Bonus: Stonewall 50 Minisode: Marsha P. Johnson & Randy Wicker

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🗓️ 28 June 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A rebroadcast of Eric’s 1989 interview with Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker. Hear conflicting perspectives on Stonewall from this pair of unlikely roommates. Marsha co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries after Stonewall; Randy had led the way in the earlier homophile movement. Visit our website for background information, archival photos, and other resources. For exclusive Making Gay History bonus content, join our ⁠Patreon community⁠. ——— To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I history
0:02.0	Eric here
0:03.0	A few months ago we launched Making Gay History's Patreon channel
0:06.0	a place where we're sharing new video interviews
0:09.0	Never Before Heard Clips from my archive
0:11.0	that didn't make it into the episodes and more.
0:14.0	If you're not a member of our Patreon community yet, I hope you'll join today.
0:18.4	Just $5 a month gets you access to these Making Gay History extras, and you'll support us as we work to bring LGBTQ history to life
0:26.1	through the voices of the people who lived it.
0:28.8	Find out more at Patreon.com slash Making Gay History. or go to making gay history
0:34.0	and click on the link in our home page banner and thank you so much.
0:38.0	It's 120 a.m. on June 28th, 2019.
0:46.6	Exactly 50 years since a police raid on the Stonewall Inn
0:50.4	on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village sparked a series of riots.
0:54.3	We've chosen this date in time to share firsthand accounts
0:57.2	of the raid, the riots, and the revolutionary repercussions
1:01.0	that people in New York City and around the world will be marking
1:03.8	this weekend with celebrations and protests. I'm Eric Marcus and this is the
1:08.0	first of four Making Gay History Bonus Minnesodes that were releasing on the anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.
1:15.0	I like to think of this as a Pride Weekend LGBTQ history playlist.
1:20.3	Feel free to binge. We're able to bring you these very special extras thanks to the generous support of Christopher Street Financial.
1:32.0	Since 1981, Christopher Street Financial has been helping members of the LGBTQ-plus community
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