Characters played by Rita Mae Brown
Narrator
Characters played by Maua Adele Ajanaku
Self - activist and teacher
Characters played by Red Jordan Arobateau
Self - writer
Characters played by Ann Bannon
Self - university professor
Characters played by Lisa Ben
Self - former secretary
Characters played by Gladys Bentley
Self - Nightclub Singer
Characters played by Ivy Bottini
Self - former housewife
co-founder N.Y. N.O.W.
Characters played by George Buse
Self - newspaper reporter
former Army Chaplain
Characters played by Carroll Davis
Self - performer
Characters played by Martin Duberman
Self - historian and playwright
Characters played by Grant Gallup
Self
Characters played by Allen Ginsberg
Self
Characters played by Barbara Gittings
Self - gay activist
Characters played by Barbara Grier
Self - publisher
Characters played by Mabel Hampton
Self - dancer
former domestic worker
Characters played by Harry Hay
Self - political activist
Characters played by Dorothy Hillaire
Self - Native American activist
Characters played by Evelyn Hooker
Self
Characters played by Jheri
Self - clothing designer
Characters played by Frank Kameny
Self - former U.S. government scientist
Characters played by Jim Kepner
Self - gay archivist
Characters played by Audre Lorde
Self - poet and university professor
Characters played by Nancy MacCulloch
Self - film editor
Characters played by Bruce Nugent
Self - artist and writer
Characters played by Henry Otis
Self - former dancer
Characters played by Johnnie Phelps
Self - printer
Characters played by Craig Rodwell
Self - owner of gay bookstore
Characters played by Ted Rolfs
Self - retired Merchant Marine
Characters played by Chuck Rowland
Self - stage producer
Characters played by Jose Sarria
Self
Characters played by Donna Smith
Self - retired bookkeeper
Characters played by Rikki Streicher
Self - bar owner
Characters played by Hank Vilas
Self - therapist
Characters played by Kenneth Anger
Watches man flexing muscles
Characters played by Coral Browne
Mercy Croft
Characters played by John Burnside
Self
Characters played by Nigel De Brulier
Jokaanan
Characters played by Louis Dumar
Tigellinus
Characters played by Betty Friedan
Self
Characters played by James P. Johnson
In Speakeasy
Characters played by Morris Kight
Self
Characters played by Martin Luther King
Self
Characters played by Pat Lenhof
Self
Characters played by Mitchell Lewis
Herod
Characters played by Jimmy Mordecai
In Speakeasy
Characters played by Thomas Morris
In Speakeasy
Characters played by Alla Nazimova
Salome
Characters played by Ronald Reagan
Johnny Jones
Characters played by Dean Rusk
Self
Characters played by Bessie Smith
Self - standing at bar of speakeasy
Characters played by Isabel Washington
In Speakeasy