𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽! ✌🏼✌🏾✌🏿
🎧 Part 2 of the Stonewall rebellion is out now!
🗞 MSNY flyer, 1969. @nypl
JULY 9, 2021
🚨 "Stones and bottles were thrown at the police lines, and the police twice broke ranks and charged into the crowd." New York Times, June 30, 1969.
🎧 Part 2 of the Stonewall rebellion is out now!
📸 The final night of the uprising, July 2, 1969. Photos by Larry Morris for @nytimes.
JULY 13, 2021
Don’t change that dial! 📻 We finally made it “from the beginning to Stonewall.” Coming soon, a series finale special detailing gay liberation’s wild year following the uprising. Catch up now! 😘
📸 Stonewall Inn boarded window, June 28, 1969. Photo by Fred W. McDarrah.
📸 53 Christopher Street, former (and future) home of the Stonewall, September 1969. Photo by Diana Davies. @nypl
The fifth & final Annual Reminder
INdependence Hall, Philadelphia
July 4, 1969
JULY 15, 2021
“None of that!” 👭 The offending hand-holders at the final Annual Reminder picket, explained in episode 12.
Don’t change that dial! 📻 We finally made it “from the beginning to Stonewall.” Coming soon, a series finale special detailing gay liberation’s wild year following the uprising. Catch up now! 😘
📸 Independence Hall, July 4, 1969. Photo by Nancy Tucker. @lesbianherstoryarchives
📸 Barbara Gittings & Frank Kameny, July 4, 1969. Photo by Nancy Tucker. @lesbianherstoryarchives
📸 Frank Kameny as spokesman. (Controversial!) July 4, 1969. Photo by Nancy Tucker. @lesbianherstoryarchives
AUGUST 18, 2021
Hear the story of the infamous “Auntie Tom” fight at the final Annual Reminder 💥
📸 Craig Rodwell (left) and Frank Kameny speaking to the press at Independence Hall, July 4, 1969. Photo by Nancy Tucker. @lesbianherstoryarchives
Don’t change that dial! 📻 We finally made it “from the beginning to Stonewall.” Coming soon, a series finale special detailing gay liberation’s wild year following the uprising. Catch up now! 😘
AUGUST 5, 2021
Barbara Gittings looking so fucking cool at her fifth Annual Reminder.
Don’t change that dial! 📻 We finally made it “from the beginning to Stonewall.” Coming soon, a series finale special detailing gay liberation’s wild year following the uprising. Catch up now! 😘
📸 Independence Hall, July 4, 1969. Photo by Nancy Tucker. @lesbianherstoryarchives
📸 Martha Taylor also looking sharp at the picket. July 4, 1969. Photo by Nancy Tucker. @lesbianherstoryarchives
📸 Kay Tobin Lahusen, partner of Gittings, leading the picket line. July 4, 1969. Photo by Nancy Tucker. @lesbianherstoryarchives
see you in the magazines
JULY 11, 2021
A couple more issues of the ONE Magazine spin-off, published during the events of S3 E9 🗞
AUGUST 8, 2021
Two of the final issues of the ONE Magazine spin-off, Tangents, published during the events of S3 E12. There’s a…glaring drop in quality here. 🗞
JULY 17, 2021
Take a very close look as we peruse the 11 steamy issues of this Canadian nod to ONE Magazine—though theirs is basically half physique magazine, half drag queen coverage. Sometimes an article or two. A lovely blend.
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Link in my bio for TONS of upcoming new research dives and new bonus episodes for season 3! And a new upcoming show!
JULY 30, 2021
🗞 As heard on the pod, JET covered queer issues extensively. Here are a few issues I used to tell the stories of icons like Carlett Brown, Bayard Rustin, and queens at the First Ward balls.
JULY 18, 2021
In case you didn’t get enough in my San Francisco history episode, take a closer look at lesbian performers in early 20th century SF on my Patreon. So many images that can’t be used on a podcast!
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Link in my bio for TONS of upcoming new research dives and new bonus episodes for season 3! And a new show on her way!
JULY 30, 2021
Join me and Jodie Foster here over on my Patreon as we dive into this beautiful post-Ladder lesbian magazine from the Daughters of Bilitis, Sisters. This issue is packed with DELIGHTFUL content.
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JULY 12, 2021
Take a peak behind the IG censors for some deep dives with me on Patreon exploring all the various artists whose steamy illustrations filled an edition of “Songs of Bilitis” by Pierre Louÿs — the book that inspired the cryptic name of the lesbian organization, the Daughters of Bilitis.
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Various illustrations by Georges Barbier, Willy Pogany, Pierre Lissac, Suzanne Ballivet, Paul-Émile Bécat, Alméry Lobel Riche, Joseph Kuhn-Régnier, André-Édouard Marty, Maurice Leroy, James Fagan, & Jeanne Mammen
JULY 31, 2021
Billye Talmadge had a long story before her time in Bilitis—fighting off a blackmailer and avoiding the FBI... Hear her story in the bonus episode “Billye Before Bilitis.”
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📸Photo by Morgan Gwenwald, ©lesbianherstoryarchives DOB Video Project, San Francisco, May 12, 1987.
JULY 14, 2021
It’ll make you GASP! 😳 Check out all the weird and beautiful stuff I found in my 5 years of research for the pod! These drawings of Harry Hay were buried in an unlabeled Mattachine Foundation folder.
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JULY 16, 2021
Okay children, time to learn your GAY-B-Cs! 📚 Pop over to my Patreon for another fun book published during the homophile era, but having absolutely nothing to do with activism. Here are a select few images from this MASSIVE book that are safe to post under Instagram’s prudish rules.
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AUGUST 21, 2021
🔮 My gift to all you queers who love astrology—Gavin Arthur’s bizarre blend of sexuality and zodiacs, a mystic Kinsey scale from the 1960s.
This week’s research dive details the bisexual astrologer’s wild life, from his film with Paul Robeson to his California commune.
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AUGUST 6, 2021
the other image got flagged. I’ll have to show you the rest of this 1964 gay coloring book on my patreon... 👀
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I went to the @mcachicago exhibit “Chicago Comics: 1960s to Now,” which covered quite a few fabulous political comics from several Chicago publications — but the exhibit completely overlooked gay politics in Chicago. The major oversight was of Danny Sotomayor, the first nationally syndicated and openly gay political cartoonist who led public confrontations through ACT UP CHICAGO against Mayor Richard M. Daley for the city’s indifference to the AIDS crisis. His cartoons spread our community’s message from Chicago to the nation, his impact was huge, and he should have been celebrated at the MCA alongside legends like Jackie Ormes, Skip Williamson, and Chester Gould.
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