Historically Really Good Friends

Thank you for all of your support over the past year! In part 50 of 50, Jared and Rachel discuss their decision to end the podcast, their highs, their lows, and what the future potentially holds. We love you all! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

This week, Jared says "forget figures from the past!", because we're taking a look at an actual, living prince, who's working to end discrimination and harmful practices against the LGBTQIA+ community... it's Manvendra Singh Gohil! However, as stated in the episode, all good things must come to an end... unfortunately, our really good friends, this is our last story-based episode of Historically Really Good Friends. Jared and Rachel will wrap everything up next week in a final conversation-based episode, but for now, enjoy this week's episode! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia, conversion therapy, ideations of suicide, disownment, and harmful actions/sayings directed at the LGBTQIA+ community. Sources: "Pride and Prejudice: Indian royal Manvendra Singh Gohil on being the world's first openly gay prince" Andrew Bullock "India's First Openly Gay Prince Is Working to Make Conversion Therapy Illegal" by Emily Burack "First Openly Gay Prince Speaks Out on Mission to End Conversion Therapy: 'I Have to Keep Fighting'" by Stephanie Petit "Meet the world's first openly gay prince Manvendra Singh Gohil" by Al Fartukh Manvendra Singh Gohil Wikipedia LGBT History in India Wikipedia ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

In the second to last episode of Season 2, Rachel brings us back to nineteenth-century Cincinnati (and beyond) to talk about the incredibly wealthy, unabashedly queer, and wildly talented Natalie Clifford Barney! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia and mentions of war! It's a pretty light episode. Sources: Queer Portraits in History Profile on Natalie Clifford Barney "Amazon, Empress, and Friend: The Life of Natalie Clifford Barney" by Kieran Robertson The Legacy Project Nominee Profile for Natalie Clifford Barney Natalie Clifford Barney Wikipedia ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

Scandal, shame, and secrecy! That's what this episode has to bring to you! This week, Jared tells the tale of Mexico's unlucky number and the event that started the superstition, The Dance of the 41! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as general homophobia, forced outting, public shaming, conscription, and war! Sources: "41 Has a Secret Meaning in Mexico, Thanks to a Queer Underground Ball" by Thaddeus Morgan "'Dance of the Forty One': Scandalous Mexican drag ball in 1901 at secret club inspired Netflix LGBTQ film" by Yasmin Tinwala "Los 41”: The Queer Dance Party That Changed Mexico" by Brendan O'Boyle Dance of the Forty One Wikipedia LGBT History in Mexico Wikipedia ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

She was the muse for Andy Warhol and Lou Reed alike, she was the woman who should've won all the awards. This week, Rachel tells us about the life and legacy of trans, Puerto Rican actress, Holly Woodlawn! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homelessness, survival sex work, poverty, drugs, and terminal illness. Sources: "Holly Woodlawn" from Making Queer History "Holly Woodlawn was a transgender inspiration. We mustn't forget her achievements" by Paris Lees "Penny Arcade Remembers Holly Woodlawn" from Out "The Unforgettable Memorial of Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn" by Diana Tourjée ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

The title says it all! And if you don't know what a stag film is, it's another name for the thing people watch that rhymes with corn! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as descriptions of sexual acts, discussions about adult films and entertainment, and a lot of other topics relating to that. Definitely not one to play out loud in the office or in the car with your kids. Sources: "Pleasure by Proxy: A Multimedia Essay" by GVGK Tang -- this is the link where you can see stills of the film! "Excavating Material Legacies through Early Queer Film" by GVGK Tang "The Surprise of a Knight" Wikipedia Stag Films Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

