this belief into practice in his radio shows, refusing to censor himself or others even when this brought him into conflict with the FCC, station management, listeners, and friends. By the early 1980s, Pitts had become involved in the Libertarian Party. See also List of LGBT rights activists Gay Liberation WBAI Freeform radio Gay Liberation Front References Further reading External links “The New Symposium: The Homosexual.” Listing of episodes from "The New Symposium," 1968–9, from Pacifica Radio Archives “Stonewall 50—Episode 1: Prelude to a Riot.” Episode of Making Gay History podcast, featuring excerpts from Pitts and “The New Symposium” . Contains March 31, 1978 WBAI interview with Pitts “Interview with a Hustler.” Episode of “The New Symposium,” originally airing September 30, 1968, hosted by Charles Pitts “Violence in the Homosexual World.” Episode of “The New Symposium,” originally aired November 6, 1968, featuring Pitts along with co-hosts Baird Searles and Kermit Lamb and guest Bob Milne from the Mattachine Society of New York “The Young Lesbian.” Episode of “The New Symposium,” originally aired August 21, 1968, featuring Pitts along with co-host Barbara Gittings and guests Donna and Kelly “Homosexual Meeting Places.” Episode of “The New Symposium,” originally aired August 28, 1968, featuring Pitts along with co-hosts Kermit Lamb, Dell Tyson, Leon Smith, and Louis Maleta and guest Craig Rodwell “Gay Liberation Front at Alternate U,” from the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project “Charles Pitts: Filmography” from the British Film Institute “GLF meeting, WBAI forum on gay liberation.” Photographs by Diana Davies from the New York Public Library’s Digital Collections. Includes several images of Pitts, who served as radio engineer during this 1970 event. 1941 births American talk radio hosts 20th-century American journalists 21st-century American journalists American LGBT rights activists American male journalists Journalists from New York City American LGBT broadcasters American LGBT journalists LGBT people from New York (state) Gay Liberation Front members 2015 deaths 21st-century LGBT people