Pride 2025 - Revolutionaries, Robin Hoods and Ladies

Happy Pride Month! This week's episode celebrates pioneering LGBTQ+ folks from around the world. Hannah shares the story of Revolutionary War hero Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, whose contributions to the war improved the performance of U.S. troops. Lori covers the "Ladies of Llangollen," Eleanor Charlotte Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, who lived together as a couple during the Georgian era. Sheena shares the story of Eddie Sandifer, a pioneering Mississippi gay rights advocate and the Robin Hood of the Civil Rights movement.