Lindsay Graham
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1,224 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 5d ago
Lindsay Graham’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In places like New York, Washington, DC, and San Francisco, LGBTQ activists would start agitating for greater rights.
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They would have to confront attitudes amongst the clergy who overwhelmingly viewed homosexuality as a cardinal sin, and they would tackle the widespread issues of police harassment, abuse, and entrapment, which targeted LGBTQ people nationwide.
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But the success of these efforts continued to depend on earning the approval of white middle class heterosexual Americans, as white middle class gay activists focus on proving their respectability to the mainstream majority.
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This narrow approach to progress excluded LGBTQ people who also faced discrimination related to their race, class, or gender identity.
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As organizations like Matachin and the Homophile Movement marched down the middle, those left behind would forge their own activist communities, tactics and strategies, and fight their own battles for acceptance against even greater forces.
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A note to listeners.
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As our understanding of sexuality and identity has deepened and evolved, so has our language.
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The terms used throughout history, both by LGBTQ people to refer to themselves and by others, have changed over time.
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In this series, we'll generally use LGBTQ, but at times we may use older terminology in order to accurately capture the attitudes and ideas of the past.
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This is episode two, turbulence.
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In nineteen fifty eight, Frank Kameny was fired from his job as an astronomer in the U.S.
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Army Map Service.
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With his PhD from Harvard and several years experience, Kameny was uniquely qualified, but only for a highly specialized career path.
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He couldn't just go out and find himself another astronomy job.
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After consulting with a lawyer, Kameny learned he could petition the Supreme Court over his dismissal.
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As a scientist, he took a strictly logical approach while writing the petition, building a chain of reasoning the way a researcher would formulate a thesis.
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In Kameny's words, his dismissal on the grounds of immorality was incorrect, writing, Morality is a matter of personal opinion and individual belief upon which the government has no power.
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The homosexuals in this country are no longer willing to accept their present status as second class citizens and as second class human beings.
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They are neither.
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Despite Kameny's careful reasoning, the Supreme Court denied his petition.
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