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0.16. Undoing Silence: Hugh Ryan & The Women's House of Detention
In this interview episode, Leigh sits down for a conversation with historian and writer Hugh Ryan about his landmark bookThe Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison. The Wom
0.15. Malinda Lo and Queer YA Historical Fiction
Another interview episode for you all in the feed today, this time Leigh sat down with author Malinda Lo about her writing, her interest and research into queer history, and the trajectory of queer li
0.14. A Pod Meets BROS Love Story: Making Queer (Romcom) History!
While Leigh is working on putting together the next regular History is Gay episode for you, we've got a special treat in the form of a minisode, all about the new film BROS, making history as the firs
0.13. Before We Were Trans: A Convo with Kit Heyam
For this bonus episode, Leigh sat down with Dr. Kit Heyam, university lecturer, queer history activist, and trans awareness trainer, about their new book, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
43. Rainbow Rising: Homo-Feels About Homophiles, Part 2
For this episode, Leigh is joined again by guest host Tyler Albertario, as we continue diving into the history of the Homophile movement. In this second and final part of this discussion, Leigh and Ty
0.12. Florine Stettheimer's Gay Salon (An Interview with Barbara Bloemink)
For this bonus episode, we're bringing you an interview with esteemed art historian, art director, and curator Barbara Bloemink about her recently published comprehensive biography of turn-of-the-cent
41. Send in the Clowns: Anita Bryant, the Briggs Initiative, and the Rise of the Anti-Gay Right
Buckle up, folks this episode contains your hosts doing a lot of swears and yelling at the general AAAAAAAAAHHHHH of the world right now. For this episode, Leigh is joined once again by guest host A
40. Real-Life Xenas: Warrior Women Across the World
Happy 2022 and welcome to another episode of History is Gay! This time, were picking up where we left off with Meghan Rose and S.C. Lucier in our discussion of Amazons and real-life warrior women in
39. The Amazons: Stoner Horse Girl Warriors of Antiquity
Todays episode brings you not one, but two, wonderful guest hosts Meghan Rose and S.C. Lucier, (known collectively as Lucier&Rose), the creators of , joining Leigh to talk about everyones favorite