Broadway Brevities: The Offensive Tabloid that "Exposed" Gay People
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In the 1910s, Stephen G. Clow launched a little tabloid called Broadway Brevities that went on to publish some of the most shockingly homophobic content of the era in an attempt to "expose" NYC's gay community. From blackmail to prison, come learn with me about Brevities' complicated history and legacy!
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Sources:
Heart's desire : the best of Edward Hoagland : essays from twenty years
Gay New york: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 by George Chauncey
The Longest Street by Louis Sobol
Hiding in plain sight: The early-twentieth-century beginnings of queer media By Michael Waters www.cjr.org/sp...
Traffic in Scandal: The Story of Broadway Brevities by Will Straw
Gossip Men: J. Edgar Hoover, Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn, and the Politics of Insinuation By Christopher M. Elias
Squawkies and Talkies by Will Straw
Remembering The Creator Of Modern Gossip Journalism by Will Straw www.huffpost.c...
Very Recent History: The Scandal Sheet Proto-Blog Empire of Stephen G. Clow by Jane Hu www.theawl.com...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Queer Songwriters and The Pansy Craze By Jake Bellissimo
Pansies to Parents: Gay Male Images in American Print Advertising by Blaine J. Branchik
Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885-1940 by Chad Heap
Powder, Pomp, Power: Toward A Typology and Genealogy of Effeminacies by Peter Hennen
The Belchings of Brevities by Roy Griffith, Fountainhead News, September 23, 1928
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I do love me some harpsichord. That was very interesting and thorough. I enjoyed it greatly. I'm curious why you don't like Crumb, I'm not a fan I just wondered what your thoughts were.
If this VPN actually works they way you explained it, it wouldn't be any use.
6:35 omg. I wanna go
"i was unable to meet lesbians at close range" 😭like he's on a jungle expedition or something
"The wild Saphhicus Lesbianious is a rare and shy creature, thus I have been unable to make any observations of them in the wild"
Me tho
They spotted him at a distance, I expect.
"For hours I waited in a bush with my binoculars, but my bait in the form of Sailor Moon DVD's remained undisturbed."
@@sherlocksmuuug6692 "Try playing Girl in Red on the radio! That will surely summon them!"
(I am not lesbian but I am bisexual, I have some knowledge!)
'I was unable to meet lesbians at close range' oof I felt that one 😔
Relatable shit. Us lesbians are allusive creatures even to ourselves
amen ✊😔
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@@maristiller4033 truer words have never been written, fellow Sapphic.
Same 😔
"And here we have a group of lesbians, grazing by the waterhole -"
*steps on a twig*
*Startled lesbians scatter to the wind*
"Alas. We are spotted."
Next time, try having a man catcher on hand.
@@theoross-leiper2158Well that’s not gonna work, Man catchers only work on men.
@@NA-AN Who says it can catch only just men?
'Man' could also mean human.
@@theoross-leiper2158 Goddamnit you’re right.
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I have an issue of 'Confidential' from the mid '50s that I found in a thrift store. It has an article in it about how your party sucks unless you have some "lavender lads" in attendance.
There was an episode of Mad Men that kind of made reference to that attitude. Don's younger actress wife arranged the entertainment for one of their parties, which included an effeminate black musician. One of Don's coworker's was like, "Well, this party is already a success with a negro homosexual on stage."
I think I saw that episode.
The art director on Mad Man was a closeted gay married man.
Ha! "Lavender lads"! I love that! 😁
That’s just called having good taste. Gays are vital when it comes to party planning.
My lesbo mom had to find out what being gay was in a locked up portion of her library’s basement in a psychology book.
I would totally love a well done historical costume drama based on Jean Malin's life.
I would love that, as long as they make it campy. I would hate for the movie to become a grimdark level tragedy, with too many quiet reflective moments. I feel like it could very easily fall into the trap of heightened sadness and melancholy in an attempt to tell the straight audiences "look at how sad this is, life was so hard" rather than give context clues, like a well-placed sigh. Less is more when it comes to period films about how hard a life is.
I think this is why Gentleman Jack succeeded where a film like Ammonite failed.
