Off Christopher Street

David Sessions and Blake Smith

Historians David Sessions and Blake Smith gossip about the gay life of the past and the gay discourses of the present.

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Off Christopher Street

Episodes (13)

Sep 30th Gay Power, Gay Myth: Harvey Milk and Randy Shilts
Sep 15th Where Have All the Gay Writers Gone? (w/ Dan Oppenheimer)
Sep 1st Andrew Holleran's 'Dancer from the Dance,' The Best Gay Novel of All Time

Off Christopher Street

Sep 30, 2026
2½ hours
86 MB

Assassinated less than a year into his term as San Francisco city supervisor, Harvey Milk is remembered today as one of the first openly gay elected officials and a symbol of the struggle for gay rights. But he’s less known for the unique style of gay politics he pioneered: a pragmatic populism grounded in neighborhood power and tactical alliances, combined with a skillful use of the media to broadcast a message of “hope” to gay people nationwide. In this episode, we reconsider Milk’s vision of gay power through the writings of another figure we...

Off Christopher Street

Gay Power, Gay Myth: Harvey Milk and Randy Shilts

David Sessions and Blake Smith

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