Queer as Fact

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

Episodes

Total: 169

Today we're bringing you a little bonus episode to tide you over until March! We're chatting with Ge

I Saw The TV Glow

2025/1/14

Today's episode is on Jane Schoenbrun's breakout 2024 horror film - I Saw The TV Glow. Join us for a

Nadine Hwang

2025/1/1

Today's episode is on the Spanish-Chinese pilot, diplomat, and concentration camp survivor Nadine Hw

Megillus

2024/12/14

Today we're talking about Megillus, a trans-masculine character in the 2nd-century text Dialogues of

Walatta Petros

2024/11/30

Today's episode is on the 17th-century nun, saint, and religious leader Walatta Petros. Join us for

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