S2 E4 "The Fairy Project"

S2 E4 "The Fairy Project"

Author: Devlyn Camp June 24, 2020 Duration: 41:22
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. If you’re loving the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! Thank you for your support. :)  Wanna put faces to the names? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial. And follow me, the creator of the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @devlyncamp! Teachers, hit me up for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com  Join the newsletter for periodic updates! Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com.  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”

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
Preview: "GAY PANIC! 1955" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:46
This is the true story of a panic that swept Boise, Idaho in 1955—a panic that continues to spread and damage our communities today. A standalone 9-episode serial podcast about a true scandal in queer history—in a new ci…
New "Mattachine Meeting" w/ Lisa E. Davis [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:43
Historian & author Lisa Davis has written two books—UNDERCOVER GIRL and UNDER THE MINK (also available wherever books are sold). Undercover Girl follows the true story of Angela Calomiris, a lesbian photographer in the V…
Harvey Milk's Political Will [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:24
“This is Harvey Milk speaking from my camera store on the evening of Friday, November 18th. This is Tape #2…This is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination.” • This audio is provided courtesy of Danie…
“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E7: "Strength, Power, Beauty" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:48
“Come out in the fucking rain and celebrate.” 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…
“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E6: "Off to the Races" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:06:39
"If there's gonna be a queer movement, it has to say that there's something about our experience as queers that gives us an insight into something that is wrong with our culture that's beyond homophobia that needs to be…
“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E5: "Epicenter" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:35:36
“Young people who seemed to be living the easy life—no responsibilities, let's just go out and play—who showed true heroism, true love, true wisdom.” Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and seve…
“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E4: "The Number One Queen" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

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.…
“GIVE ‘EM HELL” E3: "White Night" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:32:41
“No apologies.” Listen to “Infamous Crimes: The White Night Riot Interviews,” and several other queer history bonus podcasts, on my Patreon at patreon.com/QueerSerial. Hear several more points of few from fabulous queers…