LGBT+ History by the Decades: The Golden Age | Episode 4

[@ashleyvanhammer3448]

I'm so glad to see you doing this. It's sad to see how much of America has no idea about the history of their own country, particularly the parts of it they'd find uncomfortable.

[@alen_egret5815]

The saddest part is, not even us, the gay community knows many of this awesome facts.

[@Anthonycheesman33]

I think we know the uncomfortable parts of america very well lol

[@06BIBOI]

Some Americans are too uncomfortable to fully accept Black history so who knows when/if they'll ever accept LGBT !

[@wackybisexual8280]

I love this, there is so much about LGBT history I didn't know.

[@hiimaybesatan7321]

WackyBisexual ayyyyy nice name 🙌🙌👌👌👍👍

[@huhulala3518]

WackyBisexual I relate to your name on a personal level.

[@11MissingPhoenix]

Ur name and pfp is gold 😂💀🏳️‍🌈

[@peachykeen9787]

I am LOVING THIS SERIES !!! I'm learning so much about lgbtq+ history!! Your narration and the historical photos make it even better

[@Pandadewy]

"The teenager was born" lol 😂😂😂

[@allyr6863]

I love these lgbt history videos! But I wanna recommend a Tv show to talk about, Versailles. It's set in the late 1600s and one of the main characters is gay and has a boyfriend and although the relationship may not be perfect it definitely does not have queerbaiting. There are two seasons but only one is out on Netflix currently

[@calistaw.9866]

THANK YOU! It's so difficult to find shows/films with an LGBTQ+ main character that aren't based around that fact! I will look into it.

[@katitax508]

I guess I know what I’m watching next!

[@hyvnmni]

All i could think about when you started talking about the Beat Generation was the movie kill your darlings. My favorite movie of all time. Pls tell me you've seen it alexander!!!

[@user-tq2ho1so7l]

Valentia omg same that movie is so amazing and the story it's based on is so interesting!

[@SalamanderMagic]

This channel seriously deserves more subscribers

[@dwuddle]

Is it bad I wanna be a stay at home mom? Like I know the whole "ayy women can do everything just like men" but I just wanna raise my future kids tbh. I'm a lesbian and I know I'm gonna have to work so I'm going to go for nursing & eventually becoming an anesthesiologist but I wish the economy was better so millennials could actually buy a house hmph. Anyways great video!! I'm loving this series and recommended it to my friend!!

[@IHAPPYFACE11]

Matt Murdock women can do anything a man can do (within reason); and that includes raising a family. If being a stay-at-home mum is what you're happy doing, don't let anyone pressure you into changing your mind! 😊

[@hiimaybesatan7321]

Matt Murdock as a fellow lesbian, I must say, you do you. The thing about gender stereotypes is, if we do the exact opposite all the time, we'll just have formed new gender stereotypes, just different than what it was.

[@SalamanderMagic]

Matt Murdock No, its not bad at all. If you want to take on a role like that, you should.

[@ya_fbr]

Matt Murdock the point of gender equality and feminism is not in women doing the opposite of what stereotypes say. The point of it is in women doing exactly what they want. So yes, you do you! And don't let anyone tell you that what you want is wrong, because that's bullshit. The only right thing you can do here is do exactly what you want. And I hope it will work out :)

[@Kat_Treasure]

Matt Murdock there's nothing wrong with it! do what you want and if anyone tells you that you can't/shouldn't then don't listen to them and do it!!

[@antokon579]

this is SO important, thank you so much for educating people

[@cryinginred]

Ahh! I love how you highlighted James Dean AND Sal Mineo! Sal Mineo was a bisexual, open bisexual, and had a few interviews about it before his untimely death in the 70s. He does also mention his feelings about Dean. His interviews are on KZbin and across the web. It's not all conjecture. He was only a teenager when he acted with Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, but there's enough sexual tension to cut it a knife! lol And btw, you look like a young Sal Mineo to me!

