This Month in Queer History

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Many of us have heard of Studio 54, but what was the club that its own founder called "very, very, very bisexual" really like behind the glitz and the glamor?  Show Notes/Sources:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbSNVds4H49vmpq1pA4RQ0PceMnjhPYbEzaLt7dV5Eo/edit?usp=sharing Follow CAMP…

If there's one thing that unites the LGBTQ+ community, it's having a lot to say - so it's no surprise that the gay press has a colorful history in the US. From fights with the Postmaster General to physique magazines, we dive into 140 years of the gay press in this Pride Special epis…

Ever dreamed of founding a nation of queer people? You're not alone, and in this episode we explore the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Seas, Stonewall Nation, and viability of queer separatism. Show Notes/Works Cited: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHDsD2vC0tN8hllaY0HGqxPkw0_Pe7-wW8…

Our host, Julian, is sick this month, so we're bringing back a fan favorite episode from our first season - enjoy the story of gay vigilantes from the 1970's! Armed with guns and bats, the Lavender Panthers patrolled the streets of San Francisco to protect LGBTQ+ people from homophobic ha…

Dive into the secret slang language of queer Londoners - including the history of words like drag and camp! Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pds7R2x0ew84cGk42800R7B0W9pYRPk4r_lZZD2KDJI/edit?usp=sharing Follow CAMP Rehoboth:fb.com/camprehobothcommunitycentercamprehoboth.orginstagram.c…

The first ever explicitly anti-gay raid on a business in the US was in 1903 on... a bathhouse? Dive into the private world of public sauna cruising on this episode of TMQH! Sources/Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xJmNLCnsFaUcpmMrToFKjGEefazG9XQ9mXvhv3z_8Bc/edit?usp=sharing Follow CA…

They say that disco died in 1979... but did the "Disco Sucks" crowd actually succeed in killing disco? Learn about the life, love, death, and rebirth of disco in this month's episode of This Month in Queer History! Show Notes/Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IK32XFguaE5s1…

In 1953, Christine Jorgensen became a household name when her story was plastered on the front page of the New York Daily News under the headline, "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty," catapulting her into a sudden, unexpected fame. Show Notes/Works Cited: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16BZ…

The 90s were not an easy time to come out as a gay teacher, but that's exactly why Rodney Wilson decided he needed to. This is the story of the founder of LGBTQ+ History Month and his quest to include queer people in history lessons across the country (and eventually the globe). Show Notes/Tra…