@@lucasmcinnis5045 I think it would be cool if it's like a celebration of creative performance, like art penetrating life, transforming and playing with it to crate an individual's life so captivating and distinguished that you can't look away. I dont even want this to be so precise on the actual source material, I just like the idea of a historical series on the life of a very charismatic and captivating persona :D and, as you said, not a sob story for straights to try and relate to, but the very celebration of life even in darker circumstances. Thats what makes broadway cool I feel.
I would adore a deep dive into the identity terms of that period! (Wolves, punks, etc.) A whole portion of history is missing for me, mainly because these were kept so well hidden
I'd love that too!
i guess before dragqueens spilled tea they threw hot water. we all start somewhere
Not enough time to add the leaves, let alone have it steep
You gotta be quick in a fight
So, Gene Malin was the driver of the car accident that Patsy Kelly (1910-1981) survived. Kelly was an actress and comedian and a rare open lesbian at the time. She celebrated her birthday (presumably in the afterlife) a few days ago.
Patsy was also on again off again lover of Tallulah Bankhead. They lived together for many years platonically.
And in a little Six Degrees of Queer Separation...Patsy Kelly featured as Mrs. Shmaus in Freaky Friday starring Jodie Foster in her Baby Dyke years.
omg the earrings and the medallion i'm actually dying
I love how regular Kaz is with making new content. The schedule is tight, the content is solid, you don't have to wait six months for new stuff. Just a dang good channel all around!
Don't forget the velvet vest! So dapper.
You said it !
So queer people really HAVE been having long distance friendships since before the internet... that's really interesting!
You never had a Pen pal whom you wrote every few months? Long before internet there were magazines, local social clubs based upon activity like Sports or gaming. And of course random encounters at Gym.
Glad you’re back at it- also the use of pseudonyms like “Connie Lingle” and “John Swallows Martin” in that era is wild
i dont understand the first one 💀
I'm guessing it's a reference to "cunnilingus".
@@mastermarkus5307thats what i think now too but when i wrote that i didnt know that was a term, i thought it was also just called head lmao /nm
Show of hands everyone who wants a vest like Kaz's 🙋♂️
i need their whole wardrobe tbh
Fair
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I want Kaz to be my stylist.
It pair pretty well with my old man sweater.
Thank you for the video, Kaz. Makes me wonder how queer folk found each other in the USSR and the post-soviet times. I remember vaguely some "making friends" columns in a newspaper called "Speed Info" in the late 90s - early 2000s. That and this newspaper was a real sensational trashcan XD ("Speed" sounds like the Russian "AIDS", I think it was the creators' sick joke because the tabloid was established right in the middle of an AIDS epidemic).
You look distessed, though. I hope you're doing ok and the vids aren't putting too much strain on you.
A very underappreciated (and also gay) TH-camr Byron Lewis did a few videos on underground publications and circulation of forbidden media in the USSR. He didn't mention if any of those were used to connect LGBTQ people, but I would be very surprised if they weren't.
Карен Шаинян 's channel might have info on that. At least he talks about what it's like being queer in Russia now
@@sofdemi8042 thanks, I'll check them out
I googled Crumb out of curiosity and, if you google just his name, you actually have to do a bit of digging before anything bad shows up. Which is... upsetting. The top results are mostly just "he's a cartoonist with a family :)" and you've gotta pick through the image results for a while before anything more controversial than fetish art comes up. The fact that he has even a somewhat decent public image is sickening
I am looking for stuff but can't find much, any tips or something?
@@Moon-hb9ix Serious trigger warning for violence, sexual assault, and racism. I just clicked through the "related image" suggestions on google images for a while but a lot of his work is genuinely extremely upsetting
Your videos on the history of queer culture has helped lots when trying to read American literature from the period where some words just didn't make much sense since I couldn't understand the context. Punk is a particularly good one because it's got so many different definitions at this point, and wolf at least is exactly what I'd assumed it to be from the context of what I'd been reading. Weirdly, fairy and pansy don't seem as offensive as they did after watching your videos because I can see where it might be used in a positive way, reclaimed somewhat, from the personal experiences of it being used against me and mine as an insult.
It's almost as if words only have power over those who believe they matter.
@@johnnycaralta that’s a really simplified way to look at it
@@notNajimi It doesn't need to be complex.
I agree. Everything is not rocket science. Queer meant strange once upon a time.
