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Albert Williams & Rick Garcia
Over three episodes, join me & Chicago legends Rick Garcia & Albert Williams (AKA Rita & Wilma) as we gossip about the 15-year battle to win Chicago’s Human Rights Ordinance to protect the city’s gay community. Rick was an activist leading the fight, and his best pal Albert was reporting on it for the gay papers.
Original release date: March 25, 2022
Click here to scroll through to browse the papers with us at the Gerber/Hart LGBTQ Archives (in near-chronological order as we discuss them) and meet the wild cast of characters from Chicago's gay community! 🎉
I met up with one of my best judys, Albert Williams, and one of his other best judys, Rick Garcia. (They call each other Wilma & Rita, and lots of folks call me Judy.) Read Wilma's story about it here, and listen to this bonus series for all the JUICY GOSSIPY DETAILS. Here's more about Rick Garcia, a legendary activist in Chicago.
Part 1:
“There’s never gonna be a ‘right moment.’”
Part 2:
“Nobody is gonna deny me and my people.”
Part 3:
“Again and again and again.”
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MARCH 25, 2022
Time-travel back to ‘80s gay Chicago with us in a new bonus episode of MATTACHINE MEETING! 🎉
Wilma & Rita tell the GOSSIPY, JUICY tale of the battle to win the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance to stop gay discrimination.
Listen on my Patreon! Link in bio!!
MARCH 27, 2022
My best judy, Bill Williams, is finally a guest on my bonus podcast. He’s a fucking LEGEND in Chicago gay history, & the voice of Frank Kameny on Queer Serial. He’s spilling the hottest damn tea all over the city in this 3-part series on my patreon. Enjoy, f@ggots!!!
link in my bio ☕️
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📸 Bill (center) outside Columbia College Center for New Music in the ‘70s.
APRIL 2, 2022
After the sudden tragic death of Mayor Washington, the enemies of Chicago’s gay activists grow much more powerful.
Hear part 2 of my interview with Rick Garcia & Albert Williams now on my bonus podcast MATTACHINE MEETING. Only on my Patreon! Link in bio 😘
APRIL 5, 2022
They called him one of the “Gang of Four” who pushed the Chicago Human Rights Ordinance forward, but Rick Garcia hates that nickname. She’s telling ALLLLL in this piping hot interview about the 15-year battle to win gay rights in Chicago.
link in my bio! 💖
APRIL 8, 2022
I fucking love old gay newspapers.
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