Wed, Jan 10, 2018
Who is the Mattachine Foundation? What do they want? Harry Hay creates a discrete new gay organization under a pseudonym when he hears a call to action for his people. He and his recruits Rudi Gernreich, Dale Jennings, Chuck Rowland, and Bob Hull form the Mattachine Foundation to organize the American gay community-hopefully without drawing attention from the FBI.
Wed, Jan 17, 2018
Why was Dale Jennings arrested? What purpose does ONE Magazine serve? How is queer culture defined by our community? Mattachino Dale Jennings is arrested, entrapped by a police officer. The Mattachine starts a movement for his defense. Meanwhile, journalist Paul Coates begins to unravel the organization's secrets as a spin-off group of activists launch ONE Magazine.
Wed, Jan 24, 2018
How and when did homophobia begin in the United States? How did the Government use it against us? In this standalone episode, we travel back to the origins of homophobia in the United States, and hear how the U.S. Government weaponized it against queer people. Climaxing in the Lavender Scare in which homosexuals and communists were conflated as one in the infamous 1950s Red Scare, we'll meet back up with the Mattachinos as the Government catches up with them, too.
Wed, Jan 31, 2018
How will political pressure from the lavender scare cause cracks in the Mattachine Foundation? If we are "moral risks," then what is our moral code? We dig through the letters from the Mattachine archives to find how the founders of the organization began to splinter under the Lavender Scare's pressure.
Wed, Feb 7, 2018
When an organization splinters into alliances, will the community they're organizing splinter, too? Welcome to the secret society's first constitutional convention. Mattachinos from across California gather in Los Angeles for the secret society's first constitutional convention-and the schism that shaped the gay rights movement forever.
Wed, Feb 14, 2018
Are you a culturalist or an assimilationist? What are the pros and cons of each side, and what would you do to fight for yours? No one will be the same after this week's Mattachine meeting. The Mattachine takes a new form as new ideas shape their constitution-are we culturalist homosexuals or assimilationists? What are the pros and cons of each side, and what would you do to fight for yours?
Wed, Feb 21, 2018
Why do assimilationists reject queer culture? Hear the season from the point of view of the Mattachine's rising leader. Follow Hal Call to war and back, a closeted homosexual forced to reconcile with his secret love letters. Hear how he discovered the Mattachine and why he's determined to take control.
Wed, Feb 28, 2018
Do we moderate our queer behavior in an assimilated world? Or do we move forward with a militant and proudly queer identity? What happens when Mattachine goes public? Attend the 1953 banquet that rocked the homophile movement when Dale Jennings gave his astonishing "moderation" speech. "Quo Vadis, Mattachine Society?"
Wed, Mar 7, 2018
When the Mattachine's founder is called to testify, when ONE Magazine is seized by the post office, and when the FBI begins to interrogate activists, how does the movement continue to fight? After homophiles question FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's sexuality, the FBI strikes back at ONE Magazine. The gay publication is seized by the post office and sent to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Mattachine's founder Harry Hay is called to testify before HUAC. How does the gay movement continue to fight? Season 1 finale.
Sun, Mar 17, 2019
Join Devlyn Camp live at the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco this April. We'll be playing season 1 of Mattachine over three nights, along with visuals of the early LGBTQ movement and discussions about the homophile movement. We'll also be chatting about how the podcast was produced and what's ahead in season 2.