Stories from a 73-Year-Old Queer Collector (w/ Mike Balaban)
Hot Takes & Deep Dives · Jess Rothschild
October 27, 202551m 25s
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Show Notes
Jess is joined by "the accidental gay historian" Mike Balaban (@bammer47) — a man who's photographed faces, places & ephemera that defined gay life in the early 1970s-1990s. Topics — gay life in the '50s & '60, Mike's 44 years in NYC, the use of personal ads, hanky codes, 1-900 phone lines, and why he thinks younger guys are drawn to older men.
⭐ Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island — Finding Fire Island