Hey all, so today is the last day of Pride Month.

And to round out the month, we thought we would share one of our favorite classic episodes.

This is a story about how for decades this one-of-a-kind travel guide opened up the world for gay travelers and how this guide has had lasting effects

to this day. It's a fascinating story, and producer Amanda McGowan is here to tell it. I will let

her take it from here.

It's 1971, and a man named Bob Damron is on a road trip.

He would spend about six months, about half his year, doing traveling.

He would fly to Miami, and then, you know, for the next week, he would travel to all

a gay spots in southern Florida.

But this road trip was not strictly for fun.

Everywhere he goes, Bob is making lists.

Evaluating.

Music?

Disco.

Cool table?

Yes.

Snacks? Some. And what about cops?

Bob is making a travel guide. And for decades that guide, the Bob Damron address books,

opened up the world for gay travelers.

Today, they're a treasure trope for two historians who are using them to create an interactive

map of LGBTQ spaces in mid-century America.

I'm Amanda McGowan, and this is Alice Obs Skira, a celebration of the world's strange,

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