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Queer history podcast covering content from around the world and throughout time.

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Queer history podcast covering content from around the world and throughout time.

    Cassandro

    Cassandro

    Today's episode is on Cassandro, the 2023 biopic of luchador Saúl Armendáriz. Join us as we learn about the history of lucha libre, the growing visibility of queer wrestlers and whether a luchador could become president of Mexico.
    Check out our website, where you can find our sources, as well as everything there is to know about Queer as Fact.
    If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Instagram, Tumblr and Bluesky.
    [Image: Actor Gael García Bernal as Cassandro, wearing a long, glittering blue coat, sitting on the ropes of a wrestling ring.]

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Nellie Small

    Nellie Small

    We're back! Today's episode is on the Australian singer and male impersonator, Nellie Small. Join us to hear about the experiences of people of colour in 20th-century Australia, Nellie's extensive and stylish suit collection, and an unfortunate reminder that, regardless of your gender presentation, your boss will always try to steal your wages.
    Check out our website, where you can find our sources, as well as everything there is to know about Queer as Fact.
    If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Instagram, Tumblr and Bluesky.

    • 1 hr 13 min
    Frieda Belinfante

    Frieda Belinfante

    Today's episode is on the Dutch cellist, conductor, and WWII resistance fighter Frieda Belinfante. Join us to hear about Frieda's groundbreaking career as a female conductor, the many women who fell in love with her, and how to forge a 1940s Dutch ID card in excruciating detail.   
    Check out our website, where you can find out everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. 
    If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook.
    [Image: Frieda dressed in a men's jacket and tie with a masculine haircut, smoking a cigarette and looking directly at the camera.] 
     

    • 1 hr 32 min
    Franz Nopcsa

    Franz Nopcsa

    Today's episode is on the Hungarian palaeontologist, geologist, spy and ethnographer, Franz Nopcsa. Join us as we discuss dinosaurs, Franz's travels in Albania, and the world's first plane hijacking.
    Check out our website, where you can find out everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. 
    If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook.
    [Image: Franz in traditional Albanian dress, 1913]

    • 1 hr 11 min
    Queerness in Tabletop Roleplaying Games

    Queerness in Tabletop Roleplaying Games

    We're back!
    Today's episode covers depictions of queerness throughout the history of tabletop roleplaying games, including Dungeons & Dragons, Vampire: The Masquerade and many, many more.
    Join us for a discussion spanning nearly 50 years of D&D and TTRPG history, featuring masochistic clerics, gay vampire gangs and lesbian political satirists.
    If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook.
    [Image: The front cover of the 1983 Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set]

    • 54 min
    Jane Austen

    Jane Austen

    Today's episode is on the English writer Jane Austen. Join us as we discuss whether Jane was queer, on-stage lesbian Mr Darcy, and the evolving queerness of Austen adaptations.
    Check out our website, where you can find out everything there is to know about Queer as Fact. 
    If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook.
    [Image: sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra Austen, c.1810 - source.]

    • 1 hr 6 min

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