Aaaand, we're back from our holiday breaks (kind of)! Buckle up, because it's a new year, a new us, and a new chance for us to talk about the most beautiful woman in the world, almost... Divine! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia, fatphobia, and some descriptions of lewd acts ("method acting"). Sources: Divine's Biography from Queer Portraits in History "Divine was America's first drag superstar" by John Hernandez "Drag Herstory: The Wild Life and Untimely Death of Divine, Drag Queen of the Century" by Elyssa Goodman Divine's Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, our chimneys are available and accessible for Santa, and all we have are a few more sleeps until the man in red delivers us presents...unless you're going to the Center on Colfax, that is. This week, we're talking about Linda Warren, Denver, Colorado's very own Queer Santa. ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as discussions about Santa (dear listeners with children, please wear headphones), some naughty curse words, and mentions of homelessness and abandonment. Sources: "'Queer Santa' has been giving Colorado's LGBTQ youth Christmas presents for 20 years" by Elizabeth Hernandez "Rejected by her family, this woman has been ‘Queer Santa' for 22 years" by Sydney Page "‘Queer Santa' Linda Warren brings gifts and cheer to Denver's LGBTQ+ youth" by Hannah Metzger "‘Queer Santa' Is On A Mission (This Year With a Face Shield) To Make The Holidays Special For Any Kid Rejected By Their Parents" by Ryan Warner and Hart Van Denburg "Meet the 'Queer Santa' who has been giving queer kids rejected by parents presents for 22 years" by Jisha Joseph "The Cost of Coming Out: LGBT Youth Homelessness" from Lesley University ✎ Make sure to send your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

They say Halloween is Gay Christmas...but they clearly haven't heard about this week's topic, Saturnalia--the original, Roman, queer Christmas festival! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as human sacrifice, a hefty conversation about male genitals, and general hedonism (and everything that comes with that). Sources: "Saturnalia – The Real Gay Christmas" by Nikki Halliwell "Saturnalia" from the University of Chicago Saturnalia Wikipedia Priapus Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

The weather is getting colder, ponds are freezing over, and there's no better time for Jared to tell us the story about Jackson Haines, the father of modern-day figure skating, who was once laughed out of America. ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as descriptions of death, public shame, and some good ol' cursing. Sources: "Jackson Haines: The Definitive Biography" from Skate Guard "A Timeline Of LGBTQ+ Figure Skating History" from Skate Guard "Haines Revisited: Same Sex Ice Dancing In Vienna" from Skate Guard "The Man Who Invented Figure Skating Was Laughed Out of America" by Erin Blakemore "Jackson Haines: The Father of Figure Skating" from IceStage Archive Jackson Haines Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

To be (queer) or not to be (queer), that is the question! Or in our case, was the subject of this week's episode, William Shakespeare (not knighted), queer, not queer, or does it even matter if he was? ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as discussions about sex and everything that comes with it (positions, body parts, etc.), but nothing else too wild in this episode. Sources: "Was Shakespeare gay?" by Dr. Will Tosh "Was Shakespeare Gay?" from the Shakespeare Birth Trust "Queer Shakespeare: Desire and Sexuality" edited by Goran Stanivukovic William Shakespeare Biography from the Shakespeare Birth Trust ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

What better way to celebrate Native American History Month (and I guess Thanksgiving?) than with a story of the North American, indigenous, Crow warrior and chief, Bíawacheeitchish? ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as kidnapping, war, descriptions of battles, racism, and general discussions of colonizers. To find out what indigenous land you are currently living on, check out Native-Land.ca! Sources: "Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri, by Edwin Thompson Denig" from Project Gutenberg History and Artwork of Bíawacheeitchish by Ria Brodell "Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America" by Gregory D. Smithers "Nineteenth-Century Indigenous Women Warriors" from Montana Women's History "Native American Heroes of History: 5 Incredible People" "Bíawacheeitchish (Woman Chief)" from Queer As Fact Podcast Bíawacheeitchish Wikipedia Crow Language Consortium ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

