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Phil Siegel

Coming Out in the 1950s: Stories of our Lives

    RELEASE

    2011-06-24

    BUGET

    N/A

    LENGTH

    15 min

    Description

    The video is a 15-minute series of interviews by teens of gay elders about their experiences growing up in the 1950s and how they created, formed and nurtured a gay community during a time when gay lives were underground and hidden. Stories include Hadley, an ROTC member who was outed and summarily discharged; Ron, an academic who gave up a promising relationship to pursue an education; and Phyllis Lyon, on her experiences founding the first lesbian organization in the US.

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