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Historical Homos

Sebastian Hendra

The world's only no-fucks-given guide to LGBTQ+ history. Join Bash and his brilliant guests each week as they dust off The Gayest Stories Never Told in history's deepest, darkest closets. Sign up to our monthly newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and TikTok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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90 episodes

  1. A Homosexual Rant: Were All Ancient Gays Pedophiles? 35:32
  2. Emily Dickinson: America's Quietest Queer Poet (feat. Martha Nell Smith) 1:21:45
  3. The Kamasutra & Ancient Indian Homosexuality (feat. Ruth Vanita) 1:14:16
  4. Rock Hudson: History of the Hollywood Closet (feat. Alonso Duralde) 1:13:13
  5. Josephine Baker: Bisexual Beyoncé of 1920s Paris (feat. Michell Chresfield) 1:37:58
  6. The Odyssey: A Homosexual Nerd's Rant 24:06
  7. Michelangelo: Gay, Annoying, Genius (feat. Catherine Fletcher) 1:35:04
  8. How Lesbians Invented Fashion (And Monocles), feat. Ellie Medhurst 1:05:52
  9. Toxic Boyfriends of Ancient Democracy: Harmodius & Aristogeiton (feat. Harry Tanner) 1:10:19
  10. Edward II: England's Gayest King Ever? (feat. Kit Heyam) 1:11:38
  11. Fanny & Stella: The Victorian Drag Queens Who Shocked England (feat. Neil McKenna) 1:10:28
  12. Mademoiselle D'Éon: France's First Transgender Spy (REPEAT) 1:00:37
  13. A 12" History of the Penis (feat. R. Eric Thomas) 1:22:44
  14. FEED DROP: Spirits Podcast – Jewish Lesbian Vampires 48:02
  15. Philippe, Louis XIV's Brother, Is Gay - PART TWO (feat. Jonathan Spangler) 38:37
  16. Philippe, Louis XIV's Brother, Is Gay - PART ONE (feat. Jonathan Spangler) 1:16:52
  17. Priapus: Ancient Roman God of Big Dick Energy 42:52
  18. Two Lesbians, 1 Castle: A Tale of Two "Romantic Friends" (feat. Indigo Dunphy-Smith) 1:23:50
  19. Evil Queens: The Queer History of Disney (feat. Sean Griffin) 1:10:15
  20. Born Again Queer: A History of Gay Evangelicals (feat. William Stell) 1:18:00
  21. Leather: A Queer History (feat. Race Bannon) 57:15
  22. King Christina of Sweden: Lesbian? Catholic? Insane? B*tch? (feat. Veronica Buckley) 1:17:54
  23. It's A Sin: The Ancient Origins of Homophobia (feat. Harry Tanner) 59:27
  24. Disney's Hercules: A Very Gay Close Reading (feat. Liv Albert) 1:23:31
  25. A Queer History of Witchcraft (feat. Marion Gibson) 1:08:45
  26. A Short History of Queer Parenting (feat. Kirsty Loehr) 58:56
  27. Hollywood's Gay Golden Age (feat. Michael Koresky) 1:06:44
  28. Gay Fascists: A Very Short History (feat. Alexis Sakellaris) 1:14:45
  29. Rimbaud & Verlaine: Toxic Boyfriends of French Poetry (feat. Robert St Clair) 1:42:08
  30. James Baldwin: Prophet of Love (feat. Clark Moore) 1:35:50
  31. Frida Kahlo Pt. II: Portrait of the Artist As A Young Slut 37:55
  32. Frida Kahlo Pt. I: Patron Saint of Bisexual Chaos (feat. Carla Gutiérrez) 1:11:37
  33. Queer Georgians: A History of Gay Homemaking (feat. Anthony Delaney) 1:09:30
  34. Medieval Arab Lesbians (feat. Labia Gas & The Saffron Massage) 36:13
  35. The Hanky Code: A Quickie History 35:16
  36. Cruising: A 4,000 Year History (feat. Alex Espinoza) 1:10:39
  37. Emperor Nero: Portrait of a Bottom on Fire (feat. Andrew Lear) 1:00:08
  38. Butt Pirates: A History of Queer Piracy (feat. Rebecca Simon) 1:04:41
  39. Leonardo da Vinci: Prince of Sodomy (feat. Professor Catherine Fletcher) 1:15:04
  40. A Queer History of Vampires (feat. Sacha Coward) 1:09:31
  41. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (feat. Kit Heyam and Marty Davies) 1:14:40
  42. Was Marie Antoinette A Lesbian? (feat. Eleanor Herman) 56:39
  43. Gay Marriage Was The Gayest Love Story Ever Told (feat. Jeremy Atherton Lin) 1:08:39
  44. Tchaikovsky Comes Out To Mother Russia (feat. Simon Morrison) 1:23:35
  45. A Queer History of Food (feat. Rachel Cleves) 1:05:41
  46. Toxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology: Part II (feat. Liv Albert) 1:10:35
  47. Eleanor Rykener: Trans Sex Worker of Medieval London? (feat. Dr. Mireille Pardon) 1:02:29
  48. The Future of Queer Communism (feat. Eman Abdelhadi) 54:44
  49. A History of Gay Communism (feat. Josh Rivers) 52:01
  50. Historical Homos: Season 4 Trailer 3:38