Bring out the turkey and bring on the mashed potatoes, because Thanksgiving is almost here! Rachel tells us the history of another food-based type of gathering, one that many queer people found refuge in when they couldn't find it anywhere else—the Queer Potluck! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia and general talk about being with family during the holidays. Take care of yourselves! Check out this article to find 5 tips for surviving the holiday season as a queer person. Or even this one! Sources: "Rainbow Rant: In praise of the queer potluck we're not having this Thursday" by Joy Ellison "Setting the Table for Queer Futures: Potlucks as a Site of Queer Community-Building and Resistance" by Lynn Huynh "How the Potluck Became an Essential Tool for Queer Community Building" by Michelle Hyun Kim "How Lesbian Potlucks Nourished the LGBTQ Movement" by Reina Gattuso "A Toast to Wine Wednesday" by Maura Ryan ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historicallyreally/support

You know what they say about boxing... It's homoerotic! This week, Jared dives into the life of Black, Bisexual Boxer, Emile Griffith! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as porn, homophobia, violence, descriptions of fights, a near-death experience, and dementia. Sources: "The Shadow Boxer" by Gary Smith "Memories of Bitter Childhood Spur Griffith; Champion Fights to Support His Many Relatives Here" from the New York Times Archive "Emile Griffith, Boxer born" from the African American Registry "Emile Griffith obituary" by Michael Carlson Emile Griffith Wikipedia Page ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode!

And we're back to our regularly non-holiday-sponsored programming! This week, Rachel tells us about the Black, queer, feminist collective, the Combahee River Collective! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as racism, antisemitism, misogyny, brief references to enslaved peoples, and talk about going #2... Sources: (1977) THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE STATEMENT via Black Past The Global Social Theory's Page for the Combahee River Collective “If Black Women Were Free”: An Oral History of the Combahee River Collective" by Marian Jones "Black History Boston: Combahee River Collective" from the City of Boston "Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free" by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode!

Ding dong, trick or treat! This week, Jared covers the German pioneer of sexology and the modern queer liberation movement, Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, and a vampiric short story that Karl wrote titled 'Manor'! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as sexual assault, mentions of blood, death, imprisonment, and some spooky, yet sexual, fiction! Sources: "Karl Heinrich Ulrichs" from the Making Queer History Podcast 'Karl Heinrich Ulrichs' Legacy Project Profile "Overlooked No More: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs, Pioneering Gay Activist" by Liam Stack 'Karl Heinrich Ulrichs' Wikipedia Page "Manor" in German, Project Gutenberg ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode!

Halloween is almost here! Finalize your costumes and get those jack-o-lanterns carved because this week, Rachel covers the queer origins and controversy surrounding the one and only 1975 Musical/Horror movie, The Rock Horror Picture Show! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as transphobia, transmedicalism, as well as some mentions of sexual violence. Sources: "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show' Again" by Alice Collins for Bloody Disgusting "Why The Queer Community Loves The Rocky Horror Picture Show" by Jimmy J for Incluvie "'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' - A Timeless Cult Classic or Outdated Jab to the Queer Community?" by OnStage Blog Staff "Gently Ripping Apart ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show'" by Alex Mell-Taylor "The Blurring of Sexual and Consent Boundaries in Rocky Horror Picture Show" by Lindsay King-Miller ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode!

Knock, knock! May we come in? This week, Jared covers the concept of Coming Out of the Closet, including the history of National Coming Out Day and controversies surrounding the observance and act! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as mentions of homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia. Sources: The Trevor Project's "Coming Out Handbook" "The History Behind Why We Say a Person 'Came Out of the Closet'" by Olivia B. Waxman 'Coming Out' Wikipedia 'National Coming Out Day' Wikipedia 'National Coming Out Day' from the American Psychological Association "We need to stop using the phrase 'coming out'" by George M. Johnson "On National Coming Out Day, Don't Disparage the Closet" by Preston Mitchum Coming Out vs. Inviting In from Cal State, Fullerton "The Phrase ‘Coming Out' Harms Us More Than It Helps Us" by Sadhbh O'Sullivan "Being Queer Means I'll Never Stop Coming Out" by Tom Vellner ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode!

