Curious about how the Lavender Scare ended? In the second part of our Lavender Scare series, Julian discusses the lack of a conclusive end to the Lavender Scare and how courageous queer activists and citizens fought to chip away at the discriminatory practices of the federal government piece by piece.  Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Sources and Suggested Reading: Executive Orders. (2016, August 15). National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html Haynes, S., & Aneja, V. B. A. (2020, December 22). You’ve Probably Heard of the Red Scare, but the Lesser-Known, Anti-Gay “Lavender Scare” Is Rarely Taught in Schools. Time. https://time.com/5922679/lavender-scare-history/ Johnson, D. K. (2006). The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government. University of Chicago Press. Lewis, G. B. (1997). Lifting the Ban on Gays in the Civil Service: Federal Policy toward Gay and Lesbian Employees since the Cold War. Public Administration Review, 57(5), 387–395. https://doi.org/10.2307/3109985 Out.com Editors. (2015, February 6). 9 Things To Know About “The Lavender Scare.” Out. https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/04/26/9-things-to%C2%A0know-about-lavender-scare

In our first discussion episode, Wes and Julian discuss the start of the Lavender Scare, and in particular, Roy Cohn, one of its executors, and how divisions in self-identity can allow for intra-community violence. This is part 1 of a two-part series on the Lavender Scare - part 2 will discuss the formal end to the Lavender Scare and how effective it was in actually ending employment discrimination against queer people in the Civil Service. Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Sources: Executive Orders. (2016, August 15). National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html Haynes, S., & Aneja, V. B. A. (2020, December 22). You’ve Probably Heard of the Red Scare, but the Lesser-Known, Anti-Gay “Lavender Scare” Is Rarely Taught in Schools. Time. Retrieved February 11, 2022, from https://time.com/5922679/lavender-scare-history/ Lemmey, H., & Miller, B. (2019, May 21). Episode 10: Roy Cohn. Bad Gays. Retrieved February 11, 2022, from https://badgayspod.com/listen/ Listener discretion advised for Bad Gays: adult language and frank discussions of sexuality. Out.com Editors. (2015, February 6). 9 Things To Know About “The Lavender Scare.” Out. https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/04/26/9-things-to%C2%A0know-about-lavender-scare

In our newest episode of our bite-sized history episodes, Julian discusses the start of the Lavender Scare, a parallel witch hunt to the Red Scare for queer people in the US government. This is part 1 of a two-part series on the Lavender Scare - part 2 will discuss the formal end to the Lavender Scare and how effective it was in actually ending employment discrimination against queer people in the Civil Service.  Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Sources: Executive Orders. (2016, August 15). National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/10450.html Haynes, S., & Aneja, V. B. A. (2020, December 22). You’ve Probably Heard of the Red Scare, but the Lesser-Known, Anti-Gay “Lavender Scare” Is Rarely Taught in Schools. Time. Retrieved February 11, 2022, from https://time.com/5922679/lavender-scare-history/ Lemmey, H., & Miller, B. (2019, May 21). Episode 10: Roy Cohn. Bad Gays. Retrieved February 11, 2022, from https://badgayspod.com/listen/ Listener discretion advised for Bad Gays: adult language and frank discussions of sexuality. Out.com Editors. (2015, February 6). 9 Things To Know About “The Lavender Scare.” Out. https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/04/26/9-things-to%C2%A0know-about-lavender-scare

On October 14th, 1977, gay activist Tom Higgins pies anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant during a live press conference in Des Moines, Iowa. In this TMQH, Julian explores Bryant's anti-gay campaigns, why she got pied, and a first for TMQH: a surprise twist ending from this year!  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Email: [email protected] Special thanks to the HISTORY Channel for select audio of Bryant being pied used under Fair Use for nonprofit educational purposes at the beginning of the episode. Sources:  A&E Television Networks, LLC. (n.d.). Anita Bryant Hit in the Face With Pie. HISTORY Channel. Retrieved October 8, 2021, from https://www.history.com/speeches/anita-bryant-hit-in-the-face-with-pie In-text citation Annetta, M. (2013, October 14). October 14 in LGBTQ History. THE LAVENDER EFFECT. https://thelavendereffect.org/2013/10/14/october-14-in-lgbtq-history/ Lane, S. (2018). No Sanctuary: Teachers and the School Reform That Brought Gay Rights to the Masses (1st ed.). ForeEdge. LGBT History. (2016, October 14). LGBT History - Anita Bryant, Des Moines, Iowa, October 14, 1977. Facebook. https://m.facebook.com/LGBTHistoryIG/photos/a.786589938139659/918383608293624/?type=3 Marcus, E. (2002). Making Gay History: The Half Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights. Harper Perennial. Ring, T. (2021, July 28). Another Pie in the Face for Anita Bryant: Her Granddaughter Is Gay. Advocate. https://www.advocate.com/people/2021/7/27/another-pie-face-anita-bryant-her-granddaughter-gay The History Project, Inc. (n.d.). ANITA SUCKS [ORANGES] · Documented | Digital Collections of The History Project. Retrieved October 8, 2021, from https://historyproject.omeka.net/items/show/67

