Drawing on his three-decade-old archive of rare interviews, Eric Marcus will present an audio tour through time to tell the largely hidden history of the LGBTQ civil rights movement. Listen to the voices of known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and allies, and hear firsthand what inspired them to blaze a trail for LGBTQ equality. 

About Eric Marcus

Eric Marcus is the founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast, which mines his decades-old audio archive of rare interviews — conducted for his oral history book of the same name about the LGBTQ civil rights movement — to create intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history.  His other books include Is It A Choice?, Why Suicide?, and Breaking the Surface, the #1 New York Times bestselling autobiography of Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis.  Eric is also co-producer of Those Who Were There, a podcast drawn from Yale University’s Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies.  And he is the founder and chair of the Stonewall 50 Consortium, an organization that brings together 240 nonprofit institutions and organizations committed to producing programming, exhibitions, and educational materials related to LGBTQ history and culture. 

About ONE Archives Foundation

Founded in 1952, the ONE Archives Foundation, Inc. (OAF) is the oldest continuously operating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) organization in the nation, and an important resource for showcasing the trailblazing and diverse history and culture of the LGBTQ community. Honoring this rich heritage, OAF provides programs for students, educators, and the public, in order to support inclusive learning environments and provide gateways to learn about the LGBTQ communities’ full contributions to society.