From the Stonewall era to the age of the podcast, activists and journalists speak about the the legacy of the queer press across the decades. Founded as an activist organization that built on the momentum surrounding the Stonewall Riots, the Gay Liberation Front organized marches on Timemagazine and The Village Voice, and published its own newspaper, Come Out!, the first gay liberation newspaper in the world. Come Out! provided openly queer media exposure for many activists, writers, and artists who would later take on national prominence, including Rita Mae Brown, Dennis Altman, Sylvia Rivera, Diana Davies, and many more. In conjunction with the exhibition Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50, founding members of the Gay Liberation Front, Perry Brass and Karla Jay, speak with Kathy Tu and Tobin Low, co-hosts of WNYC Studios’ podcast Nancy, about the rise of the queer press in the 1960s and 70s, and the lasting impact of its legacy.
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