Making Gay History - The Podcast

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Making Gay History - The Podcast

Bringing the voices of queer history to life through intimate conversations with LGBTQ champions, heroes, and witnesses to history.

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Historically black colleges celebrate LGBTQ history

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the country are among the many institutions and organizations celebrating LGBTQ History Month.

“This generation has grown up with LGBT rights being affirmed. They need to know about the hard work and perseverance that LGBT pioneers exhibited when the political and social climate was more hostile,” said Horacio Sierra, a professor at Bowie State University.

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The gay man who bombed a building and deserves to be celebrated as a hero

The artist and writer was a leading figure in the Dutch Resistance movement

Although Willem Arondeus was posthumously awarded a medal of honor by the Dutch government in 1945, historian believe his leading role in the resistance was downplayed in the immediate decades after the war because of his sexuality.

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Sergeant Perry Watkins played by the rules. The U.S military did not. Drafted in 1968, he was thrown out fifteen years later despite his honesty and stellar record of service. He fought back and won. (Photo: Perry’s high school yearbook photo via... — Sergeant Perry Watkins played by the rules. The U.S military did not. Drafted in 1968, he was thrown out fifteen years later despite his honesty and stellar record of service. He fought back and won. (Photo: Perry’s high school yearbook photo via Classmates.com)
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After fifteen years of exemplary service, the Army threw Perry Watkins out. The reason? Because he was gay. Perry didn’t just walk away with his tail between his legs. With the help of the ACLU, he fought his case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and after an eight-year battle won reinstatement—one of the first to do so. There’s more to learn about Perry Watkins and his landmark legal case in this Making Gay History interview.
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Photo: Sgt. Perry Watkins near his home in Tacoma, Washington, 1983. Credit: ©Steve Stewart for Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, published by William Morrow & Company,1985. www.stevejstewart.com.

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A lot of stories that are called Kafkaesque aren’t really. The story of Perry Watkins and his experience with the U.S. military is. Born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1948 and drafted in 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War, openly gay nineteen-year-old... — A lot of stories that are called Kafkaesque aren’t really. The story of Perry Watkins and his experience with the U.S. military is. Born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1948 and drafted in 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War, openly gay nineteen-year-old Perry had every reason to believe he’d never serve—not because he objected to serving his country, but because the U.S. military barred homosexuals. But the Army took him anyway. Then after fifteen years of exemplary service, they threw him out. The reason? Because he was gay.

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New episode! Sergeant Perry Watkins played by the rules. The U.S military did not. Drafted in 1968, he was thrown out fifteen years later despite his honesty and stellar record of service. He fought back and won. Listen to more of his story via your podcatcher (subscribe here http://bit.ly/mgh-watkins) or visit
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Steve Stewart shot this photo of Sgt. Perry Watkins near his home in Tacoma, Washington in 1983 as part of a book of photographs called Positive Images: A Portrait of Gay America, published by Olympic Marketing Corp in March 1985.
Credit: Photo by Steve Stewart from his book: Positive Image: A Portrait of Gay America, www.stevejstewart.com

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Maize, Blue and Lavender; LGBTQ history as a part of U's Bicentennial

Tim Retzloff, professor of history at Michigan State University and University of Michigan alum, connected LGBTQ history at the University of Michigan to the University's bicentennial year in his lecture Tuesday, “Maize, Blue, and Lavender: Revisiting U-M's LGBTQ Past.”

“I think it’s important to learn about how queer students in the past navigated the very halls that we walked through today to understand how it is we are able to make up our lives that we live now.”

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