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Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

817: The Dark Gay-ges with Making Gay History

Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

Lez Hang Out

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7545 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Lez Hang Out is proud to be sponsored by Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and all LGBTQ+ women! Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! Right now, we’re retiring our lower tiers– so all new patrons who join at $5/month or higher (or upgrade!) will be entered into a raffle to guest star on a bonus Patreon episode. You can also support the show by grabbing some merch at bit.ly/lezmerch or picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that believes sharing our individual stories is a powerful way to inspire change. This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with journalist and historian Eric Marcus (@makinggayhistorypodcast), the creator of Making Gay History, the podcast that brings LGBTQ+ history to life through intimate, first-person stories from the people who lived it. This is a bit of a heavier episode than we usually do, so please take care of your mental health and listen mindfully.  From conversations with trailblazers like Sylvia Rivera and Frank Kameny to countless unsung heroes whose stories deserve to be heard, Making Gay History is a powerful reminder that queer liberation has always been hard-won. (After all, the first Pride was a riot.) These first-hand accounts offer more than nostalgia. They’re blueprints for a much needed resistance. At a time when book bans, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and chillingly fascist rhetoric are once again becoming the norm, Eric’s archive provides a pivotal look into our collective past so that we can all be better prepared for the road ahead. The struggle sadly isn’t new; but with a little courage and a lot of community, we believe that queer people will always persevere.  Eric shares the origins of Making Gay History (which originally started as a book in the late 80s!), the importance of preserving queer voices, and the deep responsibility of memory work in the face of erasure. This episode is both a tribute to the ancestors that fought for our rights and a call to action: to listen, to remember, and to keep telling our stories, especially now. You can explore Eric’s archive and the most recent season of the podcast (A 12-part series about the experiences of LGBT+ people during the rise of the Nazi regime, World War II, and the Holocaust) at makinggayhistory.org.  Remember, you can give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod.  Find your fav tol and smol hosts Ellie & Leigh at @elliebrigida and @lshfoster respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Have you heard of Olivia, the travel company for lesbians and LGBTQ plus women? You know what they say? Life is short and the world is wide. And when you're a lesbian or LGBTQ plus woman, you want to be able to go on vacation, have some fun, feel safe, and be yourself.

0:14.8

Olivia Travel creates full takeovers of their cruise resort, riverboat, and adventure vacations so you can kiss who you want to kiss without

0:20.9

a care in the world in your own safe space.

0:23.9

Olivia also provides the entertainment, bringing comedians and musicians from within your community.

0:28.5

Traveling by yourself?

0:29.5

No problem.

0:30.5

Olivia has a robust solos program so you can travel alone, together.

0:34.1

Single, coupled up, or in a group, you'll meet amazing LGBTQ plus women who come from all walks of life, yet have so much in common.

0:41.5

Join the thousands of Oliviaans who travel to bucketless destinations all over the world.

0:45.8

It's life-changing to be in the majority on your own vacation.

0:49.3

Discover Olivia for yourself at olivia.com today.

0:55.0

Let's hang out.

0:57.0

Let's hang out.

1:00.0

Let's hang out.

1:01.0

And let's talk about what lesies are found.

1:04.0

Let's hang out.

1:05.0

And let's listen to two hesby and shout.

1:08.0

Let's hang out. Let's hang out.

1:11.6

Hey everyone.

1:13.6

Welcome back to Les Hang out, the podcast where, don't you know, we're talking about a revolution.

1:21.6

It sounds like a whisper.

1:24.6

I was ready for you to jump in, Ellie, on a whisper. I thought that you could take it. And now we will whisper the whole episode. Let's hang out, ASMR podcast. I can't do it. From the West Coast, I'm Lee Holmes Foster. From the East Coast, I'm Ellie Bridgeta. To those you've been with us through this whole journey, thank you as always for listening.

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