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Interview with Wendell Sayers Saturday, January 14th, 1989.

Interview with Jean Manford and Mordee Manford on Saturday, May 13th, 1989.

Interview with Chuck Brolin Tuesday, August 22nd, 1989. 18 you. about the LGBT Q civil rights movement, which we called the gay rights movement back in those days.

I've had these cassette tapes sitting in storage for 30 years and a few months ago I had a listen.

And suddenly I was back with all these people again at their dining room tables in their living

rooms sitting across from them and hearing about their lives. These people

counted on me to tell their stories which I did in print in my book. But that wasn't enough. These

stories want to be told again. And the people I interviewed, most of whom are no

longer living, wanted to tell their stories in their own voices. So that's why

we're launching this first season of the Making Gay History podcast so we can

bring these queer stories back to life.

Over the next 10 weeks you'll be hearing from

10 amazing people, like Edithide,

who wrote an essay in 1947 for her magazine.

She called it Vice Versa, America's Gayest Magazine.

And she wrote this essay in which she predicted a gay utopia.

I never thought of it as being bold at the time.

I was just sort of fantasizing,

but it all has come to pass.

You'll also hear from Chuck Roland. He was a one-time communist who co-founded the

Madishing Society in 1950. It was one of the first gay rights organizations.

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