Honestly the whole queer past of the U.S. and U.K. has been lost on me till I watched these videos. I knew of homosexuality in antiquity being relatively accepted, and to an extent some of the terminology of the mid 1900's like confirmed bachelor but nothing much more than that
13:26"the time may not be far distant when our football stadiums will be utilized for daisy chain parades and interpretive dancing."
OMG i never regret pausing on your videos
"I was unable to meet Lesbians at close range"
-Clow and every lesbian ever.
The vest is to die for.
"when true friends are made by pen and ink" - that is so covert yet graphic yet classy. what a mood.
Intriguing, in a way. While secrets written down have a way of coming back to haunt us, at the same time, a friendship conducted by correspondence can be freeing.
My days officially been made! I’m so ready to settle in to watch this and sip my coffee. Your videos are always the best! Thanks so much for everything you do and the work you put in. It doesn’t go unnoticed.
Agreed! A new kaz video is always a good time
I love hearing about these obscured lgbt topics from history, thank you for pouring over so much research.
Same! I love history and queer history is super interesting and not talked about enough imo
I'm 10% here for the queer discourse, and 90% here for the dark academia vibe. Where do you get all your... things?
I think they make many of the things themselves, you can look at their Instagram :)
I had a dream Kaz became my lecturer at uni and I was so embarrassed for saying I had a crush on them but I do so 😂
Them?
@@alexsanchez1599 they're non binary
8:20 [principal Skinner voice] "That's true; but I'm only reading about salacious gay social events to get directions AWAY from the salacious gay social events"
Revisiting this video after you mentioned it in your latest one and I must concur with some of the earlier commenters: I would LOVE a historical breakdown of different labels, subcultures and gay slang/secret language. What people identified as, what different words ment and their function before and after they became widely known to the public/the straights. I would also love a breakdown of When words became more commonly used: when were some of these terms truly ingroup gay culture and when did the word fairy or pansy just adopt the new mainstream meaning of gay?
When you were talking about wolves and fairies I felt like i was watching that Bear vs Twink scene from its always sunny
I love how well you cite your sources. More than simply interesting content, your videos offer critical context deliberately omitted from our history classes.
Thank you for how well you do what you do.
I was surprised to hear Evelyn being mentioned - she's a fascinating topic herself, and her story is so interesting. I know she probably doesn't fit within your usual video topics but if you wanted to make a video about her, I'd love to see it! great video as always 😊
LOVE Evelyn's wikipedia. She's a queen.
Was listening to this while I worked. Was sad because it seemed to be winding down, was fantastically cheering and made my day to hear “And we haven’t even gotten to the crimes yet!”
I don't know how you find these people, it's amazing. Funny how much speculation and discussion was happening over lgbt people in the past, I think the hays code may have erased a lot of how we see lgbt history.
@mcatd of course. But a lot of those movies made during that time provided the precedent to later movies & tv, and I think television still had a rather "whitewashed" view of life always being heterosexual before the past 10 years or so. That being said, in the 20s it wasn't a very positive view of queerness anyway, so absence of lgbt discussion would've been kinder.
@mcatd exactly what prompted my original comment! It's what I love about this channel, it shows how vibrant and visible and goofy and painful and strong lgbt history is. Lgbt history didn't start with Stonewall, the fight has been there for a long time! I think the 20s always would have evolved from that cruel point anyway, and yes being visible would have sped that up.
Your point about how conservatives use post-hays media to weave a narrative that there was somehow a time we didn't exist is painfully true. It's strange to think that the hays code only existed for 3 decades and yet left such a lasting legacy of how we approach lgbt stories. Again, the past few years have been making many strides in media which I'm grateful to live through.
So interesting how these eccentric characters and institutions link together in the web of history we are learning one video at a time!
It’s a good day when there’s a new Kaz video
thank you for mentioning Crumb to remind me how much of interest change as i laughed at in community College a few years ago and now seeing it disgusts me honestly
I really adore these videos, especially the amount of thought and research put into them but WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE BEES WHAT WERE THEY DOING THERE
very small detail in the confessions of a lavender boy, but in the advertisement, they say they’ll send it in a plain wrapper! it’s very funny to see a vintage version of today’s discreet packaging.
Bucky calling Steve 'punk' in First Avenger all of a sudden got a Lot More Gay.
24:16
An old man belly flopping from high up, and just the words "that's incredible!".....
