Language Note: In our attempt to find a common language that is conceptual and applicable across the historical narrative, before the well-recognized acronym of today's world, we are using the word 'queer' in this episode for the people whose lives began - and ended - before the 21st Century. 

This History UnErased podcast is funded by the New York City Council. It was developed by History UnErased and produced and edited by Dinah Mack; Kathleen Barker; and Deb Fowler. Special thanks to our colleagues Danny Roberts, Triana Wilson, Leslie Anne Frye-Thomas, and Dinah Mack for lending their voices to read the letters featured in this episode.

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