Charles Pitts (broadcaster)
Charles Pitts | |
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Pitts in New York City (date unknown) | |
| Born | July 24, 1941 Jamestown, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 21, 2015 (aged 73) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, radio host, radio engineer activist |
| Career | |
| Show | The New Symposium, Homosexual News, Out of the Slough |
| Station | WBAI |
| Style | Free Form |
| Country | United States |
Charles Pitts (July 24, 1941 – May 21, 2015) was an American gay activist and radio personality. He co-hosted The New Symposium on New York City's WBAI from 1968 to 1969, the first weekly public radio program to offer an affirming discussion of homosexuality by openly gay hosts. After the Stonewall Riots, he co-founded the Gay Liberation Front in New York City and continued his audio activism through the program Homosexual News. From 1971 to 1973, his weekly WBAI show Out of the Slough broke barriers as the first freeform radio show centered on gay politics and culture.