LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College/ CUNY

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The LaGuardia and Wagner Archives podcast explores the social and political history of New York City based on oral histories and audio recordings from the La Guardia and Wagner Archives' collections.
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Coming Out on Univision: Maritza Martinez, Latina Lesbian Activist in Queens, 1990s
Episode 21
Tuesday, 11 July, 2017

Activists Daniel Dromm and Maritza Martinez co-founded the Queens Lesbian and Gay Pride Committee in 1992. Under their leadership, the committee organized and raised funds for the inaugural Queens Pride Parade and Festival in 1993. Martinez, a Cuban-American originally from Miami, was one of the first lesbian Latinas to speak openly to the Hispanic community in Jackson Heights about “coming out of the closet” and “being proud of who you are.” In the following clip, she reflects about coming out very publicly on Univision, the American Spanish language broadcast television network.