Mindfulness is an expansive and diverse practice, and in our first ever guest episode Jesse Frechette, Mindfulness Educator, Coach, Facilitator, & Psychotherapist and Founder & Director at Center Mindful, talks with us about practicing mindfulness and guides us through two mindfulness practices.  You can get connected with Jesse at: [email protected] 215-680-1944 Website: www.jessefrechette.com Facebook: Center Mindful https://www.facebook.com/CenterMindful/ Connect with the Altern: [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Notes: Meditation app Jesse mentioned: Insight Timer Mindful eating concerns Julian mentioned: https://tinyurl.com/mindfulnessandeating

On September 20, 365 BC, Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, was born. In this week's TMQH, Wes discusses the straight-washing of Alexander the Great and his relationship with Hephaestion, his childhood sweetheart, and the parallels between their relationship and that of the legendary Greek heroes and lovers Achilles and Patroclus.  Email: [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Further reading: https://manchesterhistorian.com/2021/alexander-the-great-lgbt-icon-by-alexandra-birch/  http://www.wiu.edu/cas/history/wihr/pdfs/WIHR%20spring%202020%20Kitchen%20final%20version.pdf  https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=histfacpub

Brent, Wes, and Julian discuss body image, the prevalence of eating disorders in the LGBTQ+ community, and how LGBTQ+ people, men, and higher weight individuals get blocked from accessing care for eating disorders. CW for eating disorder treatment, anti-fat bias, medical mistreatment, and discussions of weight. All numbers (weight, BMI, etc) have been bleep-ed out.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Email: [email protected] NEDA Hotline: 1-800-931-2237 The Eating Disorder Institute: https://edinstitute.org/ Masterlist of EDI Articles: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dTlFeY7DfMj-lQtB1TlGZuIjJ4te-YDphr6fg2X5kO8/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode of TMQH, Brent discusses the Kinsey Reports: how they furthered the study of sexology, why they were so controversial, and how they impacted the LGBTQ+ community.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Email: [email protected] Sources: Bullough, V. L. (1998). Alfred Kinsey and the Kinsey report: Historical overview and lasting contributions. Journal of Sex Research, 35(2), 127–131. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499809551925 Cochran, W. G. (1970). Statistical problems of the Kinsey report on sexual behavior in the human male;: A report of the American Statistical Association, Committee to advise . . . Committee for Research in Problems of Sex, (Reprint ed.). American Statistical Association. In-text citation Haeberle, E. J. (1983). The Birth of Sexology: A Brief History in Documents (First Edition). World Association for Sexology. Kinsey, A. C. (1998). Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (Reprint ed.). Indiana University Press. Kinsey, A. C., Pomeroy, W. B., Martin, C. E., & Gebhard, P. H. (1998). Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (Reprint ed.). Indiana University Press. MacRae, A. P. (2018). Hegemonic negotiation and LGBT representation in contemporary teen films (Thesis). University of Western Australia. The Rockefeller Archive Center. (n.d.). Kinsey Reports. The Rockefeller Foundation: A Digital History. Retrieved September 11, 2021, from https://rockfound.rockarch.org/kinsey-reports 

Intercommunity policing is common in the LGBTQ+ community, and in this episode, Wes, Brent, and Julian discuss the way criticism from cisgender and heterosexual people gets absorbed by some queer people and turned on others.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Email: [email protected] Further reading: Bradford, N. J., & Syed, M. (2019). Transnormativity and Transgender Identity Development: A Master Narrative Approach. Sex Roles, 81(5–6), 306–325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-018-0992-7 Burns, K. (2019, September 5). TERFs: the rise of “trans-exclusionary radical feminists,” explained. Vox. https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/5/20840101/terfs-radical-feminists-gender-critical Duggan, L. (2002). The New Homonormativity: The Sexual Politics of Neoliberalism. In R. Castronovo & D. D. Nelson (Eds.), Materializing Democracy: Toward a Revitalized Cultural Politics (pp. 175–194). Duke University Press. https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822383901 Iovannone, J. (2018, September 18). We Need To Talk About Toxic Gay Masculinity. The Establishment. https://theestablishment.co/we-need-to-talk-about-toxic-gay-masculinity-70dbcd13e775/index.html Iovannone, J. J. (2019, June 18). What is a “Pride Body”? - Think Queerly. Medium. https://thinkqueerly.com/what-is-a-pride-body-3dfd5e901f9e Johnson, A. H. (2016). Transnormativity: A New Concept and Its Validation through Documentary Film About Transgender Men. Sociological Inquiry, 86(4), 465–491. https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12127 M., K. (2021, August 27). Why Do Some Transgender People Still Pathologize Themselves? Medium. https://aninjusticemag.com/why-do-some-transgender-people-still-pathologize-themselves-ce7e176e392b?gi=3383e1577a4d Pearce, R., Erikainen, S., & Vincent, B. (2020). TERF wars: An introduction. The Sociological Review, 68(4), 677–698. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026120934713 Stehle, D., & Iovannone, J. (2020, October 25). Jeffry Iovannone: Deconstructing the Ideal Gay Male Body – LOP077. Living OUT Leadership Interview Series. https://darrenstehle.com/jeffry-iovannone-deconstructing-ideal-gay-male-body-lop077/

Remember that classic Al Pacino bank heist movie? It has surprisingly queer origins, which Wes discusses in this episode of TMQH. Content warning for mention of suicide attempts, deadnaming, misgendering, and institutionalization.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealternde/ Email us: [email protected] Further reading:  https://rare.us/entertainment-and-culture/john-wojtowicz/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/john-wojtowicz