Season 3: Episode 11: Morty Manford

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🗓️ 28 December 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Morty Manford was one of thousands of young people who joined the fight for gay liberation in the early 1970s. As a member of the Gay Activists Alliance, he challenged New York City's mayor face to face in a successful effort to get the police off the backs of the gay community. 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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0:26.1	through the voices of the people who lived it.
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0:38.0	I'm Eric Marcus and this is Making Gay History. I first met Mordee Manford at his family's house in May 1989. I was there to interview his mother Jean.
1:04.0	Jean had co-founded an organization for parents of gay people in 1972
1:08.6	that became P- Flag. If you haven't heard that interview, I encourage you to go back to our first season and listen to it.
1:16.0	Now, we'll wait.
1:19.0	Done?
1:23.0	Good. Now back to Marty. He had a big role in founding the group for parents of gay people.
1:29.0	But it was in that first interview that I learned,
1:31.0	Mardi was a major gay rights activist in his own right.
1:35.6	So I came back seven months later and met with Mordy on his own for several hours.
1:40.4	There was a lot to cover. By the time I interviewed him,
1:44.0	Mordy's gay activist days of the 1970s were behind him.
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