James Kirchick discusses his bestseller Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington.

James Kirchick Firing Line

Premiered August 26, 2022
James Kirchick

Author James Kirchick discusses his New York Times bestseller “Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington,” a chronicle of gay powerbrokers from the FDR presidency through the Cold War and into the Clinton years – and the risks they faced.

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