Gay of the Day. Profiling notable LGBT people from history.

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An amateur historian with a fully stocked bar and a boundless curiosity.

Frank Howard


    • Nov 24, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 11m AVG DURATION
    • 55 EPISODES


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    Gay of the Day 56: "The Misadventures of Tommy Kirk".

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2018 12:26


    A Mouseketeer and a Disney movie icon who was fired by Uncle Walt because he liked boys.

    Thanksgiving Special!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2018 8:29


    (Actually, a rerun of episode 16 about a Native American princess who took Washington D.C. by storm)

    Gay of the Day 55: Good Food, Good Sex, Good Life.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 10:30


    The world's first television chef and the dean of American cookery, James Beard.

    Gay of the Day 54: It's Hard To Believe It!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 17:41


    One of pop music's true oddballs, visionary record producer Joe Meek.

    Gay of the Day 53: All Saints Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2018 11:25


    I investigate the cult surrounding Saint Sebastian, plus Saints Sergius and Bacchus and same-sex marriage in the ancient Christian Church.

    Gay of the Day 52: Anthony Perkins Is Not Norman Bates.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2018 14:51


    The life and career of one of the most influential movie actors, Anthony Perkins.

    Gay of the Day 51: Shadow Of the Vampire

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2018 11:01


    Author of the first book about vampires, appropriately titled "The Vampyre", John Polidori.

    Gay of the Day 50: Scream Queen.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2018 11:25


    Horror's first, and so far only, male scream queen, actor Mark Patton.

    Gay of the Day 49: When Smokey Sings.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 8:55


    A rock music legend, recently rediscovered, who was shamelessly and defiantly gay, John "Smokey" Condon.

    Gay of the Day 48: Anger Issues.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 10:10


    Independent film pioneer, inventor of Queer Cinema, and hero to Warhol, Lynch, and Scorsese. Filmmaker Kenneth Anger.

    Gay of the Day 47: Sodomite From Birth.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 10:11


    The inventor of porn, Pietro Aretino.

    Gay of the Day 46: Attention Closeted Actors!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 10:00


    You can be a leading man while being openly gay. Screen legend Jean Marais.

    Gay of the Day 45: The Girl Can't Help It.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 11:10


    Rock & roll architect Little Richard.

    Gay of the Day 44: Gimme A Break.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2018 9:30


    Singer, actress, and t.v. icon Nell Carter.

    Gay of the Day 43: American Gothic.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2018 11:43


    Artist Grant Wood.

    Gay of the Day 42: The King Who Was Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2018 12:26


    King James I of England. Incidentally, I've been in more motel rooms than the King James Bible.

    Gay of the Day 41: Mighty Real

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2018 11:31


    The one, the only, Sylvester.

    Gay of the Day 40: Do You Wanna Bang?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 9:15


    A trailblazer who paid the cost for choosing to be out in the 1800s. One hell of a writer, Herman Bang.

    Gay of the Day 39: American Gigolo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2018 10:30


    The most famous (and expensive) male prostitute, Denny Fouts.

    Gay of the Day 38: The Most Famous Unknown in the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2018 11:00


    The incredible Djuna Barnes.

    Gay of the Day 37: El Greco, El Homo

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2018 11:00


    Inside the bedroom of a nonpareil artist who changed art forever.

    Gay of the Day 36: Paradise Found

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2018 11:10


    An artist who scanned the globe to find a place where he could be gay in peace.

    Gay of the Day 35: A Girl Called Dusty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2018 15:20


    Music icon Dusty Springfield.

    Gay of the Day 34: The Real Ginger

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2018 14:31


    Dance legend Fred Astaire's artistic partner, Hermes Pan.

    Gay of the Day 33: The Slutty Professor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2018 11:20


    Exhaustive sex researcher, the Oscar Wilde of pornography, and grandfather of the tramp stamp.

    Gay of the Day 32: Monty Got a Raw Deal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 13:50


    Hollywood legend Montgomery Clift.

    Gay of the Day 31: Sodom on the Hudson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2018 12:12


    Gay sex in 1970's New York, and the man who captured it with his camera.

    Gay of the Day 30: Greece is the Word

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 8:40


    What made Alexander "Great?" Good lovin'.

    Gay of the Day 29: The Center Square

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2018 9:01


    All Hail The Sissy King!

    Gay of the Day 28: This Woman's Work

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2018 10:19


    She directed one of the greatest achievements in cinema. Please don't make me watch it again.

    Gay of the Day Episode 27: Felix/Felicity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2018 9:19


    A (mostly) gay crossdressing Russian prince responsible for one of history's most famous murders.

    Gay of the Day 26: Wild and Lonely

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018 15:11


    The unique 1980's pop singer you've probably never heard of.

    Gay of the Day 25: The Case of the Husky Homo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2018 9:01


    The dual life of tv's most famous lawyer.

    Gay of the Day 24: Portrait of John Singer Sargent

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 8:31


    A splendid artist and frenzied bugger.

    Gay of the Day 23: Charming Little Monster

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2018 8:00


    Literature's ultimate bad girl.

    Gay of the Day 22: Climax in C Major

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2018 13:36


    Get ear fucked by one of history's greatest composers.

    Gay of the Day 21: Nature Boy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 12:40


    A studly scientist and one of the greatest minds in history. A man whose influence is felt to this day.

    Gay of the Day 20: Depravity, Ecstasy, and Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2018 14:00


    The salacious tale of Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste.

    Gay of the Day 19: The "F" Word

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2018 15:15


    Never record a podcast while drunk.

    Gay of the Day 18: Something To Live For

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2018 21:30


    A music man with distingué traces.

    Gay of the Day 17: Hail To the Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2018 12:35


    The closets of Buckingham Palace.

    Gay of the Day 16: Beads in the Medicine Bag

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018 8:29


    A Native American "princess" civilizes the white man.

    Gay of the Day Episode 15: A Fairy Tale

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2018 9:26


    One of Hollywood's best gay clowns.

    Gay of the Day Episode 14: The Boy Who Could Fly

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2018 16:40


    A leotarded legend goes nutcrackers.

    Gay of the Day Episode 13: South of the Border

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 12:00


    ¿Donde esta el pene?

    Gay of the Day Episode 12: Just Plain Evil

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2018 14:31


    Trump's mentor.

    Gay of the Day Episode 11: A Little Murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2018 13:25


    Misanthrope wordsmith.

    Gay of the Day Episode 10: The Phantom Dandy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2018 10:59


    A gay Lothario takes Paris by storm.

    Gay of the Day # 9: Let It Be Known.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2018 9:59


    Bad-ass queer foils nazis.

    Gay of the Day # 8 Death By Junk

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 12:24


    The gay Indiana Jones.

    Gay of the Day #7 The Little Old Lesbian Ladies of Llangollen.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018 10:11


    A lesbian couple becomes a tourist attraction in 18th century Wales.

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