I did not expect that when i clicked onto this video ( its even better)
I am a genderfluid person who generally feels more masculine but I still dress very femme plus I have a very “classically feminine” body. I also know a girl who, with only the best intentions, has given me the nickname fairy. She has no clue how ironic it is nor does she know that I’m not a girl and I’m not sure if I will ever tell her.
I'm a male but I'm constantly resisting the urge to dress like a 1800's Rococo man in pastels and heels.
The vest game continues to be on point and I love it
I absolutely love your filming space, it's such a perfect aesthetic
Davenport IA! Always shocked to hear local history brought up in larger media. I work in the quad city library system and this makes me want to check out the local newspaper microfilm
Been patiently waiting for your next video! This was so informative and a real eye opening dive into LGBTQIA+ history. Thank you for shedding light on some of what life was like for queer people in the early 20th century. I can’t wait to see what you cover next! 😊
I just want to say how much I love your content. It’s inclusive and so careful to frame the time period events take place in. I look forward to more. Thank you!
Kaz has blessed us with yet another banger
I love history and love LGBTQIA topics (I'm a disaster bi myself, also on the search for those elusive lesbians) so I love and appreciate this video so much 😊❤️
Your content is a lifesaver for me and my 1920s writing project 😅
I will not plan on going back to Time Square until they make it gay again.
I'm currently writing a stage musical based on this and how lgbtqa people would use the Broadway Brevities to connect with others.
I love the plot twist at 23:20 it's just so funny, the way he flops into the water, the fact that it's this tiny ass pool, the fact that this is a sport at all, incredible
I look forward to your videos all the time! I love how regular you've been lately with posting, I hope it continues :) tysm for everything
Me, just now realizing, at age 31, that the term “fairies” isn’t just an offensive word my baby boomer father uses for lgbt men.. mind blown. My dad is very old school, we differ on almost every social issue, and I can never tell whether the phrases he uses are weird made/up terms he came up with (many are) and wider known phrases more people used. Interesting.
thank you so much Kaz for making such an informative video essay :) It's really nice to here more historical moments about my community AND you included all your sourcesss
It's so cool to learn this stuff and see the clips of your original sources! Thank you so much
I don't know if this has been requested but a video about The Danish Girl will be great considering the movie did her really dirth
Daisy chains parades and interpretive dancing should replace football immediately!
thank you kaz for another interesting and aestethically pleasing video !! I really love your videos on these topics, best thing to watch while drinking my coffee in the morning
Watching this video, it clicked for me, I realized that the way Journalism is taught in the US comes from this hallowed traditional, almost saintly ethos. Then you actually look at just the domestic history of journalism (just the united states) and you realize that people like Walter Cronkite, Ed Bradley, Bob Woodward and the like are outliers. Tabloid insanity and B.S. crap like Fox Propaganda is the norm. (And I received a university degree in Journalism)
Well, just look into Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst and you'll totally get where the U.S.'s popular journalism originated!
A chain reaction is when neutrons from previous fission reactions go on to react with new nuclei and create an exponentially more vigorous reaction. Control rods are raised and lowered to stop neutrons from travelling between fuel rods and therefore change the speed of the chain reaction and control it. The moderator is used to slow down the neutrons that are produced in fission, since a nucleus is split more easily by slow moving neutrons. When control rods are fully lowered, the boron will absorb all free neutrons stopping the reaction completely. Sorry my activelearn keeps deleting my anwers to i have to keep it somewhere it wont get deleted. It will probably help the video some too so sorry for the random comment
What I got out of this video is that "fairy" is the old timey term for femboys.
THANK YOU for talking about Jean! He and Patsy Kelly are unsung icons of the 30s.
Right?! I would love to see more on that generation of pre-pre-pre-Stonewall icons and trailblazers.
Oh, my goodness, the look. The background, the everything. You look amazing!
i can't watch this rn because i'm in class but WELCOME BACK MY LIEGEEEE
My first video Ive watched from you, and calling it insightful and entertaining would be an understatement!
Had me hooked the entire time! Can't wait to binge more :3
Random but thank you so much for this content. I can tell you have a deep passion for these subjects and teaching queer history that otherwise gets unjustly thrown at the wayside
That Atlas VPN Security Sweater is a lovely piece of apparel.
Thanks for yet another fascinating dive in to the history.
