Episode Detail: Historical Blindness - In the Life
Lesley Gore hosts a look back at pre-Stonewall life. The overview profiles Billy Strayhorn, who was one of Duke Ellington's collaborators; Romaine Brooks, an early 20th-century artist; Billy Tipton, a jazz-band leader during the 1940s and '50s, who, upon his death, was discovered to be a woman; Bayard Rustin, the lead organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, D.C.; and jazz singer Storme DeLarverie. Also: a Harvey Fierstein commentary about those who oppose the Pride parade.
