“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E4: "The Number One Queen"

“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E4: "The Number One Queen"

Author: Devlyn Camp May 28, 2022 Duration: 1:09:30
“The basic difference in style is that he was a great man and I’m just Harry Britt.” Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Thanks for helping me preserve & share queer history! Follow me at @queerserial on Instagram & Twitter for lots of fab queer history from the podcasts. Get periodic email updates here. Thanks for your support. :)  Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy EPISODE GUIDE. If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Resources, donations, and more info about Harry Britt can be found at queerserial.com & Will Roscoe’s website. Music is by Blue Dot Sessions. Cover art photo courtesy Daniel Nicoletta. xoxo Devlyn

Devlyn Camp’s Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History unfolds like a gripping radio drama, but every story is rooted in fact. This isn't a dry lecture; it's an immersive soundscape that pulls you into the pivotal, often hidden, moments that have shaped queer life in America. Each season focuses on a different true story, weaving together narrative storytelling, historical research, and firsthand accounts to create something that feels both urgent and deeply human. You’ll hear the tensions, the triumphs, and the personal risks that define these chapters of our past, presented with the pacing and depth of a documentary series. The podcast naturally sits at the intersection of history and true crime, exploring systemic injustices, personal bravery, and cultural shifts that textbooks often overlook. By dramatizing these real events, Camp makes the struggles and joys of LGBTQ+ communities resonate on a personal level, reminding us that history is made of individual lives. Tune in for a compelling blend of education and emotion, where the past is given a voice and its lessons echo into the present. This is history told not from a distance, but from the inside.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 82

Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History
Podcast Episodes
S3 E2 "The Raid on California Hall" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:47
“Every month you move forward by leaps and bounds.” • This is your ticket to the New Year’s Mardi Gras Ball hosted by the Council on Religion and the Homosexual. Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Butto…
S3 E1 "A Minority of Militant Homosexuals" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:16:10
“A secret world grows open and bolder. Society is forced to look at it—and try to understand it.” • The final season! Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/…
Season 3 Preview [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:59
Season 3 begins April 12. Follow along on Instagram @queerserial through the season to see photos of the real activists and events featured in every episode. Season 3 picks up in 1963, as militant gay activists take cues…
"Infamous Crimes" — Ep. 1 "Crush the Monster of Boise" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 27:10
A new serial in a new town with no Mattachine, no Bilitis, and no one to turn to — a true scandal in queer history. Exclusively at Patreon.com/QueerSerial! Listen to the full 8-episode limited series “Infamous Crimes” at…
"Infamous Crimes: Sex Panic in Boise" — Coming Jan. 11 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:39
An 8-episode limited series only at Patreon.com/QueerSerial Patreon is a website for creators to give rewards to their fans in exchange for a little support making their projects. The bonus podcast is $3/month (some mont…
"Return to Normalcy" • Election Day bonus! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:54
Patreon bonus episode for all! The 1920 presidential election proves yet again that history repeats itself, from fear-mongering to political scandal, and even a sitting president infected by the pandemic he downplayed. M…
"Live and Let Live: 58 Years Later" • Interview w/ Randy Wicker [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:13:32
Featuring Sylvia Rivera, Michael, and stories about Marsha P. Johnson, the Mattachine, and radical activism. • Recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey, January 16, 2020. • More bonus episodes!! Twice a month! COMING UP: A 1920s…
S2 E13 "Making This Movement Move" (Bayard Rustin) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:28
Season finale • We’ve found each other, we’re organized, we’re ready — how do we demand change? • Guest starring Joan Jett Blakk as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Bonus episodes!! Twice a month! Plus tons of other fun stuff…
S2 E11 "The Rejected, the Elected" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:32
What will we say when we finally have their attention? • Bonus episodes, research photos, buttons, mugs, books, and even some stunning NSFW history from the era are all on my Patreon! And it only costs a little gayola, $…