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Sewers of Paris: We Were Too Busy Being Gay (Ep. 340 - Stonewall/Tree)
🕑 Added 2021-06-17 22:54:31 +0000 UTCThis week, to celebrate Pride month, we’re heading into the Sewers of Paris archives for a chat with a man who was present for the Stonewall Riots. He earned the nickname Tree thanks to his six-foot-five stature, and he’s been a part of New York’s gay community going back to the fifties, when he didn’t even know a community existed. Tree’s been a member of Brooklyn street gangs, worked with the mob, and counted among his friends Buddy Holly, Bea Arthur, and Rock Hudson. We talked one year ago, as we were heading into a lot of uncertainty around COVID, quarantines, and the future. And now that many of us are finally in the process of re-emerging out into the world, it seemed like a perfect time to reflect on his stories of endurance and liberation.
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a reminder that I just posted a new video over on YouTube that’s all about John Waters, Divine, and three films that I like to call the Trinity of Trash — check that out at YouTube.com/mattbaume.
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knope2001
If you search for the name Tree Sequoia that’s him. Like he said in the interview his page is open publicly so you don’t need to friend him to see lots of great pictures and content
Matt Baume
Oh I haven't seen his Facebook, no! But it's FASCINATING to hear all the stories he has to share.
ScoobySnacks
Hi Matt. Did you find Trees Facebook page? Are you surprised that stonewall isn’t the fantasy version we have been told about?
