This week, episode two of a new six-episode series about the gay 1970s from Eric Marcus and Making Gay History.
In this episode, a closeted 16-year-old Eric finds himself unexpectedly in the middle of the legendary queer scene on New York’s Fire Island.
This new, limited series focuses on the decade between Stonewall and the onset of the AIDS crisis. Over the course of six-episodes, Eric explores the big breakthroughs of the gay liberation movement and the backlash that followed — all against the backdrop of his own coming out as a gay teen in the 1970s. KALW is proud to be the only public radio station in the country to broadcast “Coming of Age During the 1970s”.
