Journalist. Storyteller. Founder & host @MakingGayHistry. Co-producer Those Who Were There @TWWTpodcast. Anti-fascist proud gay Jew since 1958.🏳️🌈
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Hope to see you there! We’ve been working on this project for more than a year, scouring archives to find rare first-person testimony.
Join Eric this Sunday @SaintLouisHM where he'll share a sneak preview of our upcoming 10-episode series on the experiences of LGBTQ people during the rise of the Nazi regime and through the Holocaust.
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Wish I could be there! But you can if you're in the Twin Cities. It's a terrific book!
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Two of my books are on the list of books being "audited" for possible exclusion from the Leighton Area High School Library, including Is It A Choice? and What If Someone I Know Is Gay? Here's the full list: tnonline.com/20240828/books-…
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Phil Donahue RIP. One of the greats. In 1987, shortly after I told my grandmother I was gay (she was 84), she took me on a walk and explained that she watched the "Phil Donahue Show" so she knew that I couldn't change. It gave her comfort to know that Donahue was supportive.
ALT 1992. Backstage at the "Phil Donahue Show." Donahue at center. I'm on the far left. It was a show on acceptance of gay people. Featured my Making Gay History book.
Loved chatting with Robert O’Shaughnessy for his "You May Find Yourself" podcast (YMFY is a podcast about work, career, and finding a path—mine was very winding and occasionally tortured!). Hope you enjoy what you hear! 👇
New You May Find Yourself podcast alert via @thisisoesounds. Today I speak with @EricBMarcus of @MakingGayHistry. The episode is on the website, on Apple podcasts, and on all the podcatchers including @Spotify here: open.spotify.com/episode/7n5…
Our LGBTQ+ ancestors worked too hard to get us our freedom to turn back. We won't go back! youtube.com/watch?v=i2kS8GR9…
If not for @evanwolfson we wouldn't be marking today's NY marriage equality anniversary. Evan is a hero of the LGBTQ+ movement with a great story to tell. That's why @MakingGayHistry is sharing an episode of @jor_gonsalves' podcast featuring Evan. Listen! youtube.com/watch?v=FtLBVpsA…
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"I was hooked and it's so beautifully produced. It's extraordinary. I've not heard anything like it before."
@EricBMarcus, host of @MakingGayHistry, on Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs on our bonus episode from @TribecaAudio.
Binge the whole season now! slate.com/slowburn
Such a fun conversation with the incredibly talented and creative @c_cauterucci who produced one of the best LGBTQ history podcast series I've ever heard. Listen to ep. 1 and you'll be hooked. But don't forget the "live on stage" final episode!
“Going into the archives and hearing tape — as in your podcast — it's so evocative ... these voices bring to life that history in a way that reading about it can't." —Eric
Hear Eric on stage w/ @slate's @c_cauterucci for #SlowBurn Live last month.
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I love the past because we know how it turned out. Take a break from today's insanity & join @c_cauterucci on stage at the Tribeca Festival with ME in the hot seat. Also @deray and other guests, to cap the extraordinary Slow Burn Briggs Initiative series. youtube.com/watch?v=2plpaenS…
Our backlash to the anti-LGBTQ backlash continues to unfold! What is it that President Obama says? VOTE! We've got the power when we use it to vote out the bigots or to keep them out in the first place. lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/scho…
If you listen to one podcast about LGBTQ history (in addition to @MakingGayHistry), this is it! Riveting! Illuminating! Transporting! The best kind of time travel through brilliant storytelling and archival recordings. Listen!
Our @MakingGayHistry founding producer @saraburningham found the one and only recorded interview (as far as we know) with Ernestine. From 1965. Barbara Gittings and Kay Lahusen conducted the interview. Extraordinary to hear! So go ahead and listen!
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My favorites! I’m often asked who among the 100+ people I interviewed for the MGH book in the 1980s were my faves. There were many, but my favorite faves were Barbara and Kay, the happy warriors of our movement who were out there fighting for us years before Stonewall and after.
The first annual July 4 picket outside Philadelphia’s Independence Hall took place in 1965. Kay Lahusen and her partner, Barbara Gittings, were there. 📸 Nancy M. Tucker, via ONE Archives
Eric: Was that thrilling?
Barbara and Kay: Oh, yes!
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The best part of making Slow Burn was finding moments of hilarity and joy in my interviews. Queer history is full of ridiculous (and sexy!!) nuggets like this one ✨
The Activists Who Lobbied Ronald Reagan and the Closeted Aides Who Worked For Him: @c_cauterucci, host of Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs, speaks about one surprising, favorite moment during the reporting of this season of Slow Burn.
🎧 Listen here: slate.com/slowburn
Love these! When I interviewed Kay Lahusen a few years back and asked her to fill in the blank, "I made gay history when..." she had so many answers that we almost ran out of tape! Exaggerating, of course, but Kay and her life partner Barbara Gittings changed the world for us!
Thanks to everyone — including @Jenna_DeWitt's wonderful entry! — for sharing their #IMGHW moments with us.
Keep sending and we'll keep sharing! Complete “I Made Gay History When...” in the comments below, via DM, or by emailing [email protected]. #IMGHW
Thank you Anthony for joining us for the session! More news to come regarding the release of new LGBTQ American history related lessons from our partnership with the NEA. Stay tuned!
Outstanding first session led by @EricBMarcus from @MakingGayHistry with a focus on incorporating #LGBTQ history into the classroom. When kids learn about folks like them they are empowered to succeed. @NEAToday @nysut
Here's the fabulous NYC subway station mosaic referenced below. Happy Pride! 🏳️🌈
We make and remember history TOGETHER. Thank you for continuing to share your history-making moments with us!
Complete the phrase “I Made Gay History When ...” in the comments below, via DM, or by emailing [email protected]. #pride
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