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The Unbelievable True Story of Jonathan Lerner: From Stonewall to Today
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In this episode, we talk with author Jonathan Lerner about his memoir Performance Anxiety and his journey through gay identity, radical politics, and 1960s counterculture!
Lerner reflects on his involvement with Students for a Democratic Society and the broader movement against police brutality, racism, and the Vietnam War. He shares what it felt like to come of age in a time when major social change seemed not just possible, but imminent.
We explore gay visibility before and after Stonewall…
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