Gays Against Briggs | 4. You Must Come Out

Slow Burn

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News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Politics

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In the early days of the anti-Briggs campaign, a Richard Pryor comedy set turned into a public fiasco and laid bare longstanding divisions in the gay community. With the movement low on cash and running out of time, thousands of gay Californians decided their only option was to tell the world who they really were. (If you—or anyone you know—are in crisis, contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, anytime: Dial 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.) Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock all episodes of Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs. Your subscription also gets you ad-free access to all your favorite Slate podcasts, plus other member exclusive content. Join now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Subscribe” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/slowburnplus to get access wherever you listen. 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. Join host Christina Cauterucci and special guests as they record a special, live episode of Slow Burn at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Slowburn listeners, the Slowburn team and I have some exciting news to share with you.
0:07.2	Sloburn is hosting an exclusive taping at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on June 13th, and I want to personally invite you. the activist and Black Lives Matter organizer De Ray McKesson, comedian and singer Esther
0:25.0	Falick, Eric Marcus, the host of Making Gay History, and Sam Fader, director of
0:30.0	the Netflix documentary Disclosure about the depiction of trans people in film and television.
0:35.0	We'll dive deeper into this season and talk about the lasting impact of the Briggs Initiative
0:39.5	and the continued fight over LGBT rights in schools.
0:43.0	It'll be the perfect way to celebrate Pride month
0:45.0	this June with LGBTQ stories and voices
0:47.9	across generations.
0:49.4	You won't want to miss it.
0:50.7	Again, that's June 13th at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
0:54.6	You can get tickets now at Tribeca Film.com slash Sloburn, or by clicking the link in our
0:59.3	show notes.
1:00.3	We're so excited to see you there.
1:07.0	Before we get started, a quick warning. This episode contains strong language, sexual content, gay slurs, and a racial slur.
1:12.0	It also mentions suicide. It may not be appropriate. content, gay slurs, and a racial slur.
1:12.8	It also mentions suicide.
1:14.3	It may not be appropriate for all listeners. On September 18th, 1997, 17,000 people came to the Hollywood Bowl for a fundraiser to fight John Briggs's gay
1:34.3	teacher ban and the growing anti-gay movement. It was one of the first events
1:39.3	ever where celebrities let themselves be seen supporting a gay cause.
1:43.9	Paul Newman, Carol Burnett, Olivia Newton-John,
1:47.0	and John Travolta were all there to see the show.
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