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Queer as Fact

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

Episodes

Total: 164

Neptune Frost

2024/10/15

Today’s episode is on 2021’s Rwandan/American science fiction musical, Neptune Frost. Join us for a

Albert Cashier

2024/10/1

Today's episode is on the US Civil War soldier Albert Cashier. Tune in for some heartwarming trans a

John Lempriere Irvine

2024/9/14

Today's episode is on the mystery of Australian banker and rower John Lempriere Irvine. Join us to h

Today we're joined by Lazou from Nuances: Our Asian Stories to discuss her series Queering Premodern

Qalonymos ben Qalonymos

2024/7/15

Today's episode is on a passage from the work of 14th century French Jewish writer and translator Qa

Okuhara Seiko

2024/6/30

Today's episode is on the 19th-century Japanese artist Okuhara Seiko. Join us to learn about gender

Cassandro

2024/6/15

Today's episode is on Cassandro, the 2023 biopic of luchador Saúl Armendáriz. Join us as we learn ab

Nellie Small

2024/6/1

We're back! Today's episode is on the Australian singer and male impersonator, Nellie Small. Join us

Frieda Belinfante

2023/10/5

Today's episode is on the Dutch cellist, conductor, and WWII resistance fighter Frieda Belinfante. J

Franz Nopcsa

2023/9/14

Today's episode is on the Hungarian palaeontologist, geologist, spy and ethnographer, Franz Nopcsa.

We're back! Today's episode covers depictions of queerness throughout the history of tabletop rolepl

Jane Austen

2023/7/15

Today's episode is on the English writer Jane Austen. Join us as we discuss whether Jane was queer,

A League of Their Own

2023/6/30

Today's episode covers the 1940s All American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the 2022 telev

In today's episode, Irene and Alice interview historian and author Danielle Scrimshaw about her new

Hijra in 19th-century India

2023/6/1

Today's episode is on Hijra in 19th-century India. Listen to learn about who these 19th-century Hijr

Isadora Duncan

2023/4/15

Today's episode is on US dancer Isadora Duncan. Listen to find out how she revolutionised dance, wha

Victim

2023/4/1

On today's Queer as Fiction, we discuss the 1961 British noir film Victim. Join us for some dramatic

Elke Mackenzie

2023/3/15

Today's episode is on Elke Mackenzie, British lichenologist, Antarctic explorer and trans woman. We'

Queer as Fact is back from hiatus! Today we're talking about relationships between women in ancient

The Agojie

2022/12/14

This week's episode is on the West African soldiers known as the Agojie, sometimes called the Dahome