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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 8h

“It's really hard not to have dysphoria about being trans if you're living in a society that tells you every day that being trans is wrong.” —Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth

Listen to all of "DISMANTLING A DIAGNOSIS" now. 👇

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Fifty-one years after homosexuality’s removal from the American Psychiatric Association’s list of mental disorders—a major gay rights victory—mental health literature continues to pathologize trans people.

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-out-of-t...

January 1974 issue of the Chicago Gay Crusader announcing the American Psychiatric Association’s December 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 6d

Kick off #LGBTQHistoryMonth by going back to the very beginning, where #MakingGayHistory began nearly eight years ago. And stay tuned all month long for clips from our archive of interviews with LGBTQ trailblazers!

🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-one/

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 1d

📸☝️ January 1974 issue of the Chicago Gay Crusader announcing the American Psychiatric Association’s December 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Fifty-one years after homosexuality’s removal from the American Psychiatric Association’s list of mental disorders—a major gay rights victory—mental health literature continues to pathologize trans people.

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-out-of-t...

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 5d

An early example of LGBTQ+ students looking to create their own spaces came in an ad placed by Henry Wiemhoff #OTD 1969: "2 Gay Students Wanted to Share 5 Rm Unfrn. Apt."

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-mattachi...

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 6d

Kick off #LGBTQHistoryMonth by going back to the very beginning, where #MakingGayHistory began nearly eight years ago. And stay tuned all month long for clips from our archive of interviews with LGBTQ trailblazers!

🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-one/

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 6d

THIS SUNDAY, Eric's presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

RSVP (in-person/online) to learn more about (pictured) Margot Heuman, Josef Kohout, Liddy Bacroff, Fredy Hirsch, and others.

RSVP: bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 21d

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join Making Gay History this fall for 4 exclusive in-person behind-the-scenes experiences, co-produced with Life Jacket Theatre Company.

Tickets: lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 21d

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join Making Gay History this fall for 4 exclusive in-person behind-the-scenes experiences, co-produced with Life Jacket Theatre Company.

Tickets: lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 28d

Eric is immensely proud to be presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era,” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on October 5.

RSVP (in-person or online): bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era

Making Gay History: The Nazi Era

Eric Marcus, founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast provides an introduction to MGH’s current 12-episode series on the experiences of LGBTQ people during the rise of the Nazi...

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 28d

Eric is immensely proud to be presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era,” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on October 5.

RSVP (in-person or online): bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era

Making Gay History: The Nazi Era

Eric Marcus, founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast provides an introduction to MGH’s current 12-episode series on the experiences of LGBTQ people during the rise of the Nazi...

bit.ly

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Sep 5

Greg, Peter or Bobby — who was YOUR favorite Brady Bunch boy?

Subscribe to our Patreon to support our work and access full talk w/ megahit Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Hamilton) and many others.

patreon.com/makinggayhistory

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jul 15

On July 23, Eric will join Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education for "LGBTQ+ Experiences During the Nazi Era."

Learn more and RSVP for this Zoom program. www.ojmche.org/events/lgbtq...

LGBTQ+ Experiences During the Nazi Era

Making Gay History's Eric Marcus will share archival clips that bring this often hidden history to life through the voices of the people who lived it.

www.ojmche.org

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Mary Fisher @maryfisher.com · Jul 14

Such a privilege to have this conversation with @makinggayhistory.bsky.social. I share the story of how — and why — I spoke my truth of living with HIV back in '92. I hope it brings comfort to anyone who feels silenced.

Watch the interview via their Patreon at bit.ly/MGHMaryFisher

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jul 8

Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were ahead of their time when, in 1970, they came up with the idea for a safe haven for homeless queer youth who turned to dangerous street work to survive, as they did themselves.

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-fromthev...

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Bonanni Comma John @bananascallops.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hearing Eric Marcus' voice on NPR is a balm in Gilead @makinggayhistory.bsky.social

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jul 4

It’s July 3, 1981, and Eric is reading @nytimes.com. On page A20, a single-column story running down the left-hand side catches his eye: “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals.” A shiver runs up Eric’s spine. ⁠

Revisit our series "Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis": bit.ly/aidscrisismgh

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jul 4

📸👆 Larry Kramer at home in 1989, after he learned he was HIV positive. Credit: Sara Krulwich for @nytimes.com

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jul 4

“The New York Times article that alerted everybody, really, was July 3, ’81 ... When I saw that in the @nytimes.com, I was scared … the Times has a way of making you really sit up and say wow.” — activist and writer Larry Kramer, speaking with Eric in 1989 #MakingGayHistory

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-kramer

Larry Kramer at home in 1989, after he learned he was HIV positive. Credit: Sara Krulwich for The New York Times

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Ben Cannon @bencannon.bsky.social · Jun 30

Greetings from London! On this, the last day of Pride Month, I’m so happy to induct @makinggayhistory.bsky.social into the Podcast Canon.

Read my latest for @avclub.com below!

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · Jun 30

Eric Marcus uses decades of interviews to create a history podcast that is urgent and vital.

Podcast Canon: Making Gay History is a treasure trove of archival recordings

www.avclub.com

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jul 1

Wow! Ben! Thank you for the incredible honor of being inducted into the Podcast Canon and for your very thoughtful and kind assessment of our work. It's been a privilege to share these stories, which provide a road map for how to push ahead against all odds in the fight for dignity and equality.

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jun 30

📸👆 Christopher Street Liberation Day March, June 28, 1970. Jim Fouratt of the GLF, at right, holding the banner. Credit: Photo by Diana Davies, courtesy of Manuscripts and Archives Division, NYPL

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jun 30

"People began to gather in the parade assembly area ... a few blocks away from Christopher Street where angry mobs of gay people had rioted just one year before. The mood today was different." — Breck Ardery, producer of the audio doc, "June 28, 1970 — Gay and Proud"

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-stonewal...

Christopher Street Liberation Day March, June 28, 1970. Jim Fouratt of the GLF, at right, holding the banner. Credit: Photo by Diana Davies, courtesy of Manuscripts and Archives Division, NYPL

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waldinky @waldinky.bsky.social · Jun 29

If you want to start to understand Stonewall and the larger struggle for lgbtq rights you can't do better than listen to the @makinggayhistory.bsky.social podcast. #pridemonth

Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jun 11

#Pride2025 is underway! Throughout #Pride Month, we’ll be sharing the stories of history-making trailblazers featured on the podcast.

(Re)Visit our factsheet "Stonewall: The Basics" to learn how history was made that night at the Stonewall Inn in NYC's Greenwich Village,

bit.ly/stonewall-ba...

The Stonewall Inn, September 9, 1969. Credit: Photo by Diana Davies, courtesy of Manuscripts and Archives Division, NYPL The New York Public Library

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jun 27

📸👆 Jeanne Manford, holding the sign "Parents of Gays: Unite in Support for Our Children," alongside her son, Morty Manford, at the third annual Christopher Street Liberation Day March in NYC, June 25, 1972. (Courtesy of Les Carr/PFLAG National)

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