Great Queers in History
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Great Queers in History is a history podcast hosted by Otto Mas. It has 21 episodes, with the latest published April 2024.
A laid-back approach to various historical figures whose homosexuality got lost, or was concealed, in history books because it turns out, western historiography didn't find any sexuality other than the predominant one, that is, heterosexuality, to be significant.Chapter by chapter, the lives of individuals whose significance in history caused their sexual orientation to be overshadowed under the pretext that their orientation was unnatural and shouldn’t be made public to avoid setting a bad example or tarnishing their image, as if being homosexual, bisexual, or transgender was bad.In addition to these episodes, you can also learn a lot more about other characters in my book, Grandes Maricas de la Historia, published in Spanish by Penguin Random House, which you can find in any bookstore in Spain or in digital format everywhere.For suggestions or any comments, you can go on Twitter to @Otto_Mas or on Instagram to @ottomas, though, heads up, trolls are not welcome! ;-)The cover d
history ·en ·21 episodes
S01E21: Francis Bacon, English writer, essayist, politician, and philosopher, founder of empiricism (1561-1626)
S01E20: Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish writer known for his children's fairy tales
S01E19: Edward II of England, also known as Edward II of Plantagenet (1284-1327)
S01E18: Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Castro and Parma (1503-1547)
S01E17: William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872-1938)
S01E16: Federico García Lorca, poet, playwright, musician, and member of the Generation of '27 (1898-1936)
S01E15: Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and literary critic, member of the Generation of '27 (1902-1963)
S01E14: Philipp Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Eulenburg and Hertefeld, and Count of Sandels (1847-1921)
S01E13: Philip of France, Duke of Orleans, Frère unique du Roi and prince (1640-1701)
S01E12: Henry III of France, king and sixth child to the great Catherine de' Medici (1551-89)
S01E11: Magnus Hirschfeld, German Jewish doctor and LGBT rights activist (1868-1935)
S01E10: Karl Heinrichs Ulrichs, German lawyer, jurist, journalist, and sexology pioneer (1825-1895)
S01E09: Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (1642-1727)
S01E08: Frederick II of Prussia AKA Frederick the Great (1712-1786)
S01E07: Piotr Ilich Chaikovski (1840-1893), Russian composer
S01E06: Cosme Pérez, AKA Juan Rana (1593-1672), Spanish Golden Age actor
S01E05: Francisco de Asís de Borbón (1822-1902), king consort of Spain
S01E04: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), Italian painter
S01E03: William Shakespeare (1564-1616), actor, playwright and poet
S01E02: Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), architect, painter, sculptor and poet
S01E01: George Villiers (1592-1628), I Duke of Buckingham
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