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Revisiting The Gay Life

  • David Boyer (with the help of Canva)
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    GLBT Historical Society
    It's 1984. The mysterious illness stalking the gay community has a name and has killed more than 2000 people. Sadly, this is just the beginning of the horrors that the LGBTQ+ community will face in the coming decade. In the final episode of Revisiting The Gay Life, we hear from patient-turned-AIDS-activist Bobbi Campbell in the last month of his life.
  • David Boyer (with the help of Canva)
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    Photo: Rink
    In this episode of Revisiting The Gay Life, we relive the early, uncertain days of what will eventually be called HIV/AIDS with one of the first people to come out publicly as having the disease: Bobbi Campbell.
  • Queer Power Hour
    In this episode of Revisiting The Gay Life, we're looking at how queer people have been represented — and misrepresented — on the big screen up through the early 1980s, including interviews with film historian Vito Russo and filmmaker Artie Bressan.This limited series tries to make sense of the years between the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS by digging into the archive of a gay radio show that was hosted by Randy Alfred from 1979 to 1984.
  • Queer Power Hour
    In this episode of REVISITING THE GAY LIFE, we meet four queer witches who were practicing in San Francisco in the late 1970s and 1980s.This limited series tries to make sense of the years between the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS by digging into the archive of a gay radio show that was hosted by Randy Alfred from 1979 to 1984.
  • Queer Power Hour
    This episode of REVISITING THE GAY LIFE features a 1971 conversation from Radio Free Lesbian between a lesbian daughter and her mother, who came out of the closet later in life.This limited series tries to make sense of the years between the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS by digging into the archive of a gay radio show that was hosted by Randy Alfred from 1979 to 1984.
  • Queer Power Hour
    This episode of REVISITING THE GAY LIFE is a live panel discussion about the history of queer radio with a trio of LGBTQ+ radio pioneers: Randy Alfred (The Gay Life), Chana Wilson (Radio Free Lesbian) and Eric Jansen (Out in the Bay).This limited series tries to make sense of the years between the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS by digging into the archive of a gay radio show that was hosted by Randy Alfred from 1979 to 1984.
  • Queer Power Hour
    In this episode of REVISITING THE GAY LIFE, we focus on an inflection point in queer history: when the gay and lesbian rights movement was gaining strength, but also facing some backlash. This limited series tries to make sense of the years between the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS by digging into the archive of a gay radio show that was hosted by Randy Alfred from 1979 to 1984.
  • Queer Power Hour
    In this episode of REVISITING THE GAY LIFE, we explore two very different versions of the 1970s queer experience through interviews with gay fiction writers Armistead Maupin and Larry Kramer. This limited series tries to make sense of the years between the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS by digging into the archive of a gay radio show that was hosted by Randy Alfred from 1979 to 1984.
  • Queer Power Hour
    REVISITING THE GAY LIFE is a new audio documentary series from KALW’s QUEER POWER HOUR that takes listeners back five decades and tries to make sense of the earth-shattering years that were bookended by the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS. The series explores that pivotal moment in LGBTQ history through the lens of THE GAY LIFE, a local radio show that aired from 1977 to 84.
  • Queer Power Hour
    REVISITING THE GAY LIFE is a new audio documentary series from KALW’s QUEER POWER HOUR that takes listeners back five decades and tries to make sense of the earth-shattering years that were bookended by the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS. The series explores that pivotal moment in LGBTQ history through the lens of THE GAY LIFE, a local radio show that aired from 1977 to 84.
  • Queer Power Hour
    REVISITING THE GAY LIFE is a new audio documentary series from KALW’s QUEER POWER HOUR that takes listeners back five decades and tries to make sense of the earth-shattering years that were bookended by the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS. The series explores that pivotal moment in LGBTQ history through the lens of THE GAY LIFE, a local radio show that aired from 1977 to 84.
  • Queer Power Hour
    REVISITING THE GAY LIFE is a new audio documentary series from KALW’s QUEER POWER HOUR that takes listeners back five decades and tries to make sense of the earth-shattering years that were bookended by the murder of Harvey Milk and the early days AIDS. The series explores that pivotal moment in LGBTQ history through the lens of THE GAY LIFE, a local radio show that aired from 1977 to 84.