Gays — History.

  • The homosexual in our society (Part 1 of 2)

    This recording from 1958 – the earliest known radio recording to overtly discuss homosexuality – features Public Affairs Director of KPFA Elsa Knight Thompson interviewing Hal Call, the editor of the Mattachine Society’s newsletter, the Mattachine Review; Dr. Blanche Baker, a psychologist noted for her then-rarely-shared belief that homosexuality was not an abnormality nor an…

  • The homosexual in our society (Part 2 of 2)

    In the second part of this ground-breaking radio panel discussion on homosexuals, Elsa Knight Thompson moderates a panel discussion of the following speakers: Dr. Karl Bowman, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of California, and former Head of the Langley Porter Clinic; Dr. Frank A. Beach, Jr., Professor of Psychology, University of California; Morris Lowenthal, San…

  • Time Line / produced by Greg Gordon.

    Important events in recent gay history: Christopher Street, Anita Bryant, the Briggs initiative, Harvey Milk, the white night riots, the national march on Washington, the CBS documentary Gay power, gay politics, the Moral Majority, and the AIDS crisis.

  • History of lavender / Judy Grahn

    Poet and author Judy Grahn reads “Sashay down the lavender trail”, the first chapter of her book “Another mother tongue: gay words, gay worlds” (Boston: Beacon Press, 1984). She traces the tradition and history of gay and lesbian symbols and imagery using examples from Greek myth, Shakespeare, and African and Native American stories and also…

  • Gay is good and gay is also bad / written and read by Judy Grahn.

    Grahn reads her book on gay culture: myth, tribal traditions, and personal interviews. A portrait of homosexuality which goes beyond sexual preferences but is a way of being as old as human society, with continuous traditions up to the present.|GAY IS GOOD AND GAY IS ALSO BAD / written and read by Judy Grahn. –…

  • Sashay down the lavender trail / written and read by Judy Grahn.

    Grahn reads her book on gay culture: myth, tribal traditions, and personal interviews. A portrait of homosexuality which goes beyond sexual preferences but is a way of being as old as human society, with continuous traditions up to the present.|SASHAY DOWN THE LAVENDER TRAIL / written and read by Judy Grahn. – SERIES: Another mother…

  • The original underground / written and read by Judy Grahn.

    Grahn reads her book on gay culture: myth, tribal traditions, and personal interviews. A portrait of homosexuality which goes beyond sexual preferences but is a way of being as old as human society, with continuous traditions up to the present.|THE ORIGINAL UNDERGROUND / written and read by Judy Grahn. – SERIES: Another mother tongue :…

  • Gay is very American / written and read by Judy Grahn.

    Grahn reads her book on gay culture: myth, tribal traditions, and personal interviews. A portrait of homosexuality which goes beyond sexual preferences but is a way of being as old as human society, with continuous traditions up to the present.|GAY IS VERY AMERICAN / written and read by Judy Grahn. – SERIES: Another mother tongue…

  • Fairies and fairy queens / written and read by Judy Grahn.

    Grahn reads her book on gay culture: myth, tribal traditions, and personal interviews. A portrait of homosexuality which goes beyond sexual preferences but is a way of being as old as human society, with continuous traditions up to the present.|FAIRIES AND FAIRY QUEENS / written and read by Judy Grahn. – SERIES: Another mother tongue…

  • We go around the world / written and read by Judy Grahn.

    Grahn reads her book on gay culture: myth, tribal traditions, and personal interviews. A portrait of homosexuality which goes beyond sexual preferences but is a way of being as old as human society, with continuous traditions up to the present.|WE GO AROUND THE WORLD / written and read by Judy Grahn. – SERIES: Another mother…