Observing the 40th anniversary of the 1978 “Queer November to Remember” – from the first victory by US equality forces over an anti-LGBTQ ballot measure after a wave of defeats to the shocking assassination of one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials less than three weeks later. By 1976, some “Gay Liberation” groups across the country had successfully promoted a few local anti-discrimination ordinances with little resistance, but then along came a former beauty queen and pop singer whose main gig at the time was pushing Florida Orange Juice …
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Complete Program Summary for the week of November 26, 2018
Queer November Remembered!
Program #1,600 distributed 11/26/18
Hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon
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