Queer at Last
by Harriet and Katherine
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Liverpool's Queer History Tour (Heritage Open Days)
Liverpool's Queer History Tour (Heritage Open Days)
About this podcast
Two pals. One museum artefact. Millennia of queer history unlocked before your very ears
Podcast episodes released fortnightly
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Episodes
- Liverpool's Queer History Tour (Heritage Open Days) · 1 h 19 min · Season 1 Episode 19We return from quite the hiatus to give you this tour of Liverpool's Queer History, which we made for Heritage Open Days We take you around the sights and sounds of Liverpool…
- Claude Cahun · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 18This episode is an epic one - we are talking about Claude Cahun, a queer Jewish Marxist surrealist photographer, artist and writer who ran a successful resistance against the…
- Inari and Kitsune · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 17This episode we chat about Inari, the Japanese kami of rice, foxes, swordsmiths, brothels and prosperity, who presents as male, female, both and neither. We also explore the…
- Eleanor Rykener · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 16Today we get a rare glimpse into queer life in 14th century England through the story of Eleanor Rykener - a trans woman who was an embroiderer, barmaid and sexworker, and did…
- Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 154,500 years ago, two ancient Egyptian men named Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep decided they wanted to spend eternity together. Were they just bros - or something more...? Content…
- Tove Jansson · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 14We're back! And more powerful than ever. Today we're covering the queer life, love and legacy of Tove Jansson - the Finnish illustrator, writer and painter who created the iconic…
- Alexander the Great · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 13Today we're talking all things Alexander the G(ay)reat! One of the most successful military leaders in history and a figure who continues to fascinate thousands of years later…
- Gentleman Jack · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 12Today we are chatting about an educated, adventurous, elitist lesbian landowner from the Georgian period - Anne Lister, aka Gentleman Jack - who left us an incredible…
- Mitra–Varuna · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 11Mitra-Varuna are two Hindu deities who were so close that they are referred to as one, and their name is the root for the sanskrit word for “friend”. Just two bros being bros…
- Sappho · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 102,600 years ago, a Greek poet was so iconically gay that her very name now describes love between women, today we're talking Sappho! Content Warnings: this episode contains…
- Dr. James Barry · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 9Dr. James Barry rose from poverty in the 19th century to become a doctor, travel the world and start beef with Florence Nightingale. He was also almost certainly a trans man…
- The Little Mermaid · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 8Today, we're diving into the many layers of queer subtext in Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Little Mermaid - and chatting Disney to boot! Content Warnings: this episode…
- Gilgamesh and Enkidu · 46 min · Season 1 Episode 7One of the oldest stories ever told has at its core two men, equal and opposite, sharing a profound love for one another. Today we're talking about The Epic of Gilgamesh!…
- William Shakespeare · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 6Listen, I pray thee - to our tale of the bard himself, William Shakespeare - who is way gayer than the British school system ever led us to believe. Content Warnings: this…
- The Publick Universal Friend · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 5Sometimes we all need a friend, this episode we're talking about the Publick Universal Friend: a non-binary spirit of God who left their gender behind after a near-death…
- Donatello’s David · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 4We dive into 14th Century Florence to understand the gay gay history behind Donatello’s David, or as it’s known by Harriet specifically, “Donatello’s Bronze Twink”. Content…
- Kit Marlowe · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 3Queer playwright, man of mystery and for legal reasons definitely not secretly Shakespeare, today we look at a portrait of Kit Marlowe. Content warnings: this episode contains…
- Bacchus · 37 min · Season 1 Episode 2We’re chatting about Dionysus aka Bacchus - Ancient Greek god of theatre, wine, frenzy, debauchery and, perhaps most importantly, dildos… is there anything this guy can't do?!…
- Julie d’Aubigny · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 1Get ready to feel inadequate as we delve into the history of the opera-singing, sword-fighting, nunnery-burning bisexual icon Julie d’Aubigny, a.k.a. La Maupin. Content…
