Gay American history / Jonathan Katz

PRA Archive #:

AZ0102

Katz appears in San Francisco to discuss his recently published book, Gay American History. Readings from Katz’s book by the host are interspersed with clips of Katz’s speech in SF. Katz lectures on a diverse number of topics, including gays and the Communist witch hunt; the history and psychiatric/corrective treatments to homosexuality; Lucy Ann Lobdell and lesbian feminism; gay Native Americans; Harry Hay and the founding of the Mattachine Society; medical studies of homosexuality from late 18th century to World War II; and Almada Sperry’s correspondence with Emma Goldman. The show concludes with a reading from “Coming Out”, a play written by Katz.

Date Recorded On:

Jan. 1977.

Date Broadcast On:

1977-03-23

Item Duration:

00:50:21

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Program: Gay American history / Jonathan Katz
Series: Gay American history / Jonathan Katz ; produced by the Fruit Punch Collective.
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Speaker: Jonathan Katz
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Rights Summary:

RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

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  • pbcoreIdentifier
    • PRA Archive #: AZ0102
  • pbcoreTitle
    • Program: Gay American history / Jonathan Katz
    • Series: Gay American history / Jonathan Katz ; produced by the Fruit Punch Collective.
  • pbcoreRightsSummary
    • rightsSummary

      RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org

  • pbcorePublisher
    • Distributor: Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1977.
  • pbcoreContributor
    • Speaker: Jonathan Katz