Bonus! Watch this gay rebel make a homophobe squirm
It's 1971 and the dreadful Dr. David Reuben, is appearing on a Chicago talk show to promote his a homophobic sex-advice book. But there's one man in the audience who isn't going to let him get away with it: Murray Edelman, who was radicalized after cops arrested him for dancing with a man, and who would go on to radically transform American politics. Here's his story.
And check out more of Murray's work here: https://circlevoting.com/
Backup link to the video: https://youtu.be/iUKMcsW0dvs
Comments (6)
Dunno if you've already let Murray know about your video, but if not happy to put you in touch! I know Murray and see him at Faerie gatherings still
Oh yes I would love to be in touch with him!
Thank you for these wonderful bits of queer history, both well known as well as the parts of our history that most of us have forgotten about, that is if we ever knew about it It's great to know that queer history didn't start in 1969 and that it covers all parts of human history
FYI, Radical Faeries are still out here :)
Disruption, obstruction, economic impact are some of our strongest tools in every fight against oppression.
I interviewed Dan Savage many years ago for my book Defining Marriage, and he pointed out that so many of our advances over the decades have been a result of, to put it bluntly, "being a dick about it"