[@charlotteconnelly6623]

I saw rebel without a cause and I clicked

[@v.a.l.i.a]

James Dean is truly my celebrity crush and I didn't know that! Damn! I've read Giovanni's room and it was soooo good

[@aster6811]

okay but I love the music you chose tbh

[@shebehere2452]

Something about these videos... I always have to watch them

[@Kat_Treasure]

these are so interesting and educational. I really wish that history like this was taught in school

[@meep_cubed170]

Your series on LGBT+ history reminds me early of disiblity hostory, particulry Blind an dDeff history. In the 1920 all three were stigmatised, however they were portraied in the meada, and owhile it was often negitive there was far less hatred and bigatrey than what was to come. All three had massive sections of their populations sent to prisen in Hitler ocupied Europe. While LGBT+ military members were discharged and highly stigmatised members of the Military who became blind or deff were given substandered care when they retured home often were denied the same jobs they had held before the war. All three were left out of the nucler family system, as the LGBT+ were stigatised and fled to the Cities blind and deff people were sent to institutions where they often reseved substandered education and often were not well reintergrated in the larger society. While the LGBT+ community was battling the police and HIV in the 70s and 80s the blindness comunity was battling AFB and NACC for the rights to live the lives they wanted. All three were seen as sines of imorality when brought to promance in the 60s. And all three have been told that what they are is wornd and or brocken, and they need tp be cured. While some of you might not understand this last point many members of the Blind and Deff comunity see their disiblity as a part of their idenity, and sugesting geting rid of it is the same as sugesting “fixing” someon’s sexual orintation or gender idenity. I personally am blind, asexual and biromantic and have alwaysed notesed this tie between my two sepret identie’s comunity struggles through the years, and rise to notise during the 20th and 21st centries. I love your channel and this series has inspired me to make a simmler history of disiblity calture and histoory, particulary blindness. Thand you so much, Anna C. PS, I am also dyslexic so I am sory for any miss spelings, feel free to ask any questions as I often get a lot of questions about blindness history and caluture and have gotten used to explaining it. :)

[@lj9759]

Wow! Thank you for this I never knew the blind and deaf community faced such issues as late as the 1980s.

[@phanicatthediscofalloutpar1641]

THESE ARE EVERYTHING

[@mirageinmercuryshadow]

James Dean was bi 💥😱

[@jwlxbfkgfjwcjx]

@@HarleyQuinn-wz3xf meaning he Bi

[@jibblejabble4599]

He was gay for pay.

[@samantha43679]

Yeah, he was totally bi. It's a somewhat open secret that he, Eartha Kitt, and Paul Newman (yes, the salad dressing guy lol), had a threesome back in the day

[@dalia6097]

I absolutely love this series! I've done my own research throughout the years on LGBTQ+ history but I still find myself learning so many new facts from these videos. When this series ends and you'd like to have some more ideas for "Are They Gay?" you should do one on the rumored relationship between the poet/playwright Federico García Lorca and artist Salvador Dali!

[@rubyday3780]

Awesome video. Thank you so much for teaching people about this important part of world history.

[@guiafb99]

This series is incredible

[@laineleone]

This is an incredible series! We don't get to learn about our history in school. I'm happy I can learn about it here!!! Thank you for creating this!

[@theonahopkins3144]

Yay! I get so excited when I see a new installment for this series! Keep 'em comin' please!

[@roadkill_opossum]

Thank you so much for making these,, holy heck

[@mmots1294]

Never clicked on a notification so fast

[@FruitJellyBubbles]

if you are a fan of the series, PLEASE consider making a video on Miles Edgeworth and Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney, their relationship has lasted decades and Phoenix LITERALLY chose his career just to get a chance to battle Edgeworth in court and that way reconnect with him after like, 7 years, if you have not played the games then you should really consider it if you like visual novels, it truly is amazing, interesting and oh so well written and done.

[@mingmeiizhao4973]

nicole * yes. it's so cannon I swear to God.

[@savareza6583]

But is it canon? Saw the anime and I didn't feel that "vibe" ya know

[@bubbagump5483]

Love you guys doing this

[@Haul_Away]

I am absolutely loving this series!

[@masonallen3961]

This is Awesome. Keep doing what you're doing.

[@andreasofiavargas2533]

Wonderful! Keep at it!

[@solosunbeam]

03:55 Only England & Wales, it remained in force in Scotland and Northern Ireland (a time when devolution had not yet been democratised in those jurisdictions).

[@eliee1110]

So I go to an overnight camp, and one of our counselors had to leave early, so she was saying bye to some of my friends and I, all of us are gay and she's like, "So, girls, if you ever need anything, just email me, a sturdy homosexual, like a sturdy chair, but more rainbow." And it was that best thing I've heard in a long time

[@bassgears]

*gets excited about history videos* what

[@fairlysmallmoose287]

I love this series so much!! Keep up the great work ❤

[@diemitri6855]

Things like this need to be talked about more often.

[@ella9335]

Ah - this series is amazing! I can't wait for the next episode :)

[@vaneharris8947]

I'm enjoying this series. Thank you so much.

