Revisiting the Archive: Episode 9: Joyce Hunter

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🗓️ 16 May 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In 1939 Joyce Hunter was born into a world so hostile it’s a wonder she wasn’t crushed. Instead, the challenges and brutality she faced proved to be the launchpad for an expansive life of pioneering activism and accomplishment. A guiding light in tough times. Visit our season two 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, revisiting the archive coming to you again from my guest
0:58.8	room closet on West 20th Street in New York City. What is it now? Nine weeks? Time's meaning is shifted
1:06.6	a little bit. Yes, it's been nine weeks since my partner Barney and I began
1:10.1	sheltering in place and the novelty of recording making gay history in a closet has worn off.
1:16.0	When this all started two months ago, I found my makeshift closet studio cozy and comforting.
1:22.0	I felt swaddled in this small space, surrounded
1:25.6	by the stuffed toys we roll out when hosting friends and their kids, shelves of old photo
1:29.9	albums and the memories they contain, winter coats, and camping gear from long ago trips into
1:35.6	the wilderness.
1:37.5	But these days, cozy comfort is being edged out by claustrophobia.
1:41.8	This closet is a reminder of how constrained life has become and how much
1:46.4	I'm missing the company of my colleagues and the pleasure of collaborating face to face,
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