Episodes
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Episode 35 - Gay robots and Tove Jansson (The Moomins)
This week Hannah explores queer coded robot characters in film, and Daisy tells us about the amazing life of the lesbian Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins!
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Episode 34 - The LESBIAN Tide
In this episode Hannah speaks to the extremely talented Kate Marks about the history of the Lesbian Tide magazine!
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Episode 33 - Molly houses and Queer Taxidermy
This week Daisy teaches us about the history and the importance of the Molly House for queer people, and Hannah explores whether taxidermy can be considered a queer art form?
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Episode 32 - Protest badges and cartoon characters
This week Hannah tells us about the history of protest badges and the changing landscape of queer badges, and Daisy tells us about queerness in cartoons for both children and adults! Sources for badges: The Long-Lasting Legacy Of Lesbian Button Badges - Eleanor Medhurst The History of Protest...
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Episode 31: The big Qs Round of 2021
UPDATE! Full episode now updated! Thank you to everyone who listened to the dodgy mobile recording we uploaded on New Years Day! Daisy and Hannah have now recorded a full length Qs round episode to round up the year 2021 in queer news!
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Episode 30 - Section 28 and homosexuality in the bible
Episode 30! This is quite a milestone for our little podcast and so in this episode Daisy tells us about Section 28 and how it impacted so many queer people growing up, and essentially why we do this podcast at all. And Hannah talks about the Bible and the 6 passages on homosexuality and why they...
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Episode 29 - Chemsex and Hattie Hosmer
This week Hannah gives us a brief intro to chemsex, what it is and why it can be risky, and Daisy tells us about the life and loves of renowned sculptor (and notable larky lesbian) Harriet Hosmer.
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Episode 28 - Agnes Török and queer joy as resilience
This week Daisy and Hannah talk to Agnes Török about the importance of queer joy and queer joy as resilience. We hear about their book All The Days We Don't Revolt, available from their website at https://agnestorok.org/
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Episode 27 - The handkerchief code (aka flagging) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
this week daisy takes us on a journey to learn about the origins of the handkerchief code/flagging, and its modern iterations and Hannah talks about the queer legacy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Episode 26 - Furry talk and the ancient Chinese art of male impersonation
This week Hannah takes some time to actually read about and understand what furries are and what they do, and Daisy takes us in the way way back machine to talk about the history of male impersonation in China, starting with the first ever recorded example in ~600 AD!
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Episode 25 - A deep dive into the world of male impersonators AKA drag kings!
This week Daisy takes on a full episode for a deep dive into the history of western male impersonation which has become known as drag kings today. There's a lot here but there some saved back for a whole other episode later too on drag in other parts of the world!
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Episode 24 - Queering space, and the tangled affairs of the Bloomsbury Group
This week Daisy tells us about the notable gays in space and the important queer people in space right now, and Hannah tries to shed light on the tangled web of affairs in the Bloomsbury Group. Sources: Dear Moon Project The illustration referenced is a piece called Relationships of The…
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Episode 23 - The Gay Manifesto in the Wind in the Willows
This week we discuss whether the Wind in the Willows is a secret gay manifesto of author Kenneth Grehame? Sources: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/wind-willows-gay-manifesto-according-literary-expert-1657132 https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-wound-in-the-willows/...
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Episode 22 - Gay Genes and Happy birthday Mr Turing
This week Hannah discusses the history of research into the elusive "gay gene" and recent large studies, and Daisy pays tribute to the immensely interesting Alan Turing. With special thanks to Research Assistant Jack Bestwick for his work on this episode. Sources on Genes: - Study of gay brothers...
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Episode 21 - Queers in the garden and lesbian pirates!
This week Daisy gives us a rundown of queer connections to gardening and horticulture and Hannah tells the tale of the lesbian pirates Anne Bonny and Mary (Mark) Read. Sources: Queer Undergrowth - Joe Crowdy The Pansy Project The Disorder of Things - Julia Bell Queer Undergrowth: Weeds and...
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Episode 20 - Queer summer camp and the ancient Egyptian
This week Hannah talks about the options for queer summer camping for kids and adults, and Daisy gives us a lesson on queer Egyptian legacies. Hannah forgot to credit her sources in the episode so below is a list of articles used in her research: These Two LGBTQ Sleep-away Camps Are Giving Queer...
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Episode 19 - Rural queer legacy and the most bisexual animal
This week Daisy introduces us to the role queer people play in rural settings and notable countryside queers, and Hannah talks about the world's most bisexual animal and why they are so iconic.
