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June 24, 2020 41 mins

How could you possibly tell they were queer? •

Bonus episodes! An exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales is available on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research photos! Join me on Patreon at patreon.com/queerserial. This week’s bonus episode is features real archival audio from KPFA’s 1958 “The Homosexual In Our Society,” a 1958 radio program featuring Mattachine Society Publications Director Hal Call, Dr. Blanche Baker, attorney Morris Lowenthal (featured in previous episodes), and Dr. Karl Bowman.

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This season is also brought to you in part by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, San Francisco! We love the Sisters.

Music is by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo and audio clips of Harry Hay are courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. Audio clips from The Rejected are licensed by Thirteen Productions and WNET.

Thanks for listening! Next week: Episode 5 “In the Library Lounge”

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