Episode 1 - Be Gay, Do Crimes

LGBTimeMachine

LGBTimeMachine is a brand new LGBTQ+ History Podcast!

In this episode we focus on the criminalization and persecution of homosexuality to try and shed some light on what it was like to be in the LGBTQ+ community in the 20th Century.

Sources Used In Research for This Episode

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2. Belonsky, Andrew. “Remembering The Ariston Baths, New York’s First Anti-Gay Raid.” Towleroad. October 08, 2010.
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4. Donovan, Brian. Respectability on Trial: Sex Crimes in New York City, 1900-1919. State University of New York. 2016.
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13. People of the State of New York v Abraham Kregal (Court of General Sessions April 7, 1903) (Llyod Seally Library Digital Collections, Dist. file).
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15. People of the State of New York v Theodore Casson (Court of General Sessions April 6, 1903) (Llyod Seally Library Digital Collections, Dist. file)
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