Gays Against Briggs | 1. A Hotbed of Homosexuality

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Politics

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In the 1970s, San Francisco became a welcoming home for tens of thousands of new gay residents—and a modern-day Sodom for the American right. With a moral panic sweeping across the United States, a Florida orange juice spokeswoman inspired an ambitious California politician to launch his own campaign against lesbians and gays—one that would change the course of U.S. history. (If you—or anyone you know—are in crisis, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, anytime: Dial 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.) Season 9 of Slow Burn was written and produced by Christina Cauterucci. Slow Burn is produced by Kelly Jones, Joel Meyer, and Sophie Summergrad. Josh Levin is the editorial director of Slow Burn. Derek John is Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts. Susan Matthews is Slate’s executive editor. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. We had engineering help from Patrick Fort and Madeline Ducharme. Our theme music is composed by Alexis Cuadrado. Artwork by Ivylise Simones, based on an image of Silvana Nova and a poster designed by Larry Hermsen and the Too Much Graphics Collective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	contains strong language, descriptions of violence, and a gay slur.
0:34.7	It also mentions suicide.
0:36.6	It may not be appropriate for some listeners.
0:40.9	In the late 1960s, Tom Amiano had a job he loved. He worked as a special education teacher at a public elementary school in San Francisco.
0:50.0	My teaching experience was for kids who were marginalized and ridiculed and mislabeled.
0:56.4	Every day, Tom brought a nurturing spirit and a big personality to the classroom.
1:01.9	I was kind of cute as very effeminate.
1:04.5	People said I was very funny.
1:06.4	I had a secret desire to be a stand-up comic.
1:09.4	And a joke I made was this.
1:11.5	They say, you can't be gay and be a teacher, but show me a room
1:16.0	full of teachers and I'll show you a gay bar. So there you are.
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