Historical Homos Podcast
1) Disney's Hercules: A Very Gay Close Reading (feat. Liv Albert)
Why is Disney's Hercules one of the greatest LGBTQ+ films ever made?This episode attempts to answer that fraught and necessary question.As you may know, Hercules (1997) is a story about a small-town g...Show More
2) A Queer History of Witchcraft (feat. Marion Gibson)
Wait, what’s so gay about witches, you ask?First of all — sit down.When I was a young f/hag in the late ’90s, Wicca was having a moment. The Halliwell sisters ruled the WB, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bu...Show More
3) A Short History of Queer Parenting (feat. Kirsty Loehr)
Remember when you found out you were gay (iconic of you btw) and you thought:"Oh this is fine – I'll just have a regular heterosexual wife, a couple of kids, and a very elaborate sex life on the side....Show More
4) Hollywood's Gay Golden Age (feat. Michael Koresky)
"Hollywood was swarming with gay people."You know how Pedro Pascal hasn't come out yet? Well: this episode will explain why.Between the 1930s and 1960s, the Hays Code banned “sexual perversion” of all...Show More
5) Gay Fascists: A Very Short History (feat. Alexis Sakellaris)
"An important precedent was set: fascist groups will always use you until you're no longer useful to them."Welcome to one of history’s darkest (and dumbest) closets: fascists who are also, annoyingly,...Show More
6) Rimbaud & Verlaine: Toxic Boyfriends of French Poetry (feat. Robert St Clair)
What happens when a teen prodigy meets a drunk poet with a pistol in his pocket (the gun kind, not the fun kind)?Answer: extremely gay chaos.This week on Historical Homos, we’re diving into the doomed...Show More
7) James Baldwin: Prophet of Love (feat. Clark Moore)
We all know James Baldwin the high priest of Civil Rights, but what about Jimmy B, the extremely horny homosexual? JB was a chain-smoking, vodka-swilling romantic who fell hard and often—usually for s...Show More
8) Frida Kahlo Pt. II: Portrait of the Artist As A Young Slut
"Make love, take a bath, make love again."That was Frida Kahlo’s motto—and sweetie, she LIVED by it.We all know about Frida’s messy, horny marriage to Diego “Toad Face” Rivera and her revenge fling wi...Show More
9) Frida Kahlo: Patron Saint of Bisexual Chaos (feat. Carla Gutiérrez)
"Love was the foundation of everything for Frida. This bisexuality, this eroticism was fundamental to her character."She’s on your ex-girlfriend’s tote bag, your niece’s notebook, and probably a few q...Show More
10) Queer Georgians: A History of Gay Homemaking (feat. Anthony Delaney)
Powdered wigs. Satin breeches. Candlelit salons.And of course: sodomy.This week we’re swanning back into Georgian England (1714–1837), a century of empire, cholera, imperialism, and very flouncy coats...Show More