Mark Segal: Selma, Seneca Falls, Stonewall

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Mark Segal: Selma, Seneca Falls, Stonewall

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Mark Segal talks about being at Stonewall in 1969, how it unified the LGBTQ+ community, and the special ingredient that underlies all of his activist work: humor. Mark is the author of And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality.
LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. @lgbtqpod

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Mark Segal: Selma, Seneca Falls, Stonewall

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