[@thatscoolbeans7694]

I'm So Happy you are posting Again, you don't know how much you make my day when you upload.

[@kateg1355]

Love this series! Keep it up

[@LordLarsaSolidor]

Thank you for making these.

[@representationmetaphorique]

I'm so glad you added sister Rosetta tharpe!!

[@worldwidehandsome240]

Please continue this series Alex.

[@alyreadsbooks7560]

I never knew that James Dean was bi! He’s literally so iconic. Now I need edits of him with the caption bi excellence 😂

[@healingv1sion]

this is seriously one of the best series I've watched on YT

[@tommo9176]

Mate these vids are ace, keep em up

[@alexagutierrez9582]

James Dean, my beloved, in the thumbnail though 💗

[@stratovolcano7813]

Ugh everytime you talk about how LGBT+ people were beginning to be acknowledged & accepted it reminds me how much I'm dreading a video about the 80s AIDs crisis... X(

[@sfu_film]

I miss this series, so good

[@danielewenkhare3600]

I’m black, gay and PROUD and I love 💗 💖 💕 my LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈 family across the Globe

[@Lysandherguitar]

You should make a video on Dally and Johnny from the outsiders if you've ever read the book there's a TON of evidence in there and in the movie too

[@ashessakura7518]

Thank you for all of these videos, it was very interesting to hear about and o actually learnt a lot that I never knew. Thank you~

[@aerinpage]

5:04 HE LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE CHRIS EVANS

[@robinsdoom]

Aerin Atkins no Chris Evans looks like him

[@EmoSew1]

interesting thanks this helps a lot for researching the past and my storywritting

[@gizee99]

Thank you or making these!!!!!!

[@thefangirlgeek0193]

Post more please, I love these

[@emmar-b2694]

I really like that your doing these videos, it's really interesting and nice to see how culture has changed and queer people are more welcomed and accepted, thank you! ALSO a side note, I know it's very unlikely this comment will be seen by the creator(s) themselves but there is a growing ship that has made it to the N°1 ship on the charts 7 times already. Klance from Voltron: Legendary Defender. I would REALLY recommend this show and a new season has just come out!! As far as I am aware this is a very big ship and any video made on this topic would most likely be very successful between me and many other Voltron fans!! I'm sure you probably have your own plans so just take this as a suggestion And watching Voltron as a recommendation Your videos are really good this isn't gonna get seen is it Bye

[@kearyfrancis1352]

As an historian this is wonderful good job hidden history that people are now learning America as been hiding this part of its history only now is there a sence of appreciation. The world is certainly changing equality and acceptance is finally taking shape thank heavens it brings great Joy to see this.

[@warringtonfaust1088]

Living in the neighborhood, I happened to be walking past the Stonewall on the night of the "riot". Except for two, maybe three, police cars, there seemed to be very little activity.

[@cyrr1213]

I love these videos so much!

[@Wowzawhy]

0:56 is that Daniel Radcliffe the time traveler raising his hand

[@dillpickle4929]

YES I LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH!!!

[@somewhatannoyed7114]

i love ur vids so so much dude

[@helencashwes]

somewhat annoyed nice profile pic

[@somewhatannoyed7114]

yours is pretty cool too

[@turnedvampirein]

Love your videos

[@Theracooninyourbasement]

allen ginsburgs poems are truly beautiful

[@Icar_fo]

Hello from Russia Unfortunatly we re still on ep 3

[@shollyboster9115]

Damn Alex you were stressed about getting this one on time Edit: are you gonna tell them about the interview[tm]?

[@Error403HRD]

I'm nonbinary and I'm trying to learn more about queer history. Short videos help because most sources are written and...well, I've got adhd. Thank you so much!

[@ferrinleonsons6620]

hey im gonna send this video series to my US history teacher cause she said she was gonna talk about that part of the civil rights movement and i thought you should know

[@Yellowducky665]

THANK YOU ALEXANDER CHARLES

[@paulandrews298]

When is the next episode coming out? This series is outstanding.

[@laminage]

Did you ever think of doing one with Actors like the ones from the 1950s who were in those Rock & Roll Type Movies who had to hide their sexuality like Tab Hunter. Also did you ever think of doing one about what it was like being a Soap Heartthrob and being Gay. Better yet do one on what it's like being in a Boy Band and being Gay. In the UK it was legendary.

[@pupupurin143]

the only lgbt icon our high school world history class taught us about was Harvey Milk

[@pupupurin143]

in reality our teacher just made us read an article and answer questions. :^(

[@oliviabizzell7909]

Can you please do a video on the lesbian magazine 'The Ladder'?

