Slow Burn: Gays Against Briggs - Ep. 4: You Must Come Out

In the early days of the anti-Briggs campaign, a Richard Pryor
comedy set turned into a public fiasco and laid bare longstanding
divisions in the gay community. With the movement low on cash and
running out of time, thousands of gay Californians decided their
only option was to tell the world who they really were.  (If
you—or anyone you know—are in crisis, contact the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline, anytime: Dial 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.)
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of Slow Burn was written and produced by Christina Cauterucci. Slow
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