Making Gay History
@makinggayhistory.bsky.social
We bring LGBTQ history to life through the voices of the people who lived it, including the Making Gay History podcast (makinggayhistory.org). Since 2016.
TONIGHT! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Earn a chance to win merch at our interactive QUEER QUIZ SHOW, and enjoy Broadway star Adam Kantor performing a number from Life Jacket Theater's THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS 🎉📚🏆
TICKETS: bit.ly/47YKBYO
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + @thestonewallinn.bsky.social
TICKETS: bit.ly/47YKBYO
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + @thestonewallinn.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
TONIGHT! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Earn a chance to win merch at our interactive QUEER QUIZ SHOW, and enjoy Broadway star Adam Kantor performing a number from Life Jacket Theater's THE GORGEOUS NOTHINGS 🎉📚🏆
TICKETS: bit.ly/47YKBYO
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + @thestonewallinn.bsky.social
TICKETS: bit.ly/47YKBYO
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + @thestonewallinn.bsky.social
On November 18, 1967, a young Craig Rodwell announced the opening of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, at 291 Mercer Street in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood.
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🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rodwell
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
On November 18, 1967, a young Craig Rodwell announced the opening of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, at 291 Mercer Street in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood.
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rodwell
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rodwell
11/20: CALLING ALL LGBTQ+ HISTORY FANS! Meet new friends and earn the chance to win fabulous MGH merch during this fun, high-energy, and interactive QUEER QUIZ SHOW testing your knowledge of LGBTQ+ history. 🎉📚🏆
bit.ly/47YKBYO
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + The Stonewall Inn
bit.ly/47YKBYO
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + The Stonewall Inn
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
11/20: CALLING ALL LGBTQ+ HISTORY FANS! Meet new friends and earn the chance to win fabulous MGH merch during this fun, high-energy, and interactive QUEER QUIZ SHOW testing your knowledge of LGBTQ+ history. 🎉📚🏆
bit.ly/47YKBYO
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + The Stonewall Inn
bit.ly/47YKBYO
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + The Stonewall Inn
Another adventure around the sun! ☀ The entire MGH team invites our community of listeners and history-makers to join us in wishing Eric the happiest of birthdays! 🎉
Share a social post or the link to your favorite podcast episode with someone who might be experiencing MGH for the first time.
Share a social post or the link to your favorite podcast episode with someone who might be experiencing MGH for the first time.
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Another adventure around the sun! ☀ The entire MGH team invites our community of listeners and history-makers to join us in wishing Eric the happiest of birthdays! 🎉
Share a social post or the link to your favorite podcast episode with someone who might be experiencing MGH for the first time.
Share a social post or the link to your favorite podcast episode with someone who might be experiencing MGH for the first time.
And the winner is ... Meredith Mann! Baking for NYPL archives, Meredith’s Lavender Menace-inspired confection, served at our BAKING GAY HISTORY CHAMPIONSHIP, was the perfect blend of historical significance and, well, delicious sugar 💜🧁 Thank you to all who joined us at The Stonewall Inn.
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
And the winner is ... Meredith Mann! Baking for NYPL archives, Meredith’s Lavender Menace-inspired confection, served at our BAKING GAY HISTORY CHAMPIONSHIP, was the perfect blend of historical significance and, well, delicious sugar 💜🧁 Thank you to all who joined us at The Stonewall Inn.
11/20: Meet new friends, compete in small teams and earn the chance to win fabulous MGH merch during this fun, high-energy, and interactive QUEER QUIZ SHOW testing your knowledge of LGBTQ+ history. 🏳️🌈🤓📚🏳️⚧️
lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + The Stonewall Inn
lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + The Stonewall Inn
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
11/20: Meet new friends, compete in small teams and earn the chance to win fabulous MGH merch during this fun, high-energy, and interactive QUEER QUIZ SHOW testing your knowledge of LGBTQ+ history. 🏳️🌈🤓📚🏳️⚧️
lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + The Stonewall Inn
lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Co-Sponsors: @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social + The Stonewall Inn
The March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights stepped off #OnThisDate 1979. An estimated 100,000 people from around the country had streamed into the nation’s capital, all united to advance five primary demands... 1/3
October 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights stepped off #OnThisDate 1979. An estimated 100,000 people from around the country had streamed into the nation’s capital, all united to advance five primary demands... 1/3
Will YOU be NYC’s Gay Baking Champion? 🧁 🏳️🌈Watch NYC’S best amateur bakers vie for the grand prize, showcasing delicious baked goods celebrating key chapters and icons of LGBTQ+ history.
Stay for a live “Making Gay History” mini-podcast interview w/ an LGBTQ+ icon!
👉 lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Stay for a live “Making Gay History” mini-podcast interview w/ an LGBTQ+ icon!
👉 lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
October 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Will YOU be NYC’s Gay Baking Champion? 🧁 🏳️🌈Watch NYC’S best amateur bakers vie for the grand prize, showcasing delicious baked goods celebrating key chapters and icons of LGBTQ+ history.
Stay for a live “Making Gay History” mini-podcast interview w/ an LGBTQ+ icon!
👉 lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Stay for a live “Making Gay History” mini-podcast interview w/ an LGBTQ+ icon!
👉 lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
When organizers of the inaugural National #ComingOut Day in 1988 asked Greg Brock to participate in a live taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," he saw no need.
At the time, Greg was the highest level openly gay person working at a mainstream newspaper anywhere in the US.
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-brock
At the time, Greg was the highest level openly gay person working at a mainstream newspaper anywhere in the US.
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-brock
October 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
When organizers of the inaugural National #ComingOut Day in 1988 asked Greg Brock to participate in a live taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," he saw no need.
At the time, Greg was the highest level openly gay person working at a mainstream newspaper anywhere in the US.
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-brock
At the time, Greg was the highest level openly gay person working at a mainstream newspaper anywhere in the US.
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-brock
#ICYMI: Thanks to the Museum of Jewish Heritage for hosting Eric's presentation of “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era."
Together, we listened and made space for the voices of those who lived through this painful, often hidden history.
Listen to the season: makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...
Together, we listened and made space for the voices of those who lived through this painful, often hidden history.
Listen to the season: makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...
October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#ICYMI: Thanks to the Museum of Jewish Heritage for hosting Eric's presentation of “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era."
Together, we listened and made space for the voices of those who lived through this painful, often hidden history.
Listen to the season: makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...
Together, we listened and made space for the voices of those who lived through this painful, often hidden history.
Listen to the season: makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...
Thanks to the sold-out audience who came out to watch THE QUEEN for Movie Night, and for participating in our live mini-podcast recording of #MakingGayHistory. 🎤👠💋👑
🎟️ Three more events are scheduled for this season! #MakingGayHistoryLive 👇
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📷 Loris Guzzetta
🎟️ Three more events are scheduled for this season! #MakingGayHistoryLive 👇
linktr.ee/makinggayhistorypodcast
📷 Loris Guzzetta
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thanks to the sold-out audience who came out to watch THE QUEEN for Movie Night, and for participating in our live mini-podcast recording of #MakingGayHistory. 🎤👠💋👑
🎟️ Three more events are scheduled for this season! #MakingGayHistoryLive 👇
linktr.ee/makinggayhistorypodcast
📷 Loris Guzzetta
🎟️ Three more events are scheduled for this season! #MakingGayHistoryLive 👇
linktr.ee/makinggayhistorypodcast
📷 Loris Guzzetta
Fifty-one years after homosexuality’s removal from the American Psychiatric Association’s list of mental disorders—a major gay rights victory—mental health literature continues to pathologize trans people.
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🔊 bit.ly/mgh-out-of-t...
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fifty-one years after homosexuality’s removal from the American Psychiatric Association’s list of mental disorders—a major gay rights victory—mental health literature continues to pathologize trans people.
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-out-of-t...
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-out-of-t...
An early example of LGBTQ+ students looking to create their own spaces came in an ad placed by Henry Wiemhoff #OTD 1969: "2 Gay Students Wanted to Share 5 Rm Unfrn. Apt."
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-mattachi...
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-mattachi...
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
An early example of LGBTQ+ students looking to create their own spaces came in an ad placed by Henry Wiemhoff #OTD 1969: "2 Gay Students Wanted to Share 5 Rm Unfrn. Apt."
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-mattachi...
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-mattachi...
Kick off #LGBTQHistoryMonth by going back to the very beginning, where #MakingGayHistory began nearly eight years ago. And stay tuned all month long for clips from our archive of interviews with LGBTQ trailblazers!
🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-one/
🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-one/
October 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Kick off #LGBTQHistoryMonth by going back to the very beginning, where #MakingGayHistory began nearly eight years ago. And stay tuned all month long for clips from our archive of interviews with LGBTQ trailblazers!
🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-one/
🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-one/
THIS SUNDAY, Eric's presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
RSVP (in-person/online) to learn more about (pictured) Margot Heuman, Josef Kohout, Liddy Bacroff, Fredy Hirsch, and others.
RSVP: bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era
RSVP (in-person/online) to learn more about (pictured) Margot Heuman, Josef Kohout, Liddy Bacroff, Fredy Hirsch, and others.
RSVP: bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
THIS SUNDAY, Eric's presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
RSVP (in-person/online) to learn more about (pictured) Margot Heuman, Josef Kohout, Liddy Bacroff, Fredy Hirsch, and others.
RSVP: bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era
RSVP (in-person/online) to learn more about (pictured) Margot Heuman, Josef Kohout, Liddy Bacroff, Fredy Hirsch, and others.
RSVP: bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join Making Gay History this fall for 4 exclusive in-person behind-the-scenes experiences, co-produced with Life Jacket Theatre Company.
Tickets: lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Tickets: lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
September 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join Making Gay History this fall for 4 exclusive in-person behind-the-scenes experiences, co-produced with Life Jacket Theatre Company.
Tickets: lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Tickets: lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive
Greg, Peter or Bobby — who was YOUR favorite Brady Bunch boy?
Subscribe to our Patreon to support our work and access full talk w/ megahit Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Hamilton) and many others.
patreon.com/makinggayhistory
Subscribe to our Patreon to support our work and access full talk w/ megahit Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Hamilton) and many others.
patreon.com/makinggayhistory
September 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Greg, Peter or Bobby — who was YOUR favorite Brady Bunch boy?
Subscribe to our Patreon to support our work and access full talk w/ megahit Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Hamilton) and many others.
patreon.com/makinggayhistory
Subscribe to our Patreon to support our work and access full talk w/ megahit Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Hamilton) and many others.
patreon.com/makinggayhistory
Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were ahead of their time when, in 1970, they came up with the idea for a safe haven for homeless queer youth who turned to dangerous street work to survive, as they did themselves.
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-fromthev...
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-fromthev...
July 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were ahead of their time when, in 1970, they came up with the idea for a safe haven for homeless queer youth who turned to dangerous street work to survive, as they did themselves.
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-fromthev...
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-fromthev...
It’s July 3, 1981, and Eric is reading @nytimes.com. On page A20, a single-column story running down the left-hand side catches his eye: “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals.” A shiver runs up Eric’s spine.
Revisit our series "Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis": bit.ly/aidscrisismgh
Revisit our series "Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis": bit.ly/aidscrisismgh
July 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s July 3, 1981, and Eric is reading @nytimes.com. On page A20, a single-column story running down the left-hand side catches his eye: “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals.” A shiver runs up Eric’s spine.
