EPISODE · Jan 29, 2026 · 51 MIN
The Gender Mystery Historians Still Can’t Explain
from Queer Collective Podcast · host Queer Collective
The feral, gender-defiant life of a Canadian WWI veteran who ditched a wealthy upbringing, lived alone in the woods, enlisted three times, fought on the Serbian front as a man, got captured as a prisoner of war, fell in love in a prison camp, and spent decades confusing barbers and bureaucrats alike. We’re queering the Great War, unpacking gender outlaw survival, and asking the spicy question: early non-binary icon or radical dissident woman? Join Our Patreon: https://patreon.com/QueerCollective?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink CONTACT US Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queer.collective/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queercollectivepodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queer.collective.to/ Website: https://www.queercollectiveto.com/ Email: [email protected] 00:00 Intro 01:19 Our hero's early life 07:27 The radical of it all 13:52 What was it like for women in 1900s? 21:00 How did a woman get into war? 27:54 Enlisting as a man 36:37 First love interest (as a man?) 43:43 Actually non-binary? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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