Perry Watkins checked the “homosexual box”—literally. As the Vietnam War entered its 13th year, in 1968, Perry was drafted into the U.S. Army despite having responded "yes" in response to the question on the intake form, "Are you a homosexual?" #BlackHistoryMonth 🔉 bit.ly/mgh-watkins

Openly gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin traced his commitment to speaking against injustice to an experience on a bus as he spoke to @washblade.bsky.social's Peg Byron in 1986. #BlackHistoryMonth 1/4 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rustin

Civil disobedience is nothing new to the Black and LGBTQ communities. As Ernestine Eckstein reflected in 1965 in conversation with Kay Lahusen and Barbara Gittings, it is fundamental to educating those around us about injustice. 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-eckstein

“I used to tell my mother, ‘I’m gonna marry a girl when I grow up.’” It was in Houston, Texas, that Rev. Carolyn Mobley-Bowie met her life partner, Rev. Adrain Bowie. #BlackHistoryMonth 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-mobley

The admin banned the trans-inclusive rainbow flag from Stonewall National Monument, and now Gilbert Baker's standard rainbow flag. The Nazis also came for homosexuals, as documented in “The Nazi Era." If history doesn't repeat itself, it's echoing loudly. makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...

"None of us is free and none of us can practice democracy fully so long as any other segment of the community or any country is not democratic." —Bayard Rustin #MakingGayHistory⁠ #BlackHistoryMonth 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-rustin

The admin banned the trans-inclusive rainbow flag from Stonewall National Monument, and now Gilbert Baker's standard rainbow flag. The Nazis also came for homosexuals, as documented in “The Nazi Era." If history doesn't repeat itself, it's echoing loudly. makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...

“It was February of 1987 ... Three months before Emery died, I was diagnosed with AIDS. And, poor baby, I remember he was upset on a number of levels. But the major one was, ‘Who’s gonna take care of you, you know, like you’ve taken care of me?’" —Damien Martin (died #OTD 1987) 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-martin

We're proud and humbled to share that "The Nazi Era," our season featuring the experiences of LGBTQ+ individuals during the Holocaust, has been nominated for Best History Podcast by The Ambies. bit.ly/4apriJB Thank you to all who have encouraged their networks to listen, reflect, and learn.

“If the plague of homosexuality goes unchecked, it will spell the end of Germany.” That was the message Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler delivered to an audience of SS officers four years after Adolf Hitler came to power in January 1933. #HolocaustRemembranceDay 🔊 linktr.ee/makinggayhis...

📣 JUST ANNOUNCED: During 2026, Life Jacket will be the first-ever theatre company in residence w/ #MakingGayHistory, the nonprofit educational organization that brings LGBTQ+ history to life through the voices of the people who lived it. 🎭️🎤⁠ 1/6

#NewYearsEve 1967 at the Black Cat bar in Los Angeles’s Silver Lake neighborhood. As the clock counted down and the new year arrived, patrons embraced in same-sex kisses. Then, the police pounced. #NewYears 1/3

Quentin Crisp was born Denis Pratt #OnThisDay 1908. In his early twenties, he left his family’s suburban London home, changed his name, and began to cultivate a dramatic personal style that provoked both curiosity and hostility in a rigidly conformist age. 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-crisp

Season’s greetings from #MakingGayHistory!⁠ 📸 The first Mattachine Christmas party, December 1951, colorized. From left to right: Konrad Stevens (back of head), Dale Jennings (in profile), Harry Hay, Rudi Gernreich, Stan Witt, Bob Hull, Chuck Rowland, and Paul Bernhard. Credit: © John Gruber

I have only one thing on my wish list this holiday season: to have enough cash on hand to continue bringing LGBTQ history to life through the voices of the people who lived it, as we have for the past nine years. 1/4 Donate: makinggayhistory.org/donate/

I have only one thing on my wish list this holiday season: to have enough cash on hand to continue bringing LGBTQ history to life through the voices of the people who lived it, as we have for the past nine years. 1/4 Donate: makinggayhistory.org/donate/

#OnThisDate 1993, the U.S. DoD issued “Don't Ask, Don't Tell," prohibiting the military from barring applicants from service based on sexual orientation. When Copy Berg was discharged, he challenged the military’s ban, drawing inspiration from Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich. 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-berg

Dick Leitsch always received a Christmas card from friend Jack Nichols, until one year, he didn’t. "...I called ... people who usually I talk to ... and haven’t talked to lately, and eight out of 10 of them either have AIDS or their lovers have AIDS." 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-dick-lei...

Greg Brock remembered of his childhood, growing up in Crystal Springs, Mississippi: “I was a sissy boy from the word ‘go.’ ... In fact, my birth certificate, I was marked as a girl. And that was always the running joke at family reunions.” 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-brock

DON'T MESS WITH THE MOMS! That's the loud and clear message Jeanne Manford sent in a 1972 letter to the NY Post calling out city officials for not protecting her gay son, Morty, when he was beaten by the head of the firemen's union at a Gay Activists Alliance protest. 🔊 bit.ly/mgh-kameny

Thanks to the wonderful audience members who came to QUEER QUIZ SHOW, and to Broadway star Adam Kantor, @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social's Ken Lustbader and Amanda Davis, and Ann Northrop (#GayUSA) for helping record our live mini-podcast recording of #MakingGayHistory. 🎤 ⁠🏳️‍🌈🎉 Photo Credit: Loris Guzzetta

"What set Harvey apart from you or me was that he was a visionary. He imagined a righteous world inside his head and then he set about to create it for real, for all of us." — Anne Kronenberg, campaign manager for Harvey Milk’s final run for public office, in 1977. bit.ly/harveymilkmgh

Join us tonight w/ @makinggayhistory.bsky.social at @thestonewallinn.bsky.social! Our Project Director Ken Lustbader and Executive Director Amanda Davis will help with hosting duties. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 👉 bit.ly/47YKBYO

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

#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...

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

“It's really hard not to have dysphoria about being trans if you're living in a society that tells you every day that being trans is wrong.” —Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth Listen to all of "DISMANTLING A DIAGNOSIS" now. 👇 🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-thirt...

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/

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...

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...

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/

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

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

Eric is immensely proud to be presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era,” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on October 5. RSVP (in-person or online): bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era

Eric is immensely proud to be presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era,” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on October 5. RSVP (in-person or online): bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era

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

On July 23, Eric will join Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education for "LGBTQ+ Experiences During the Nazi Era." Learn more and RSVP for this Zoom program. www.ojmche.org/events/lgbtq...

Such a privilege to have this conversation with @makinggayhistory.bsky.social. I share the story of how — and why — I spoke my truth of living with HIV back in '92. I hope it brings comfort to anyone who feels silenced. Watch the interview via their Patreon at bit.ly/MGHMaryFisher

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...

Hearing Eric Marcus' voice on NPR is a balm in Gilead @makinggayhistory.bsky.social