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Season 1: Episode 7: Chuck Rowland
FromMaking Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Nov 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
A WWII veteran who co-founded one of the first LGBT rights groups, the Mattachine Society, in 1950—a time when gay people were considered sick, sinful, criminal, and a threat to national security. Dr Evelyn Hooker described Chuck as “a natural organizer”.
Released:
Nov 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Morris Foote: On November 2, 1955, when 30-year-old Morris read on the front page of the newspaper that Boise police were rounding up and arresting gay men, he did the only thing he could think of. He ran. He didn't feel safe to go back to Boise for the next 20 years. by Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive