Intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history brought to you from rare archival interviews.
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Valerie Reyes-Jimenez called it “The Monster.” That’s how some people described HIV and AIDS in the 1980s. Valerie thinks as... more
Eric is joined in conversation by Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth and Dr. Ilan H. Meyer to delve into the past and... more
A half-century ago, millions of homosexuals were cured with the stroke of a pen when the American Psychiatric Association decided... more
In the 1950s, psychiatrists diagnosed all homosexuals with a mental illness, and the sickness label created new forms of oppression... more
In 1978 Harvey Milk calls on gay people to gather in D.C. the next year to protest the anti-gay campaigns... more
Eric gets an A on his freshman sociology paper, “Marginal Man: The Alcoholic and the Homosexual.” But his sunny predictions... more
Gay rights activists in NYC are first out of the gate to propose anti-discrimination legislation, confident it will sail through... more
When Jeanne Manford’s gay son is badly beaten at a 1972 GAA protest, the shy elementary school teacher takes a... more
While activists are demonstrating, filing lawsuits, and pushing for anti-discrimination laws, 16-year-old Eric is on a ferry to Fire Island,... more
The Stonewall uprising ignites an explosion of protests and organizing that transforms a small, often tentative homophile movement into a... more