Charles Pitts | |
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| Born | July 24, 1941 Jamestown, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 21, 2015 (aged 73) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, radio host, radio engineer activist |
| Career | |
| Show | The New Symposium, Homosexual News, Out of the Slough |
| Station | WBAI |
| Style | Free Form |
| Country | United States |
Charles Pitts (July 24, 1941 – May 21, 2015) was an American gay activist and radio personality. He co-hosted The New Symposium on New York City's WBAI from 1968 to 1969, the first weekly public radio program to offer an affirming discussion of homosexuality by openly gay hosts.[1] After the Stonewall Riots, he co-founded the Gay Liberation Front in New York City and continued his audio activism through the program Homosexual News.[2] From 1971 to 1973, his weekly WBAI show Out of the Slough broke barriers as the first freeform radio show centered on gay politics and culture.[3][4]
- ^ Marotta, Toby (1981). The Politics of Homosexuality. Houghton Mifflin.
- ^ Carter, David (2010). Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked the Gay Revolution. St. Martin's Griffin.
- ^ Post, Steve (1974). Playing in the FM Band: A Personal Account of Free Radio. Viking Press.
- ^ Land, Jeff (1999). Active Radio: Pacifica's Brash Experiment. University of Minnesota Press. p. 121.