Season 2: Episode 5: Jean O'Leary - Part 2

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🗓️ 26 March 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Jean O’Leary had a vision for the national LGBTQ civil rights movement. On March 26, 1977 she led the first delegation of lesbian and gay activists to the White House. And in 1988 she co-founded National Coming Out Day. 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
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0:26.1	through the voices of the people who lived it.
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0:40.8	I'm Eric Marcus and this is making gay History and we're back with the second part of my interview with
0:45.6	Gene O'Leary. In Part 1, you heard Jean talk about her time at a convent and about the now legendary conflict at the 1973 Gay Pride Rally in Washington Square Park in New York City.
1:06.0	We're skipping ahead four years here, but making big leaps ahead in the struggle for LGBT rights.
1:12.0	On March 26th, 1977, Gino Leary went to the White House.
1:17.0	It was a big deal.
1:19.0	It was the first time gay activists
1:22.0	met members of the president's senior staff
1:24.6	inside the White House.
1:26.4	It was just 12 years after Frank Kammany
1:28.2	led the first protests outside the White House gates. Jean's contact inside the White House was Midge Costanza, a top White House aide to President
1:37.1	Jimmy Carter.
1:38.6	What no one knew was that Gene and Midge were in a relationship at the time. It was a detail that Jean asked me to leave out of my book because Midge was still in the closet.
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