MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 8: Meg Christian

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🗓️ 7 January 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Olivia Records cofounder Meg Christian helped ignite the women’s music movement of the 1970s with lesbian classics like “Ode to a Gym Teacher.” Meet Meg, in song and conversation, in our final episode drawn from the Studs Terkel Radio Archive. 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
0:03.0	A few months ago we launched Making Gay History's Patreon channel
0:06.0	a place where we're sharing new video interviews
0:09.0	Never Before Heard Clips from my archive
0:11.0	that didn't make it into the episodes and more.
0:14.0	If you're not a member of our Patreon community yet, I hope you'll join today.
0:18.4	Just $5 a month gets you access to these Making Gay History extras, and you'll support us as we work to bring LGBTQ history to life
0:26.1	through the voices of the people who lived it.
0:28.8	Find out more at Patreon.com slash Making Gay History. or go to making gay history
0:34.0	and click on the link in our home page banner and thank you so much. I'm Eric Marcus and this is making gay history.
0:55.0	When I listen to the decades old interviews we've been sharing from the Studs-Tirkle Radio
1:01.3	Archive, I tend to reflect on where I was in my own life
1:05.0	when people like Leonard Matlovich and Jill Johnston
1:07.0	were experiencing milestones and theirs.
1:10.0	Our lesbian folk singer, Meg Christian,
1:12.0	who we're featuring in this final episode of our eighth season.
1:15.6	As you'll hear, 1969 was a churning point for Meg.
1:19.8	For me, that year mainly brings back memories of Mrs. Green's fifth grade class at PS 99 in Queens, New York.
1:26.0	But outside my prepubescent bubble, LGBTQ history was being made.
1:31.0	1969 was Stonewall.
1:33.0	It was the dawning of the gay liberation phase of the movement.
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