Revisit our series "Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis": bit.ly/aidscrisismgh
Revisit our series "Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis": bit.ly/aidscrisismgh
“The New York Times article that alerted everybody, really, was July 3, ’81 ... When I saw that in the @nytimes.com, I was scared … the Times has a way of making you really sit up and say wow.” — activist and writer Larry Kramer, speaking with Eric in 1989 #MakingGayHistory
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-kramer
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-kramer
July 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“The New York Times article that alerted everybody, really, was July 3, ’81 ... When I saw that in the @nytimes.com, I was scared … the Times has a way of making you really sit up and say wow.” — activist and writer Larry Kramer, speaking with Eric in 1989 #MakingGayHistory
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-kramer
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-kramer
"People began to gather in the parade assembly area ... a few blocks away from Christopher Street where angry mobs of gay people had rioted just one year before. The mood today was different." — Breck Ardery, producer of the audio doc, "June 28, 1970 — Gay and Proud"
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-stonewal...
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-stonewal...
June 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
"People began to gather in the parade assembly area ... a few blocks away from Christopher Street where angry mobs of gay people had rioted just one year before. The mood today was different." — Breck Ardery, producer of the audio doc, "June 28, 1970 — Gay and Proud"
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-stonewal...
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-stonewal...
Love is a transformative force against oppression. In 1972 a mother’s love for her gay son set in motion a domino effect that continue today. Queens teacher Jeanne Manford marched in NYC Pride w/ a sign that read, "Parents of Gays: Unite in Support for Our Children."
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-manford
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-manford
June 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Love is a transformative force against oppression. In 1972 a mother’s love for her gay son set in motion a domino effect that continue today. Queens teacher Jeanne Manford marched in NYC Pride w/ a sign that read, "Parents of Gays: Unite in Support for Our Children."
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-manford
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-manford
By the time of the June 1969 Stonewall uprising, the homophile movement was nearly two decades old and there were between 50-60 US orgs. A year later, there were as many as 1K orgs.
Revisit our #Stonewall50 season for #Pride: makinggayhistory.org/season-five
Revisit our #Stonewall50 season for #Pride: makinggayhistory.org/season-five
June 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
By the time of the June 1969 Stonewall uprising, the homophile movement was nearly two decades old and there were between 50-60 US orgs. A year later, there were as many as 1K orgs.
Revisit our #Stonewall50 season for #Pride: makinggayhistory.org/season-five
Revisit our #Stonewall50 season for #Pride: makinggayhistory.org/season-five
Eric sat down w/ @npr.org’s @scottdetrow.bsky.social to offer a glimpse into MGH's recent season, which explores the experiences of LGBTQ people during the Nazi era — from people persecuted for their homosexuality to queer resistance fighters.
Listen to the full interview at NPR: bit.ly/4l7O8J7
Listen to the full interview at NPR: bit.ly/4l7O8J7
June 19, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Eric sat down w/ @npr.org’s @scottdetrow.bsky.social to offer a glimpse into MGH's recent season, which explores the experiences of LGBTQ people during the Nazi era — from people persecuted for their homosexuality to queer resistance fighters.
Listen to the full interview at NPR: bit.ly/4l7O8J7
Listen to the full interview at NPR: bit.ly/4l7O8J7
To me, suits and ties as a uniform are part of the larger heterosexual culture. It’s part of how society tries to define us as men and women.” — Craig Rodwell
Pick a significant moment in gay history in the 1960s or ’70s and Craig Rodwell was *there.*
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rodwell
Pick a significant moment in gay history in the 1960s or ’70s and Craig Rodwell was *there.*
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rodwell
June 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
To me, suits and ties as a uniform are part of the larger heterosexual culture. It’s part of how society tries to define us as men and women.” — Craig Rodwell
Pick a significant moment in gay history in the 1960s or ’70s and Craig Rodwell was *there.*
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rodwell
Pick a significant moment in gay history in the 1960s or ’70s and Craig Rodwell was *there.*
🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rodwell