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Please note that some of the sources for this episode are decades old and use outdated, medicalized, and stigmatizing language towards queer people.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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Can you further gay civil rights by handcuffing yourself to the railing of a public building or throwing a pie in someone's face? If you were a gay activist in the 1970s, the answer is a resounding yes! Hear all about how LGBTQ+ activists weaponized public embarrassment and media frenzy in this month's episode!

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The recently departed Jimmy Carter is considered the first pro-gay US president, and, while reflecting on his legacy, we dig into whether that accolade is accurate. 

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Are you up to date on your Sistory? Get the scoop on the most outrageous protest, performance, and community service group to grace the streets in drag, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, in this episode of This Month in Queer History! 

Show Notes/Works Cited:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vLsxodnPQy1nPxriztiicx1jKlEWIonXoKms28p29Zc/edit?usp=sharing

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In 1989, the artist activist collective Gran Fury unveiled their biggest project yet: "Kissing Doesn't Kill," a poster series that was plastered across buses in San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, and New York City. While far from their only project, Kissing Doesn't Kill was their most prolific and most controversial campaign to date. 

Photo credit in the episode cover: Creative Time (1989). View the full image here: https://creativetime.org/projects/kissing-doesnt-kill-greed-and-indifference-do/

Show Notes/Works Cited:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QzT_AgMU1Up4yERzuXZHHkDXi-jODPJfCChZo-90ov8/edit?usp=sharing

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This is the story of how a protest arranged by trans women in Boston became an international observance.

Show Notes/Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bxEcFEeJrZieiIeDAPN62JyRa0Q3cGd4J8GC84lApmw/edit?usp=sharing

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The US has been in conflict over public restrooms since their inception 1829, from segregation to cruising to anti-trans bathroom bills. In this episode, we dive into why public bathrooms are particularly fraught with moral panics.

Sources/Further Reading
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sDSAfLPDXLuRzNgIcuAvdMshrb7Sw3i-tsoPmEhFga4/edit?usp=sharing

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Lawrence v. Texas (2003) functionally decriminalized gay life in the US by overturning the anti-sodomy statutes of 13 states, including Texas, but it was argued on similar grounds to Roe v. Wade, making its future tenuous. In this episode of TMQH, we bring you a run-down of the fascinating facts of the case and what we can do to ensure that it stays on the books.

Special shout out to You're Wrong About, who coincidentally also put out a two-part series this month on Lawrence v. Texas! This episode of TMQH was planned and produced prior to their episodes dropping, but if you listen to both our episode and theirs, you'll hear why both of us felt this was a necessary piece of history to address right now. Go give their episodes a listen if you want the full details of what happened the night of the arrest and how both John Lawrence and Tyron Garner were impacted by this case. You can find You're Wrong About on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Sources/Further Reading:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ChjBsfVbqs0ryLFYxZKttwANDjbCb1a4r8D7nPcgNrI/edit?usp=sharing

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This month we bring you 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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In this very special Pride episode of This Month in Queer History, find out how we went from the Stonewall Riots, to Liberation Marches, to the Pride Parades we know and love today! Check out our show notes, linked below, for our sources, as well as articles, podcasts, photo collections, and documentaries in which you can learn more about Pride and other topics discussed in this episode. Thank you for listening!

Show Notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17HdvBIa8wRThSBw4_kNi5u13ZaXVnTR8jWkRltsVq_g/edit?usp=sharing

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