MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 5: Mattachine Midwest

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🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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A half-century ago, Studs Terkel interviewed three members of the homophile group Mattachine Midwest: the organization’s president, a student activist, and lesbian pulp author Valerie Taylor. Join them for a wide-ranging and laugh-filled conversation about gay liberation both personal and political. Visit our episode webpage 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
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0:37.8	How did the word gay come into being?
0:43.8	I'm curious.
0:44.8	Nobody seems to know, really.
0:46.8	It does seem to be a product of the quote gay subculture, though.
0:50.1	I became aware of it when I was first in college around 1949.
0:53.6	And I don't know.
0:55.1	It's ironic because the gay subculture has been anything but gay.
0:59.0	It's this kind of reverse psychology when you really stomped on you try and make a joke out of it.
1:04.0	Somebody obviously gay has suggested glum as the heterosexual alternative.
1:09.0	I was sitting, I was sitting in this glum bar. I'm Eric Marcus and this is making gay history. We're back with another interview drawn from the Studs-Tircle Radio Archive.
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