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You Make Me Real

You Make Me Real

Written by: Bob Ostertag
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Writer, musician, and film maker Bob Ostertag presents oral histories of the characters and contributions that have made queer life in the Bay Area so beautiful.© 2026 Robert Ostertag Social Sciences World
Episodes
  • Joey Cain Part 1

    Joey Cain Part 1
    Apr 16 2026

    Joey Cain regales us with tales of his fascinating life. In this Part 1, we hear of him hitchhiking to New York City in 1972 at age 16 and walking from the George Washington Bridge to Christopher Street where Marsha P. Johnson took him on a tour of the piers and the trucks. Stay tuned for Part 2, when Joey will move to San Francisco and join the Radical Faeries in their early days, form a lifelong friendship with Harry Hay, and much more.
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    40 mins
  • Larry Byes

    Larry Byes
    Aug 19 2024

    Larry Byes tells of the extreme racism he experienced growing up as a poor black sissy kid in Ohio, the incredible story of his arrival in San Francisco in 1975, his experience in Black and White Men Together and at Glide church, the worst of the AIDS epidemic, and more.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • JD Wade

    JD Wade
    Aug 19 2024

    JD Wade arrived in San Francisco in 1965, making him the earliest arrival of all our guests thus far. Among other things, he discusses the role of gay hippies, both within the wider hippie scene and also in the development of what would become the gay world of San Francisco.
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    1 hr and 13 mins
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