Queer as Fact

Hi everyone! Queer as Fact will be returning to a regular episode schedule from June 1st, but we will no longer be posting content on this platform as we do not feel comfortable with the direction it has taken. Check our the replies for where we can be found moving forward.

As previously, we can be found on Tumblr, but we have also added Bluesky and Instragram to allow for a wider array of our listeners to keep updated on the podcast. We are queerasfact on all these platforms, and as always can be found on every good podcatcher.

Hi everyone! Queer as Fact will be returning to a regular episode schedule from June 1st, but we will no longer be posting content on this platform as we do not feel comfortable with the direction it has taken. Check our the replies for where we can be found moving forward.

@transhistorywk @AssignedMale @WeAreQueerAF We're not really on here anymore (announcement coming soon on that and more episodes) but uhhh it very much is not! Episode on Dr Barry can be found here: podbean.com/ew/pb-ar37f-10…

Meet Dr James Barry! #TransHistoryWeek

We're still on hiatus, but if you watched the new @Hbomberguy vid and are now looking for some queer history and media analysis that engages critically with its sources, we've got about 150 podcast episodes to check out, on everything from The Epic of Gilgamesh to the Matrix.

Due to personal circumstances, Queer as Fact is going on hiatus for the immediate future. We still love this podcast and are dedicated to bringing queer history to you all, but do not have the capacity to do so right now. We look forward to returning in 2024.

New episode on the Dutch cellist, conductor and WWII resistance fighter Frieda Belinfante! Join us to hear about Frieda's groundbreaking career, the many women who fell in love with her, and how to forge a 1940s Dutch ID card in excruciating detail. queerasfact.podbean.com/e/frieda-belin…

We've had some delays in editing, so our episode intended for the 1st of October won't be out for a couple of days. Thank you for your patience!

Did you known that gay palaeontologist Franz Nopcsa was the first known person to hijack a plane? Fleeing Romania at the end of WWI, Hungarian aristocrat Franz got on a plane, pointed a gun at the pilot, and demanded he fly to Vienna, where they landed safely.

An absolute highlight from the sketches of gay Hungarian palaeontologist Franz Nopcsa (1877-1933). #queerhistory #dinosaurs

Happy 306th birthday to the 18th-century man of letters, Horace Walpole. Here he is, the likely gay, asexual inventor of gothic fiction, enjoying a relaxed afternoon in the library with his dog. #queerhistory

It's #CelebrateBisexualityDay! Rather than Visibility or Awareness day, the day's founders chose 'Celebrate' because they wanted a day that was just about "getting our community together to celebrate who were we and how privileged we were to be who we are." (Wendy Curry, left)

Happy #biweek! The first American woman in space was bi astronaut Sally Ride.

Happy #biweek! Julius Caesar was described by contemporary Gaius Scribonius Curio as “every woman’s man and every man’s woman.”

Happy #biweek! Christina, 17th century monarch of Sweden, had a relationship with a lady-in-waiting, abdicated the throne, and left the country to pursue a life of arts and scholarship in Rome, where they wrote coded love letters to a cardinal.

Happy #biweek! Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was married for much of her life to fellow artist Diego Rivera, and also had relationships with several women.

Happy #biweek! This is 8th-century Arabic poet Abu Nuwas, who wrote love poems for both men and women.

Happy #biweek! Rosetta Tharpe, known as the Godmother of Rock and Roll, was described by friend Tony Heilbut as belonging to "the Whosoever Will Church as in “Whosoever Will Let Him (or Her) Come.”"