Invite MGH Host & Founder Eric Marcus to Share His Work
Bring LGBTQ history to life at your school, company, or community group! Eric Marcus would love to share his work with you, virtually or in person.
Eric’s most frequently requested presentation is his Making Gay History audio history tour; you’ll find a brief description below Eric’s photo. Eric is also an experienced panelist and moderator. And he’d be happy to work with your Employee Resource Group to organize and moderate an intergenerational discussion with LGBTQ employees.
To schedule a Zoom briefing with Eric on his audio history tour and/or to arrange for Eric to present or moderate an event, please email MGH’s speaker agent, Marian Young, at mbsy@mindspring.com. If you’d like to have Eric speak during June (Pride Month) or October (LGBTQ History Month), we encourage you to reach out as early as possible.
Learn more about Eric in this NBC News profile, and scroll down to read comments from several places where he’s presented.
MAKING GAY HISTORY AUDIO HISTORY TOUR
Eric Marcus, founder and host of the Making Gay History podcast, draws on his decades-old audio archive of rare interviews with LGBTQ champions, heroes, and witnesses to history to bring the history of the LGBTQ civil rights movement to life through the voices of the people who lived it. The virtual or in-person 45-minute presentation (+15-minute Q&A) includes audio clips from interviews with both the well-known and the long-forgotten.
PRESENTATION FEEDBACK
“Thank you! This was our BEST pride chat EVER and the staff has been buzzing.”
—Tommy O’Donnell
Senior Contracts and Systems Specialist, Grants Management
Rockefeller Foundation
“THANK YOU!!! Your presentation was incredible, and you deserve so much gratitude for preserving these beautiful stories of LGBT+ history that would have otherwise been lost. We have received so many comments praising your presentation, and we look forward to working with you again!”
—Alan York
Chair of PRISM (LGBT+ Inclusion Group)
Reed Smith LLP
“Thank you for your wonderful visit to Trinity and for speaking to students and faculty of the upper school. So many of those who attended said to me afterwards how much they enjoyed your presentation and in many ways how pleasantly surprised they were by it! By that I mean they had expected a more routine informal talk, but instead they were delighted that you presented the voices of those whom you had interviewed and combined this with a very polished narrative that explained clearly the context and history (along with delightful personal anecdotes) surrounding each one. Well done!”
—Peter Donhauser
History Teacher
Trinity School
“I can’t thank you enough. You were just wonderful; I could feel how much the students, faculty and staff were interested, both at the dinner and the presentation itself, which … is a gorgeous piece of storytelling, riveting in every moment. But it’s your ease and your warmth that makes me feel the dinner could have gone on another hour, and the discussion after the presentation could continue for days… You gave us all so much.”
—Leah Cohen
James N. and Sarah L. O’Reilly Barrett Professor in Creative Writing
College of the Holy Cross
“Thank you for spending time with our Pride Network! Your insights, background, and storytelling bring to life the rich, oral history presented in your book. You’re an incredibly gifted LGBT+ historian (and a ‘heimisha’ individual, too!).”
—Sandi Stein
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Benefits & Global Pride Chair
Brown Brothers Harriman