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This Week in Queer History — 95 episodes

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1

When the WHO Finally Admitted Being Gay Isn't a Mental Illness (1990)

2

They Burned the World's First Trans Clinic - And They're Doing It Again

3

When Ellen Said "I'm Gay" and Changed TV Forever

4

He Could Have Escaped - But Refused to Hide | Oscar Wilde's Trial

5

The Drag Nuns Who Saved Lives When the Church Stayed Silent

6

The Straight White Boy Who Accidentally Saved Gay Lives

7

We Buried a Generation to Get This Drug. Don't Let Them Take It Back.

8

A 19-Year-Old Dropout Who Helped Save Millions of Lives

9

How 1,500 Dying Activists Outsmarted the U.S. Government

10

Why Palm Springs Became Gay (It Wasn't the Pool Parties)

11

The Secret History of Gay Gyms (They Were Never Just About Fitness)

12

The Little Mermaid Was Always a Queer Story

13

Broadway Didn't Just Entertain Us - It Helped Gay People Survive

14

How Self-Hatred Shaped Anti-LGBTQ Laws

15

Ten LGBTQ+ Protest Tactics That Actually Worked

16

Everyone Laughed at Rent. Then It Changed the World.

17

The Secret Queer History of Dollywood

18

Were These "Best Friends" Actually Gay Lovers? Queer Subtext in Soap Operas

19

The Queer Comedians Who Changed the World

20

Resolutions from Queer History: What Our Icons Would Dream for 2026

21

The Secret Gifts That Built LGBTQ+ History

22

The Gay Codes Hidden in Christmas (That Straight People Totally Missed)

23

The Gay Choirs They Tried to Silence

24

The Secret Libraries That Saved Queer History

25

They Tried to Take Our Kids. We Changed the Law.

26

How Queer Outrage Took Over TV (And Changed America Forever)

27

The Secret Gay Travel Guide That Mapped Our Hidden World

28

They Tried to Silence Us. We Ran for Office Instead.

29

The Secret History of Gay AA: How Queer Sobriety Rewrote the Rules

30

Banned, Raided, and Printed Anyway: The Untold Story of Queer Media

31

The 1979 March on Washington That Lit the Fuse

32

Banned, Blessed, and Queer: The Hidden History of LGBTQ Faith Communities

33

How Fake Names Saved LGBTQ+ Lives and Built Our Culture

34

The Secret Queer Nightlife Prohibition Couldn't Shut Down

35

The "Trashy" Paperbacks That Saved Queer Lives

36

They Fought for Freedom While Hiding Who They Were: LGBTQ+ Service Members in World War II

37

The Gay Magazines That Were Radical, Risky, and Lifesaving

38

He Lost Every Battle and Changed LGBTQ+ History Forever

39

From the Hays Code to TikTok: How Queer Creators Have Always Beaten Censorship

40

This Queer Artist Saved Thousands from the Nazis

41

She Came Out in 1904

42

Michelangelo's Queer Legacy

43

They Burned His Books - It Didn't Stop Him

44

Dykes on Bikes: Pride's Most Powerful Rebels

45

No Grindr in 1724, But Molly Houses Were Queer Heaven!

46

The Queer Surrealists Who Used Art to Fight the Nazis

47

The 1950 Secret Meeting That Launched the LGBTQ Rights Movement

48

Born in 1951: You Owe Pride to This Woman

49

How Alfred Kinsey Broke America's Understanding of Sexuality

50

1611: The Man Behind the Bible Was Very Gay

51

Seven Ancient Greek Queer Icons Worth Knowing

52

The Hidden Love Story of Emily Dickinson and Susan Gilbert

53

This 1919 Gay Film Was Almost Erased Forever

54

The 1966 Pride Demonstration You've Never Heard About

55

The Revolutionary Woman History Tried to Sanitize: Florence Nightingale

56

Before Stonewall, There Were Donuts: The Cooper's Uprising of 1959

57

The Most Influential Queer Duo in Music History: The Indigo Girls

58

Shakespeare Was Queer - And Your English Teacher Probably Didn't Tell You

59

The 1,000-Year-Old Same-Sex Marriage That Rewrites History

60

How Harvey Milk High School Became a Safe Space for LGBTQ Youth

61

Lady Gaga's LGBTQ Impact Goes Beyond Music

62

Soviet Defector to Dance Legend: The Rudolf Nureyev Story

63

Doctor Who's Groundbreaking LGBTQ Legacy

64

Against All Odds: LGBTQ Athletes Who Achieved Their Dreams

65

Celebrating 15 LGBTQ+ Composers Despite History's Silence

66

The Dark Warning of Cabaret: The Musical That Saw It Coming

67

Nathan Lane: Being Gay Never Stopped His Success

68

Gandhi's Unexpected Legacy in the LGBTQ Rights Movement

69

I Will Survive: How Gloria Gaynor's Anthem Became Ours

70

The Secret Love Story of Janis Joplin

71

Saint and Trans Icon: Joan of Arc

72

Hollywood's First Openly Gay Actor Traded It All for Love!

73

Philadelphia: The Film That Changed How America Saw AIDS

74

How "The Times of Harvey Milk" Changed Queer Storytelling Forever

75

How Brokeback Mountain Changed America Forever

76

Gianni Versace: The Gay Icon Who Changed Fashion Forever

77

The Filmmaker Who Ignited Queer Cinema: Rosa von Praunheim

78

Who Is Quentin Crisp?

79

The First Gay Couple in History? An Ancient Egyptian Love Story

80

West Hollywood: The Queer Utopia Built from Community Activism

81

Why Halloween Became "Gay Christmas"

82

Paul Lynde's Legacy: Turning the Closet Into Comedy Gold

83

Divine: The Drag Queen Who Changed Everything!

84

The Secret Love That Made Eleanor Roosevelt a Human Rights Legend

85

The Secret Society That Defied Victorian Norms

86

Let's Do the Time Warp! Exploring the Queer Legacy of Rocky Horror

87

How Will & Grace Helped America Say Yes to Marriage Equality

88

How The Celluloid Closet Changed Queer Cinema Forever

89

Bayard Rustin: The Gay Visionary Who Shaped the Civil Rights Movement

90

The First Gay Games: How 1982 Changed LGBTQ+ History Forever

91

How "La Cage aux Folles" Changed LGBTQ History on Broadway and Beyond

92

The 1987 Piccadilly Circus Kiss-In That Made History

93

How New York Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage in 2011 Changed the Movement

94

The 1961 Tay-Bush Inn Raid That Helped Lay the Groundwork for Stonewall

95

Village People, Chappell Roan, and the Long History of Queer Anthems