FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Turbulence
American History Tellers

FAN FAVORITE: Stonewall | Turbulence

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 9, 202644 min

As the 1960s dawned, LGBTQ activists began to voice frustration with the gradual approach to civil rights advocated by groups like the Mattachine Society. If LGBTQ people wanted to make real progress, they concluded, they would need to take direct action — starting with tactics shared with the Black civil rights movement. Through protests and sit-ins in places like New York, Washington DC, and San Francisco, LGBTQ activists started agitating for greater rights. They would tackle employment discrimination along with the widespread issues of police harassment, abuse, and entrapment, which targeted LGBTQ people nationwide. But as whit...

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Audible subscribers can binge new seasons of American History Tellers early and ad-free right now. Join Audible in the Audible app, or by subscribing on Apple Podcasts. We're hard at work on our 100th season of American History Tellers coming up, but in the meantime, we're revisiting a fan favorite — our season about the Stonewall

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Uprising. And for listeners who would like to learn more about queer history, We recommend the new Audible original, The Pansy Craz. In this six-part, live-recorded podcast variety show, co-creator and host Mason Alexander-Parr transports audiences through time to tell raucous stories of queer history that none of us learned in school.

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You can listen to The Pansy Craz right now, only on Audible. A listener note, this episode includes sexual situations and violence. May not be suitable for all listeners. Imagine it's January 1958 in Washington, D.C.

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