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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In our second introductory episode, we focus on life in the Nazi concentration camps and offer a glimpse into the... more
In this first of two introductory episodes, hear how the walls closed in on LGBTQ people after Hitler came to... more
Host Eric Marcus welcomes listeners to MGH’s “Nazi Era” series by going back in time to 1980 and a darkened... more
Frank Kameny lived by three rules: have absolute confidence in your beliefs; fight for what’s right; never, ever give up.... more
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
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