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Wanna guess how many photos there are of the first night of the Stonewall uprising? EXACTLY ONE! (see below). No film. And only a handful of Fred McDarrah photos from the 2nd night. Everything else you've seen is from some other riot or uprising. Listen to @makinggayhistry Ep. 2.
Mark has been fighting for LGBTQ+ people for over five decades now. You can listen to our conversation on the podcast here: https://t.co/ed97OHTpLD π³οΈβπ
Mark Segal moved to NYC in May of 1969 and a month later found himself at The Stonewall Inn as the now-infamous police raid began.
"They barged in, threw people up against the wall, extorted money from the older people. They harassed the drag queens. It was pretty violent."
Stonewall sparked Mark Segal's lifelong commitment to activism which famously included interrupting Walter Cronkite in the middle of the CBS Evening News by waving a banner that read, "Gays Protest CBS Prejudice".
"I watched Gay Rights go from a No Way to an Oh Shit issue. Now an Oh Shit issue is when you go to a colleague and tell him you need him to vote a certain way and his reaction is Yeah, I should, but I hate it because it's going to cost me politically." https://t.co/8RJHArh35o
Rep. Barney Frankβs career has spanned nearly the entirety of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
He joins us on the podcast this week to talk about The Gay Agenda, then and now.
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"Even in the gay community, there was a lot of prejudice against bisexuals. I knew gay guys that said, I'd never date a bisexual. They might leave me for a woman. And I said, Well, they might leave you for another man, too. You're not very good at dating."
- Gigi Raven Wilbur
In the new season, @lgbtqpod is highlighting the voices of queer elders, offering a heartfelt exploration of LGBTQ history and resilience.
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One of the greats interviewed by one of the greats! Not to be missed! Martha Shelley co-organized the first post-Stonewall meetings that led to the founding of the Gay Liberation Front (an organization that Martha named).