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Episode 18 - Rainbow Tamer Isaac Newton, and let's talk about Sex
This week Hannah discussed Differences in Sex Development (DSDs) and why there are not only two sexes, and Daisy divulges the queer historical and cultural significance of the rainbow.
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Episode 17 - Get on your bikes! Let's play and be gay
This week Daisy TG tells us about being the queer side of cycling and Hannah explores some queer themes in video games!
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Episode 16 - Bury Your Gays, and are you a friend of Dorothy's?
This week Hannah discusses a classic trope in stories about queer people and Daisy fills us in on the queer legacy of The Wizard of Oz! Referenced in the show: Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man? Bury Your Gays - TV Tropes Incorrect Wicked Quotes "Defying Gravity": Queer…
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Episode 15 - Why queers turn to social media
This week Daisy gives us her knowledge* on why the internet is so important for queer people coming of age, finding community, exploring who we are through social media. *The report was published in Jan 2021 - not Jan 2020 as accidentally stated. Check out the report yourself below! DIGITAL 2021:...
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Episode 14 - Queer penguins, sea goddesses, pantos and LGBTQ at the poles
This week we have a special guest Julia Peck (@Juliafpeck) take us on her Bridging Binaries tour of the University of Cambridge's Polar Museum, where we learn about queer sea goddesses, gay penguin pair bonding, fabulous pantomimes and the first LGBT-friendly continent.
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Episode 13 - Discrimination with AI and the history of pronouns in English
This week Daisy discusses how Artificial Intelligence is inherently biased against queer people and Hannah covers the history of pronouns in English and why "They" has always been used as a singular pronoun. Things to watch! Amanda Montel - Where do gendered pronouns come from Jake Edwards -...
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Episode 12 - Autism and being Queer and The Poetess Sappho
This week Hannah and Daisy explore the link between Autism Spectrum Disorder and being queer, and how the legacy of Sapho, The Poetess, lives on still after 2600 years. Mentioned on the show: https://mindout.org.uk/ https://aru.ac.uk/news/study-finds-transgender-non-binary-autism-link...
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Episode 11 - Queer Political Clothing and Gengoroh Tagame's BDSM Manga
We finish up the year* with an episode exploring other kinds of queer coded clothing and the other works of My Brother's Husband author Gengoroh Tagame. *we end the year as two suitable broken humans, please be kind
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Episode 10 - The Queer History of the Top Hat
This week we have a, slightly shorter than usual, special episode with historian Meg Roberts (@megeroberts) to learn about the queer history of the top hat!
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Episode 9 - Wild Queers and the Surrealist Sisters
This week we talk about taking your queers out on a walk and why its good for them, and the incredible surrealist artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore.
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Episode 8 - Queer Witchcraft and the Legendary Flâneur
This week we explore why queer people are drawn to wicca and witchcraft, and the history of the dandy Flâneur and whether we can become one
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Episode 7 - The Stonewall Uprising and Speaking Polari
This week Hannah talks about the Stonewall uprising and we learn some Polari with Daisy. Putting on the Dish - a short film in polari
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Episode 6 - Where to call home, and Marsha P Johnson
This week Daisy TG tells us about the most inclusive cities in the world and Hannah talks about the legacy of activist Marsha P Johnson.
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Episode 5 - Queer Cryptids and Queer Beers
This week Hannah talks about why cryptids are queer now and Daisy is drawn into the world of Queer Beer.
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Episode 4 - Queer House Music and Two-Spirit People
This week Daisy talks about the queer origins of house music and Hannah talks about the two-spirit traditions in Native American culture
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Episode 3 - More Queer Myths and a Fear of Teenagers
This week we had some technical difficulties so recording quality is a little lower than usually but we still had things to say! This episode covers queer mythology in Hinduism and why we're all so scared of teenagers.
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Episode 2 - Queer Pets and Greek Myths
This week we look at why queer people love their pets to intensely and how queer themes are represented in Greek mythology!
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Episode 1 - Queer Hair and Being Camp
This week Daisy and Hannah talk about why our queer hair is so important and what it means to be camp? Jack Barbuscio ‘Camp and the Gay Sensibility’ Oscar Wilde ‘The Decay of Lying’ Susan Sontag ‘Notes on Camp’ Carmen Miranda: Behind the Tutti Fruitti Hat Josephine Baker: The 1st Black Superstar
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