Ever dreamed of founding a nation of queer people? You're not alone, and in this episode we explore the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Seas, Stonewall Nation, and viability of queer separatism.

Show Notes/Works Cited:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHDsD2vC0tN8hllaY0HGqxPkw0_Pe7-wW8vYNnrN1qo/edit?usp=sharing

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Our host, Julian, is sick this month, so we're bringing back a fan favorite episode from our first season - enjoy the story of gay vigilantes from the 1970's! Armed with guns and bats, the Lavender Panthers patrolled the streets of San Francisco to protect LGBTQ+ people from homophobic hate crimes from 1973-74. 

Check out our show notes, linked below, for our sources, as well as articles, books, and documentaries in which you can learn more about the Lavender Panthers and other topics discussed in this episode. Thank you for listening!

(Content notes: homophobic slurs used in quotations within their historical context.)

 Show Notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16x_Ah46VIOT6asoc3CWeJwoccLcABEoa4siRJ1SxO0M/edit?usp=sharing

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Dive into the secret slang language of queer Londoners - including the history of words like drag and camp!

Show Notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pds7R2x0ew84cGk42800R7B0W9pYRPk4r_lZZD2KDJI/edit?usp=sharing

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The first ever explicitly anti-gay raid on a business in the US was in 1903 on... a bathhouse? Dive into the private world of public sauna cruising on this episode of TMQH!

Sources/Show Notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xJmNLCnsFaUcpmMrToFKjGEefazG9XQ9mXvhv3z_8Bc/edit?usp=sharing

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They say that disco died in 1979... but did the "Disco Sucks" crowd actually succeed in killing disco? Learn about the life, love, death, and rebirth of disco in this month's episode of This Month in Queer History!

Show Notes/Sources:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IK32XFguaE5s1eG2kX98x9r-ba5HdZBUgID0Ig9i-dg/edit?usp=sharing

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In 1953, Christine Jorgensen became a household name when her story was plastered on the front page of the New York Daily News under the headline, "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty," catapulting her into a sudden, unexpected fame.

Show Notes/Works Cited:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16BZY0z3lsguQOGXxgLgiwR-UdRfSgiQRrb5SW7fdWL8/edit?usp=sharing

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The 90s were not an easy time to come out as a gay teacher, but that's exactly why Rodney Wilson decided he needed to. This is the story of the founder of LGBTQ+ History Month and his quest to include queer people in history lessons across the country (and eventually the globe).

Show Notes/Transcript:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBhhSQWK2bQJOGKPLBpzTHnc_rkfltMbhftKXxZJvgo/edit?usp=sharing

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In 1992, sick of lesbian erasure and rampant homophobia, the Lesbian Avengers formed to make lesbian voices heard - even if it meant storming the streets and eating fire at their protests. 

Show Notes:

https://www.mybib.com/b/NaMPO1

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in 1977, Harvey Milk asked his friend Gilbert Baker, a drag queen and artist, to make a symbol for the gay rights movement - and the pride flag was born. 

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In 1973, the headline "20,000,000 Gay People Cured!" appeared in the Chicago Gay Crusader in response to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) removing homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). This month, we delve into how a coalition of gay activists, medical professionals, and psychiatrists succeeded in declassifying homosexuality as a mental disorder. 

Show Notes: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_ZMdgTyqwRS28u9ItvJ5xXvfdOWw2QulPUb43hGRDo4/edit?usp=sharing

Please note that some of the sources for this episode are decades old and use outdated, medicalized, and stigmatizing language towards queer people. Please take care while reading. 

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