Lesbian History 101 with Lea DeLaria

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Society & Culture, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality

5 • 933 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Comedian, Actor and all-around Lesbian Pioneer Lea DeLaria is here to school us all on LGBTQ history, particularly how certain events impacted the lesbian community over the past 50 years. For anyone gay (like us!) who doesn't know their history (like us!) this episode is a must-watch. Follow our guest @realleadelaria, follow the podcast @madeitoutpodcast, and follow Mal @malglowenke Buy tickets to 'Brunch Is Gay' here: https://54below.org/series/lea-delaria-brunch-is-gay/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadetdk5JKYRIP_gEgvVs1w1M_4calQvkwLYLRmBevnKx_-2RwNRo9NNSWqdAw_aem_xMZg30qGsy82N7dEJxNinw Buy tickets to 'Titanique' here: https://newyork.titaniquemusical.com/?gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAABfU4XssDTcB4HyeMZHEL9gLL5gnf&gclid=Cj0KCQjwzrzABhD8ARIsANlSWNO0SNYsA6oZ8qDJvwWH7CIEhG31cC__On8QnZB7nbEC1KEkzJyPY_8aAmPzEALw_wcB WANT MORE CONTENT? JOIN OUR SUBSCRIPTION COMMUNITY FOR NEW SHOWS, ASK MAL ANYTHING & MORE!!! madeitout.supercast.com For all other inquiries, please email madeitout@mgmt-entertainment.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, welcome back to Made It Out. Today's conversation is one of my favorite ones that I've had and one that I do not take for granted.
0:09.3	It's with a pioneer in our community. You may know her from the First Wives Club.
0:14.8	Orange is the New Black. She's a comedian. She's an actor. She was an EP on the lesbian bar project.
0:22.4	She's really done it all.
0:23.9	It's Leah Delaria.
0:25.4	And she schools me a little bit on queer history.
0:29.7	And, you know, we have this podcast and we want to make change and we want to tell gay stories.
0:34.8	But I think sometimes we forget that we're not so far removed from a time where things
0:41.8	were very, very different.
0:43.7	And to understand and be able to not repeat history, we need to know our history.
0:51.5	And this conversation really made me want to dig in more and learn
0:56.2	more about our community so that I can be a better part of our fight today. And I hope it does the same for you.
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1:50.6	Okay.
1:52.3	Thank you for being here.
1:55.2	We've already had such a blast.
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