The Queer History Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Christine Jorgensen: Trans Rights Pioneer
31 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Christine Jorgensen was one of the first people to undergo Sexual Reassignment Surgery in the 1950's. She became a media sensation, but get this: peop...
Josephine Baker
21 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Josephine Baker was an American chorus girl who left the racism of the United States behind to become a French superstar. She used her fame to spy on ...
Frida Kahlo
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, known for her personal and original style, her love of her country, and her intimate depiction of physical and emot...
Walt Whitman
26 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Walt Whitman is possibly the most influential American poet. His poems were full of sexuality, and often censored. Whitman was a revolutionary poet, a...
Alan Turing
18 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Turing was the scientist that might have most shaped your daily life! He was a mathmetician involved in theoretical computer science, artificial ...
Bayard Rustin
12 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Bayard Rustin was a leader in the black civil rights movement. Openly gay his whole life, he faced blackmail and intimidation, but still counseled Mar...
UpStairs Lounge Fire
04 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Before the tragic Pulse shooting in Orlando, the UpStairs Lounge Fire was the most deadly attack on gay people in U.S. history. Learn more about it to...