In 1983 Evan Wolfson wrote a law school thesis that asserted that gay people had a constitutional right to marry.... more

Like so many other acts of LGBTQ resistance, the 1969 Stonewall riots could have become a footnote in history. But... more

The Stonewall uprising began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969. Revisit that moment, and the hours and... more

Conflict has context. In this first episode of Making Gay History’s Stonewall season, we hear stories from the pre-Stonewall struggle... more

Can historical and emotional truth coexist? For the 55th anniversary of the uprising, Eric and fellow LGBTQ history expert Ken... more

As a bookish lesbian growing up in working-class England, June Thomas developed an early love of bookstores. After moving to... more

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

The decade between Stonewall and the 1979 March on Washington lives in the shadow of the AIDS crisis and all... more

Known for her smashing parties, lighter-than-air soufflés, and comedic wit, Lucy Hicks Anderson never let anyone tell her how to... more

Wait, THAT Harvey? When activist Craig Rodwell told Eric in 1989 who his first serious boyfriend had been, Eric was... more

When Kathleen Boatwright fell in love with a woman at church, she fell hard. But this was no carefree romance.... more