Dot Femme

Danielle Gonzalez
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Incoming broadcast! Join two best friends as they broadcast across time and space and explore LGBTQ history. From profiling groundbreaking figures, pivotal moments, key locations, and technological advances in trans and queer history, Dot Femme is a deep dive into our queer past to learn the lessons and messages our elders left for us. Smart, sharp, and unapologetically bold—this is the podcast where history meets identity and resistance fuels innovation.

  1. Episode 22 - (Gender)F*****g Peasant Revolts

    4D AGO

    Episode 22 - (Gender)F*****g Peasant Revolts

    It’s festival season in Medieval Europe, and for the first episode of season 2, Dany and Claire take a moment to see how queerness and class struggle are inherently linked. Because history shows that when hierarchies get restrictive, gender gets weird.

    38 min
  2. Episode 21 - Time to ACT UP: The AIDS Crisis (Part 4)

    12/31/2025

    Episode 21 - Time to ACT UP: The AIDS Crisis (Part 4)

    In the final part of our deep dive into the AIDS crisis, Dany & Claire explore the life and legacy of New York activist Larry Kramer and ACT UP—the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—and how direct action transformed collective grief into lasting change.

    1h 3m
  3. Episode 20 - Organize to Survive: The AIDS Crisis (Part 3)

    12/24/2025

    Episode 20 - Organize to Survive: The AIDS Crisis (Part 3)

    Dany and Claire explore how queer communities became caregivers, researchers, pharmacists, smugglers, lawyers, activists, and even nuns to survive a global plague in an era of political apathy and moral condemnation. This inspiring episode highlights the mutual aid networks that held up a generation.

    58 min
  4. Episode 19 - From Mystery to Breakthrough: The AIDS Crisis (Part 2)

    12/17/2025

    Episode 19 - From Mystery to Breakthrough: The AIDS Crisis (Part 2)

    In part two of this four-part miniseries, Dany and Claire step into the chaotic early 1980s to uncover how doctors like Anthony Fauci unraveled one of the most mysterious medical crises in modern history. From the discovery of retroviruses to the race for treatment, we explore the scientific breakthroughs that transformed HIV/AIDS from an inexplicable killer into a treatable chronic condition.

    37 min
  5. Episode 18 - Making a Silent Massacre: The AIDS Crisis (Part 1)

    12/10/2025

    Episode 18 - Making a Silent Massacre: The AIDS Crisis (Part 1)

    On a stormy afternoon in 1982, Dany and Claire take an overarching look at the AIDS Crisis of the 1980s and the political environment that created a silent massacre in the first part of this four-part miniseries for HIV Awareness Month.

    1h 3m
  6. Episode 17 - The Enigma of Alan Turing (Part 2)

    11/19/2025

    Episode 17 - The Enigma of Alan Turing (Part 2)

    In the aftermath of World War II, Alan Turing pioneered artificial intelligence and modern biology—only to be persecuted for being gay. Dany and Claire explore his final years, his tragic death, and how his legacy endures as a symbol of queer brilliance and resilience.

    36 min
  7. Episode 16 - Brains Over Bullets: Alan Turing (Part 1)

    11/05/2025

    Episode 16 - Brains Over Bullets: Alan Turing (Part 1)

    Dany and Claire travel to Bletchley Park to uncover how Alan Turing’s genius helped crack Nazi Germany’s Enigma code and invent the blueprint for modern computing—long before the world understood what he was building.

    43 min
  8. Episode 15 - Portrait of a Rebirth: The Lili Elbe Story

    10/22/2025

    Episode 15 - Portrait of a Rebirth: The Lili Elbe Story

    In this episode, Dany and Claire travel to 1930s Paris and Dresden to uncover the story of Lili Elbe — the pioneering transgender woman whose courage and tragedy reshaped the early history of gender-affirming care and forever changed the way we understand identity.

    36 min
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Incoming broadcast! Join two best friends as they broadcast across time and space and explore LGBTQ history. From profiling groundbreaking figures, pivotal moments, key locations, and technological advances in trans and queer history, Dot Femme is a deep dive into our queer past to learn the lessons and messages our elders left for us. Smart, sharp, and unapologetically bold—this is the podcast where history meets identity and resistance fuels innovation.

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  • Creator
    Danielle Gonzalez
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Dot Femme
  • Show Website
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