In this episode, Megan shares the stories of Henry Gerber and Pearl M. Hart - two queer Chicagoans from immigrant, working class backgrounds whose work shaped not just queer rights in the Midwest, but throughout the country.
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Sources:
“Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame”. Glhalloffame.org. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
“Pearl M. Hart: Defender of the Oppressed and Vulnerable”. Chicagohistory.org. 24 Jun 2020. https://www.chicagohistory.org/pearl-m-hart/
Riemer, Matthew; Brown, Leighton (2019). We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. Rupp, Leila (2011). “The Persistence of Transnational Organizing: The Case of the Homophile Movement.”The American Historical Review 116:4 (Oct.2011): 1014-1039
Sendziak, Karen C. “Pearl M. Hart.” In Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context. Edited by Vern L. Bullough. New York: Haworth, 2002.
Sienna, Noam. “Pearl Hart.” jwa.org. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/hart-pearl. 23 June 2021.
Stein, Marc (2012). Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement. Routledge.
Holly Frey and Tracy V. Wilson. “Henry Gerber”. Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast. 29.6.2024.
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