Making gay history book
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Making Gay History is a (c)(3) ngo organization that addresses the absence of substantive, in-depth LGBTQ+-inclusive American history from the public discourse and the classroom. By sharing the stories of those who helped a despised minority seize its rightful place in society as full and matching citizens, we aim to encourage connection, pride, and solidarity within the Gay community—and to provide an entry signal for both allies and the general public to its largely hidden history.
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In , news writer Eric Marcus got a phone contact from an editor friend at Harper & Row who asked if he’d consider writing an oral history of the gay and lesbian civil rights movement. Eric was working at CBS News at the time, but as an out lgbtq+ man, he knew there were limits on his career there, so he left his employment and took on the challenge. The resulting book, Making History, was published in ; the revised edition, titled Making Gay History, came out in
Meanwhile, the cassette tapes of the more than interviews that Eric conducted for the novel spent dec
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Making Gay History (MGH) is a (c)(3) nonprofit organization that addresses the absence of substantive, in-depth LGBTQ+-inclusive American history from the public discourse and the classroom.
By sharing the stories of those who helped a despised minority take its rightful place in society as full and equal citizens, MGH aims to support connection, pride, and solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community—and to provide an entry point for both allies and the general universal to its largely veiled history.
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In , journalist Eric Marcus got a phone name from an editor companion at Harper & Row who asked if he’d consider writing an oral history of the queer and lesbian civil rights movement. Eric was active at CBS News at the t
Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Womxn loving womxn and Gay Equal Rights - Softcover
Synopsis
Rich and often moving . . . at times shocking, but often enlightening and inspiring: oral history at its most potent and rewarding. &#x; Kirkus Reviews
A completely revised and updated edition of the classic volume of oral history interviews with high-profile leaders and little-known participants in the queer rights movement that cumulatively provides a powerful documentary look at the battle for gay rights in America.
From the Boy Scouts and the U.S. military to marriage and adoption, the gay civil rights movement has exploded on the national stage. Eric Marcus takes us assist in time to the earliest days of that struggle in a newly revised and thoroughly updated edition of Making History, originally published in Using the heartfelt stories of more than sixty people, he carries us through a compelling five-decade battle that has changed the fabric of American society.
The rich tapestry that emerges from Making Gay History includes the inspiring voices of t
Making Gay History – Season Four – Magnus Hirschfeld
On the occasion of Magnus Hirschfeld’s th birthday in May , Eric Marcus traveled to Germany to find out more about this early champion of LGBTQ civil rights. Eric found a story of gender non-conforming resistance, resilience, and a fascinating mystery involving a suitcase and a mask.
Since , Making Homosexual History, edited by Eric Marcus, provides Intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history brought to you from unique archival interviews.
Eric&#;s introduction (copied from the podcast website):
When I wrote the original edition of Making Gay History (which was then called Making History), my oral history book about the LGBTQ civil rights movement, I loyal just one paragraph to Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld’s work in the opening to the first chapter:
More than four decades before World War II, the first organization for homosexuals was founded in Germany. The goals of the Scientific Humanitarian Committee, as the organization was called, included the abolition