In this episode, Megan shares the stories of #HenryGerber and #PearlMHart - two #queer Chicagoans from immigrant, working class backgrounds whose work shaped not just #queerrights in the Midwest, but throughout the country.

also mentioned, "seances and other strange behavior"...

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1 Pearl M. Hart in her later years
2 Henry Gerber
3 Henry Gerber House - Chicago
4 Henry Gerber headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C.
5 Pearl M. Hart
6 Pearl M. Hart campaign materials
7 Report of Hart's actions during the 1950s #redscare years from the Chicago Sun-Times
8 #MattachineMidwest newsletter featuring Hart

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