Wolf also references lusty hetero men as well. I never knew punk was a slang for young gay men.
Yeah, I was unfamiliar with the term "punk" as well. The more ya know! 😁
This background setup is beautiful, and I love your earrings. You're my favorite 🥰
Between Kaz and Sean Munger, history is interesting, digestible, clear, and easy to understand on TH-cam 🤗
Although I’m not a member of the LGBTQ+ community I find your videos incredibly fascinating!
Yey, I've been waiting on a new video! Thanks for the content!
A vid on our fore bearers chosen labels would be neat.
Seriously love the topics you choose to focus on in each episode. It's alwys interesting to see where your brain will jump to each video. Thanks!
Really love your take here. When I read Chauncey's Gay New York (which I LOVE), I felt he was too generous in his evaluation of the magazine. I think your take is much more on the mark. I always think the magazine did a disservice because, while yes, it did make gay locales known to other gay men who might not otherwise have discovered them, he was also shining a bright light on what was essentially illegal behavior. It was not yet illegal for gay men to simply socialize together (that would essentially happen post WWII and pre-Stonewall), but sodomy was illegal everywhere, and by making it clear to all authorities that men who practice sodomy (or could be presumed to practice it in many cases) and were looking for partners were gathering together, or going to a specific location in search of partners, it was a clear message to the vice agencies. I think there is no way Clow could be unaware of this.
From a historical perspective, I'm grateful those stories were written. Had I been a gay man at that time--let alone the owner of an establishment that catered to a gay clientele, I think I would have been livid.
I found your vids just a few days ago, and hat was a happy accident. I am most interested in the gay content, but the range of your interests is impressive. The lists of sources at the end have been valuable to me in finding more details. I am impressed with the delivery as well as the content. Please tell us a bit about your background and how you came to this channel.
I wish I had Jean Malin on the bus with me every time I had to go someplace.
There's always some guy who barely knows who I am verbally abusing me about being bi while everyone else politely ignores him making me have a panic attack.
Love your essays
Damn this was super interesting, thanks for unearthing this absolute gem of untold history.
That belly flopping bit is so funny it’s nauseating omg thank u for this vid
Amazing as usual ! You touch on the slang used by the columnist, is there a vidéo on polari in the future :D ?
"I saw Goody Proctor in Fairy Land!"
girl what are _you_ doing in Fairy Land??
I love your style, you're a very beautiful person. And the videos are so well researched and put together. Thanks.
18:36 Learning about queer Iowa history is beautiful.
I’m deeply grateful for you level of expertise & your profound details of my history. You have a friend for life.
being trapped between Kpop fans and bees with NYPD is a crazy story to tell LOL
I am beyond thrilled I have come across your page. & now I cant stop myself. It is so perfect to listen & paint.
18:37 Hey Kaz! I just wanted you to know that Palmer chiropractic is in Davenport IOWA not Ohio. If you look at the news clipping it says IA. I am also from that area so I am familiar with the actual practice and the college still here to this day! You correctly say iowa later in the video, but I will not stand for my quad cities home to be likened to Ohio lmao.
istg you look absolutely stunning in every video. if you dont mind me asking where do you normally get your clothes from?
I enjoy your videos. Ty. And regardless of the actual time, it stays still @ 7:50pm 😊.
You have a really unique and wonderful channel. You deserve way more subs
Frankie Manning among many others is the one credited to most Lindy Hop dance moves, including aerials. The black bottom, Charleston, Lindy Hop, and most vernacular jazz movements are entirely stolen from the black community
This should be a movie!
That bit at 20:00 reminds me so much of the people that say "Gay and trans people are destroying masculinity" today. Some things never change
I NEED to know where you get your clothes. Every single video I have seen of yours, you have been dressed fantastically. I would love to have access to such clothing.
I'm glad I found your channel! Really good stuff :)
Kaz, Im sorry to inform you, but chick fil a had a few ads on this vid.
Omfg thanks for letting me know 😤 time to block em
Your videos are great, as always. I keep learning new things, and that makes an awesome channel, in my opinion. 👍
I actually saw Henry do one of his high dive belly flops in the 1970s as part of the Evil Kneivel dare devil show in London England
"Everything comes back to SAIC" as a chicago artist who loves history, yeah. 😔 yeah it does.
Loving your ensemble in this vid!