S3 E8 "Chicago Ain't No Sissy Town"

S3 E8 "Chicago Ain't No Sissy Town"

Author: Devlyn Camp June 7, 2021 Duration: 1:29:00
“Through the blue cigarette smoke you can make out the outlines of crowded tables.” • Meet me on Crilly Court. Bonus episodes!! Research dives! (Often NSFW.) Mugs! Buttons! Books! Plus tons of other fun stuff! $3/month at Patreon.com/QueerSerial. Bonus episodes come right to your phone like any other podcast! If you’re already a Patreon gal, click here to make those bonus episodes pop up in your regular podcast feed. Listen to the trailer (and the first episode) for the Boise sex panic mini-series here! Looking for some reruns? Check out this handy dandy EPISODE GUIDE. If you’re enjoying the show, please rate and review it on Apple Podcasts to help new listeners find the show! If you live in Chicago, please get in touch with your alderperson and ask them to support ECPS — Empowering Communities for Public Safety. Yes, that means “defund the police” and reallocate money to more effective resources in the community, and create democratic police accountability. Follow the Chicago Alliance @caarprnow, and get more info at bit.ly/SupportECPS. Subscribe to the Queer Serial email list here! Thanks for your support. :)  Wanna put faces to the names? See the gay bars and cruising grounds? Flip through the homophile publications? Follow the show in photos on Instagram and Twitter @queerserial.  Teachers, message me for transcripts of the episodes! queerserial@gmail.com  Resources, donations, and the full voice cast for the podcast can be found at queerserial.com. If you’re looking for books about Chicago queer history, two of my faves are “The Boys of Fairy Town” by Jim Elledge and “Queer Clout” by Timothy Stewart-Winter. Listen to my other podcast for one of Chicago’s oldest gay bars Sidetrack, “OutSpoken: LGBTQ Storytelling." Music is by Blue Dot Sessions, and Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by attribution 4.0. The original Mattachine Society jester logo is used courtesy of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries. xoxo Devlyn linktr.ee/queerserial

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
S2 E10 "The Hose & Heels Club" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:21
José Sarria for Supervisor! Did you register to vote yet? • vote.org • 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 li…
S2 E9 "The Twilight Woman" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:50
Mid-season finale: an ethical homosexual culture overwhelms the Movement. • Bonus episodes! I’ll still be releasing new episodes of Forgotten Fairy Tales regularly during the break! It’s an exclusive Patreon podcast seri…
S2 E8 "Peddled Like Pornography" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:25
Whom Should We Tell? And who won’t find out once the biggest scandal in homophile history breaks? • Bonus episodes! Hear an exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon…
“A Step Higher” w/ Mattachino Wendell Sayers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:49
Historian Eric Marcus interviews Wendell Sayers, an attorney, the first Black assistant attorney general for the state of Colorado, and one of few Black members of the Mattachine Society. He attended the 6th annual Matta…
S2 E7-A "Destroy A Citizen" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:15
Frank Kameny is under the boot. Bonus episodes! Check out my exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Some episodes feature Queer Serial characters, some are way ear…
S2 E7 "A Useful Citizen" (Transgender & Intersex History) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:17:10
How long have transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming humans existed? This week we’ll explore some of our known genderqueer history, from ancient Sumer to 1959. • Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of…
S2 E6 "Faces Behind the Names" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 49:32
Flyers, magazines, television — how should we tell the public that we’re organizing? • Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also,…
S2 E5-A "To Be Accused Is To Be Guilty" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 4:32
An astronomer faces the Civil Service Commission. Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone gay history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon! Also, cute buttons! Mugs! Archival research p…
S2 E5 "In the Library Lounge" [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:26
Who are our allies on the outside? Who are our enemies on the inside? • Bonus episodes! Listen to my exclusive series of standalone queer history episodes called Forgotten Fairy Tales on my Patreon. Also, cute buttons! M…
"Trans-sexuals and the Police" on KPFA, April 10, 1968 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:22:20
CELEBRATE & SUPPORT Black trans lives! In lieu of our typical Pride celebrations at the bars and parades, please consider donating to Brave Space Alliance, Black Queer & Intersectional Collective, Queer the Land, Black T…