[@jaime2475]

I swear at 0:56 I thought that it was Martin Freeman sitting on the very left in the dark blanket.

[@FranciscoSantos-ss3uq]

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[@FranciscoSantos-ss3uq]

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[@geoffreystephen6840]

I enjoy these videos, very well made, and I remember some of it as I was a teenager in the 60's! I still l 'cringe' a bit about the use of the word,'' queer'' though, my generation fought hard against the term- it was then , to us, almost like using the ''N'' word today. Times change. Love you all.

[@mayaalvarez205]

You guys know a book called "A Prayer for Bobby"? It's a guy whose guy andcommited suicide because of unacceptance.

[@coolmusiclover6745]

I love your voice omg

[@ratkid2333]

i wish i was alive in greenwhich village during the best generation years

[@tokiotou]

Why do i have to go to KZbin to learn this smfh

[@taylortimeless]

Wish I learned about this in class. Then I’d actually would have looked forward to history class.

[@davehart2094]

So glad you dont forget all people, or white wash our history like most.

[@moldyvoldy69]

THE DUDE ON THE DUMBNAIL LOOKS LIKE EVEN FROM SKAM I SCREAMED

[@rosesprouts]

Black Neck SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT OMG

[@theagaram9581]

Black Neck That's James Dean😂

[@CupcakeAnanda]

Black Neck bruh that's James Dean (also omg you like top and bts?)

[@HarleyQuinn-wz3xf]

bro that’s james dean

[@emmaloy9965]

Now that I've accepted that I'm hella gay whenever I see a video by this channel I can say that idk about them but I sure am ayyeeeeee.

[@99Jacksoniana]

still waiting for episode 5

[@FranciscoSantos-ss3uq]

Belicimos vídeos sobre este temas muito bem interessantes. Gostei, ! Parabéns. ! 💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠💙♠♠♠♠♠♠

[@mslightbulb]

Heyyy, I learned this on Literature.

[@jackthereaper5898]

You should do sirius and remus from harry potter there my otp! I think they have some good moments and I love wolfstar. sirius black is my favorite character in harry potter, and is in my top 10 of all time favorite characters, remus is only in top 20 but he's still very amazing! have a nice day!😄

[@AliS-ml7nd]

Jack the reaper there's not much material to cover though. Books or movies. The happy potter fandom have to be given merit for creating such a storm from such little given canon source. Idk if it would be possible tbh

[@antiquepoet3619]

I love this series. But for aretheygay series can I ask that you do a video on either Larry or Phan though I know you rarely do real people. Just a thought.

[@grumpydoll]

great video! hey there is any chance that in the next video you will talk about "larry stylinson"? keep up the good work!!

[@jayjaythejetplane5390]

Débora Marinho he doesn’t do real people who are still alive

[@rockyzinho1]

Please make a video about Steven Universe, specifically Ruby and Sapphire... Pearl and Rose too.

[@DonniesBoStaff]

Rohan Carlos Correia Medeiros they don't have genders, they just use female pronouns. And they are obviously gay.

[@rescuerex7031]

The Show is so gay, it's not a what if

[@anne156]

PLEASE PLEASE READ!!! Kill your darlings is a movie based on real events and includes characters Allen Ginsberg and Lucien Carr (among other characters part of the Beat Generation) although the movie itself doesn't go over the beat generations nor mentions it the characters Allen and Lucien are the main idea of the movie. You should do an are they gay lucien Carr and Allen Ginsberg (although Lucien is only mentioned a few times in allens and jacks diaries in real life you could use the real People along with the movie)

[@Marigaymemes]

The thumbnail looks so much like Chris Evans I swear

[@Alan-is3jk]

Props to you for making this video series! But I noticed that for your thumbnails you appear to have chosen only white gay men. Maybe you could make it more diverse by using photos of black people and women too... :)

[@souup_]

can't let the gays assemble w/ each who knows what they'll do edit: YOOOOO JAMES DEAN A BI KING???

[@layoverbear]

Allen & Lucien, my faves xx

[@carfonju1018]

good, good

[@connAmor]

hey

[@lanipolonium]

BroadwayGay hey

[@21_silly]

yo

[@cosmic3991]

when i see james dean, i click

[@kmcfadden6136]

Irrelevant but can you do a video on Remus Lupin and Sirius Black

[@mingmeiizhao4973]

Kylie McFadden yes.

[@m.s.5370]

Am I the only one who thinks that James Dean (5:02) kinda looks like Chris Evans?

[@edgyskeleton7931]

Yes