TL;DR - This week, Rachel covers the 20th-century American poet and playwright, Angelina Weld Grimké! Short and sweet. ✸ Content Warnings: This episode may contain adult themes and explicit language, such as mentions of enslaved peoples/enslavers, racism, "The Birth of a Nation", and reclusion. Sources: "Angelina Weld Grimké (1880 -1958), African-American poet, writer and teacher" from Queers In History Angelina Weld Grimké Wikipedia "Grimke, Angelina Weld (1880-1958)" from the Harvard Square Library Angelina Weld Grimké Legacy Project Profile "Angelina Weld Grimké: A Biography" from the Roundabout Theatre Company "Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958)" by Claudia Sutherland ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! This week, Jared covers one of the first trans figures in Mexico's history, Amelio Robles Ávila! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as war, brief mentions of sexual violence (the idea of it, not specific instances), deadnaming, misogyny, and transphobia. Sources: "The Little-Known History of Amelio Robles, a Trans Zapatista Who Fought in Mexico's Revolution" by Amaris Castillo "Gender and Transgender in the Mexican Revolution: The Shifting Memory of Amelio Robles" by Gabriela Cano Amelio Robles Ávila Wikipedia Amelio Robles Ávila Legacy Project Profile "Amelio Robles Ávila, Trans Legend of the Mexican Revolution" by Alex Velazquez "The Mexican Revolution: November 20th, 1910" from the NEH Website "When Women Took Up Arms to Fight in Mexico's Revolution" by Maura Hohman "Amelio Robles, gait of the old soldier. * (Transgender) masculinity in the Mexican Revolution" by Gabriela Cano ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cue Rihanna's 2010 hit song "S&M" because this week, Rachel covers the annual BDSM and leather subculture street fair, the Folsom Street Fair! It's being held this Sunday, September 25 in San Francisco! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as mentions of nudity and certain body parts, tons of cursing, kinks, homophobia, displacement of individuals, poverty, and political protests. Sources: "September 23, 1984: The First Folsom Street Fair Takes Place in San Francisco" from Back2Stonewall Folsom Street Fair Information, History, Etc. "27 Dos and Don'ts for Folsom Street Fair" by Alexander Cheves "Behind the Harness: The Extraordinary History of the Folsom Street Fair" from SF Travel ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! -- Find the Gayish Podcast here! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared explores the not-so-well-known queer history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the women's baseball league that inspired the 1992 movie and 2022 series "A League of Their Own"! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia and outings. For once, it's a pretty mild episode! Sources: AAGPBL League History from AAGPBL.org "The Hidden Queer History Behind “A League of Their Own” by Frankie de la Cretaz for Narratively "How Amazon's A League of Their Own Differs From the Movie—But Stays True to History" by Shannon Carlin for TIME.com All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Wikipedia "New ‘A League of Their Own' tells the queer stories 1992 film could not" by Tony Bravo for Datebook AAGPBL Charm School Video from the AAGPBL Association YouTube AAGPBL Charm School Handbook (Clicking link will download a PDF) ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to Season 2 of Historically Really Good Friends! We've been working hard behind the scenes and we're beyond excited to be back. Today, Rachel introduces us to the expedition and relationship-conspiracy of Lewis & Clark! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, the displacement of Indigenous Americans, drug abuse, violent death, mentions of suicide, and William Clark being the worst human to have ever lived. Sources: "MY FRIEND AND COMPANION: The Intimate Journey of Lewis and Clark" by William Benemann "Were Lewis and Clark Gay?" by Thomas A. Foster "Lewis loved Clark? Intriguing hints abound about America's historic trailblazers" from The Free Library Lewis and Clark Expedition Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the third mini-episode of Historically Really Good Friends! This week, Jared and Rachel read three listener stories, full coming out stories, purposeful and accidental, as well as an email in remembrance of a queer family member! ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, stories of queer figures in your own life, etc., etc. to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com or our Instagram to be read on the podcast! Stories can be of any length, style, or size and can be anonymous if you'd like. ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, for our Season 1 finale, Jared and Rachel cover the lesbian activist group, the San Diego Blood Sisters, and the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the U.S., the Daughters of Bilitis! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia, mentions of blood, needles, and injections, HIV/AIDS, severe illness, death, theft, and homophobic laws. Blood Sisters: Wining About Herstory, Episode 154, "Blood Sisters & The Fastest Woman in the World" "The Blood Sisters of San Diego" from the Women's Museum of California "The lesbian ‘blood sisters' who cared for gay men when doctors were too scared to" by Dr. Kate Lister "The lesbian heroes of the 80s AIDS Crisis" from LesbianNews "Fear of AIDS Leads Red Cross to Cancel Lesbian Blood Drive" by Kristina Lindgren "We Are Everywhere: Lesbians in the Archive" from Yale University Online Exhibitions HIV/AIDS Timeline Daughters of Bilitis: Daughters of Bilitis Wikipedia "The Daughters of Bilitis" Library of Congress Research Guide "The Women of Color Behind the Daughters of Bilitis" by Malinda Lo "Daughters of Bilitis" by Teresa Theophano "Daughters of Bilitis" from the Historical Places, Los Angeles Conservancy "The Mattachine Society of New York and the Daughters of Bilitis" from The New York Public Library's Online Exhibition Archive ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the Finnish, homoerotic artist, Tom of Finland, and the love story and controversy of Roy & Silo! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as cursing, homophobia, and mentions of death and war. Tom of Finland: Tom of Finland (2017) Tom of Finland Wikipedia "Tom of Finland on Exhibit in Los Angeles" by Christopher Harrity "About Tom of Finland, The Life of the Artist" from the Tom of Finland Foundation "Happy 100 Years: The Tom of Finland Biography" by Advocate Contributors "Eight Artists on the Influence of Tom of Finland" by John Chiaverina Roy & Silo: "Love That Dare Not Squeak Its Name" by Dinitia Smith "New Love Breaks Up a 6-Year Relationship at the Zoo" by Jonathan Miller "Why Is Same-Sex Sexual Behavior So Common in Animals?" by Ambika Kamath, Julia Monk, Erin Giglio, Max Lambert, Caitlin McDonough Roy & Silo Wikipedia Homosexual Behavior in Animals Wikipedia And Tango Makes Three Wikipedia List of Animals Displaying Homosexual Behavior Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover the father of modern computer science, Alan Turing, and the 19th-century American poet, Emily Dickinson! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as sudden death, bodily harm/injury, jail/police, mentions of suicide, cheating/affairs, and good ole' homophobia. Alan Turing: Alan Turing Biography from Making Queer History Alan Turing Biography from Queer Portraits in History "Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary" by Alan Cowell "Gay World War II Hero Alan Turing Becomes First LGBTQ+ Person on British Currency" by Britni de la Cretaz "Alan Turing Biography: Computer Pioneer, Gay Icon" from Live Science "Reflections on Alan Turing" by Jennnifer Hogg Alan Turing Wikipedia Bonus: "The Google engineer who sees company's AI as 'sentient' thinks a chatbot has a soul" by Bobby Allyn Emily Dickinson: Emily Dickinson Biography from the Poetry Foundation Quora Question "Was Emily Dickinson Gay?" Emily Dickinson Biography from LGBT History Month "The Secret, Daring, and Queer Life of Poet Emily Dickinson" by Fionna Marrow "And they were… roommates?: The erasure of queer love" by Jessica DeMarco-Jacobson ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the Rise & Fall of Disco, particularly Disco Demolition Night, and the queer origins of Pirates! Ahoy, matey! Make sure to follow us on Instagram @historicallyreally and enter into our listener giveaway! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as homophobia, transphobia, violence, unruly baseball game attendees, running away to sea, and cursing! The Rise & Fall of Disco: "Dance Pride: The Gay Origins of Dance Music" by Joshua Glazer "Disco and Gay Culture in the 1970s" by Manya Johnston-Ramirez "July 12, 1979: 'The Night Disco Died' — Or Didn't" by Derek John "Why disco should be taken seriously" by Arwa Haider "The Black History of Disco" by Ashley Littlefield "Disco Demolition Night" Episode from You're Wrong About Podcast Piracy: "Were Some Pirates Poofters?" Episode from History is Gay Podcast "A History of Gay Pirates w/ Rebecca Simon" Episode from PRIDE, Straw Hut Media "The incredible true history of gay pirates and their strangely modern world" by Tris Reid Smith "Inside Matelotage, The Same-Sex Partnerships Between Colonial-Era Pirates" by Andrew Milne "The Golden Age of Piracy" from Royal Museums Greenwich "Men and Matelotage: Sexuality and Same-Sex Relationships within Homosocial Structures in the Golden Age of Piracy, 1640-1720" by Nicole Keegan "Gay pirates: An explanation to the frilly shirts?" by Stella Sainsbury ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover the first Chinese-American woman physician in the United States, Margaret Chung, and the Latin American gender identity, Travesti, and Abortion Rights! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as illness/sickness, poverty, death, religion, transphobia, police/jail, and homophobia. Margaret Chung: National Park Service Profile on Margaret Chung "Chinese American Was ‘Mom' to 1,000 Servicemen" by Cecilia Rasmussen Legacy Project Profile on Margaret Chung Margaret Chung Wikipedia "Doctor Margaret "Mom" Chung" from the West Adams Historical Association "Dr. Margaret 'Mike' Chung, 19th Amendment Outdoor Museum" Travesti: "How the reversal of Roe v. Wade could impact the transgender community" by Ayen Bior "Queering abortion rights: notes from Argentina" by Barbara Sutton, Elizabeth Borland Travesti Wikipedia "Feminists and Trans Activists Rise Against State Violence in Argentina" by Christoph Hanssmann & Erika D'Andrea "No uterus, no opinion? Travestis, Gays & Maricas' Activism for the Abortion Legalization in Argentina" by Marce Butierrez and Patricio Simonetto "Why Trans Women Belong in the Fight for Abortion Rights" by Diana Tourjée "A Novel and the Fight for Transgender Rights in Argentina" by Graciela Mochkofsky ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the queer-coded origins of our favorite Children's Literature and the first openly gay doll for everyone, Gay Bob! Make sure to follow us on Instagram @historicallyreally to learn more about our upcoming listener giveaway! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as homophobia and opposition to queer rights. Children's Literature: "The Gay History of America's Classic Children's Books" by Jesse Green "Remembering Tomie dePaola, The Gay Children's Book Author Who Painted Catholic Tales" by Catherine Buck "All of Your Favorite Children's Books Are Gay" by Sarah Prager "Queer children's books have a long history that's only now being told" by Ilana Masad "Ursula Nordstrom and the Queer History of the Children's Book" by Kelly Blewett Gay Bob Doll: "What About Gay Bob?" by Val Hatcher "Meet Gay Bob, the 1977 Doll That Urged People to Come Out of the Closet" by Rae Alexandra "The Story Behind Gay Bob, the World's First Out-And-Proud Doll" by Michael Waters Star-News, February 3rd, 1979 Issue ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hey, Really Good Friends! This episode was recorded before the June 24th, 2022 Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. Rachel and Jared are both furious at the decision and stand for the rights of those who decide to end a pregnancy. To take action and learn more, please visit https://choice.crd.co/. ✸ ✸ ✸ This week, Jared and Rachel cover the non-binary American preacher, The Public Universal Friend, and the advice columnist and queer ally, Pauline Phillips, also known as the Dear Abby column. ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as illness/sickness, death, religion, transphobia, police/jail, homophobia, mentions of poverty, and more. The Friend: "The Public Universal Friend: A Deep Dive on a Story of Nonbinary Identity, Quakerism and Near-Death Experiences" by Siobhan Public Universal Friend from NPR's Throughline The Public Universal Friend Wikipedia Page "Life Story: The Public Universal Friend (1752–1819)" from Women & the American Story Pauline Phillips/Dear Abby: Making Gay History "Dear Abby" Episode "Dear Abby and Dear Ann helped form attitudes on GLBT issues" by Lisa Vecoli "‘It's OK to be gay,' Dear Abby says" from the Associated Press "Talking About Being Gay Is Path to Social Acceptance" by Abigail Van Buren (aka Pauline Phillips) "Stoner Podcast: Dear Abby, I'm Gay" ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the trans elder, activist, and community leader Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, and the pre-Stonewall act of queer liberation activism, the Sip-In at Julius'! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as mentions of poverty, sex work, death, murder, physical assault, arrest, and homophobia/transphobia. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy: Miss Major's Biography Page "TransVisionaries: How Miss Major Helped Spark the Modern Trans Movement" by Raquel Willis MAJOR! The Miss Major Film "What Trans Elder Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Wants You to Know" by Jeffrey Masters "Miss Major On Rioting At Stonewall: 'That Was 3 Nights Of Absolute Terror'" by James Michael Nichols Miss Major Interview from The Outwards Archive Julius' Sip-In: "The "Sip-In" at Julius' Bar in 1966" from the National Parks Service "Before the Stonewall Uprising, There Was the ‘Sip-In'" by Jim Farber "Remembering a 1966 'Sip-In' for Gay Rights" from NPR's Weekend Edition "Julius' Bar, site of historic gay 'sip-in,' threatened by pandemic" by Dan Avery "“Sip-In” takes place at Julius' Bar in New York City" from History.com's "This Day in History" Julius' from the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover the drag king and activist, Stormé DeLarverie, and the South African activist, Simon Nkoli. ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as violence, injuries, racism, homophobia, dementia, segregation, imprisonment, AIDs/HIV, suicide, and death. Stormé DeLarverie: "Drag Herstory: A Drag King's Journey From Cabaret Legend to Iconic Activist" by Elyssa Goodman "It Wasn't No Damn Riot: Celebrating Stonewall Uprising Activist Stormé DeLarverie" by Jodi-Ann Burey "A Brief History of Stormé DeLarverie, Stonewall's Suiting Icon" by Rachel Tashjian Stormé's Biography from the U.S. National Park Services Stormé's Biography by Harley Osgood "Storme DeLarverie, Early Leader in the Gay Rights Movement, Dies at 93" by William Yardley Stormé's Wikipedia Page Simon Nkoli: "Till the time of Trial: The prison letters of Simon Nkoli" Simon Nkoli's Profile from South African History Online Simon Nkoli's Legacy Project Profile Simon Nkoli's Making Queer History Profile "Simon Nkoli, Queer South African Freedom Fighter" by Maria Helena Dolan ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the Greek poetess and lesbian namesake, Sappho, and the Australian poet and activist, Lesbia Harford. ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as mentions of poverty, domestic abuse, alcoholism, PTSD, and other illnesses. Sappho: "Sappho: The Poetess" from Making Queer History "LGBT History Month: Celebrating Sappho" by Summer Kurtz "Fighting Lesbian Erasure in Historiography: Restoring Sappho as a Queer Identity" by Amber Barry "How Gay Was Sappho?" by Daniel Mendelsohn Lesbia Harford: Australian Dictionary of Biography Entry of Lesbia Harford by Lesley Lamb Queer As Fact Lesbia Harford Episode Lesbia Harford Wikipedia "Lesbia Harford" from Making Queer History Lesbia Harford from Poem Hunter ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the second mini-episode of Historically Really Good Friends! This week, Jared and Rachel read four listener stories, full self-discovery, rom-com meet-cutes, and coming out tales! ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com (or our Instagram) to be read on the podcast! Stories can be of any length, style, or size and can be anonymous if you'd like. ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared kick off Pride Month with a light discussion of two super relevant topics, Rainbow Washing and the Reclamation of the Word Queer! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as greedy corporations and sprinkles of historic homophobia and transphobia! Rainbow Washing: "These companies are posting rainbows while donating thousands to anti-gay politicians" by Aj Dellinger "Proud Of Pride Or Rainbow-Washing: How Do Retailers Step Up To The Mark?" by Kate Hardcastle "The colorful history — and precarious future — of rainbow washing" by Dylan Miettinen "Beware of Brands That Love Queer People's Dollars More Than Queer People" by Elazar Sontag "Don't Let That Rainbow Logo Fool You: These 9 Corporations Donated Millions To Anti-Gay Politicians" by Dawn Ennis Reclamation of Queer: Merriam-Website "Queer" "Tracing the history of the word ‘queer'" by Jake Hall Queer Wikipedia "The Conversation Surrounding the Word ‘Queer' Is Evolving" by Abhilasha Mandal "Is Queer OK to Say? Here's Why We Use It" by Cory Collins "A Former Slur Is Reclaimed, And Listeners Have Mixed Feelings" by Juliette Rocheleau "The Power Of Reclaiming Controversial Terms" from Dictionary.com "Queer As Myth" by Skylor J. Andrews "What's in a Word: Queer" by Alex Kapitan ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover the English singer and songwriter (and Jared's favorite person), Amy Winehouse, and the Queen of Disco, Sylvester. ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as mentions of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, addiction, eating disorders, mental illness, death, mentions of self-harm, mentions of domestic abuse, homelessness, and fatal illness. Amy Winehouse: Amy Winehouse Wikipedia "Amy Winehouse: A tragic life that still resonates" from DW.com The Amy Winehouse Foundation Amy Winehouse Biography.com Page 2021 Documentary Entitled "Reclaiming Amy" Sylvester: "How the World Caught Up to Sylvester" by Nastia Voynovskaya Sylvester Wikipedia Page "Remembering Queer Icon Sylvester, Disco's Most Unsung Hero" by David Garber "Sylvester: When GAY TIMES met the disco legend – October 1984" "‘What a star he would be today': the extraordinary musical legacy of Sylvester" by Alexis Petridis ✎ Make sure to send in your personal listener stories to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Welcome to the first mini-episode of Historically Really Good Friends! This week, Rachel and Jared read two listener stories, full of fantastic sexcapades and self-discovery! ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com (or our Instagram) to be read on the podcast! Stories can be of any length, style, or size. ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the mystery of the 1957 Wedding Photos and the All-American movie star, James Dean! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult themes and language such as homophobia, sexual abuse, and descriptions of sudden death. 1957 Wedding Photos: "The mystery photos of a 1957 gay wedding" by BBC News "The Phenomenal Mystery of the 1957 Gay Wedding Photos" by Deanna T Our One Story website (view the photos at this link!) "The Mystery of the 1957 Gay Wedding Photos" by Lucas Grindley "Docuseries will uncover mystery of gay wedding photos from 1957" by Oisin Kenny James Dean: "It's Time We Let James Dean Be the Queer Icon He Is" by Jason Colavito "10 Things You May Not Know About James Dean" by Jesse Greenspan James Dean Official Website James Dean Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen! ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover gender pioneers We'Wha, Indigenous/Zuni lhamana (third gender), and Maryam Khatoon Molkara, Iranian trans-rights advocate. ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as descriptions of violence, colonialization (and all that comes with it), transphobia, homophobia, religious violence, war, and death. We'Wha: "New Mexico: Zuni Reservation" from Partnership with Native Americans "We'Wha" by Mariana Brandman, NWHM Predoctoral Fellow in Women's History "We'Wha" Video by PBS Learning Media "Behind the Doodle: Celebrating the late We:wa" by GoogleDoodles We'Wha Wikipedia "Zuni People" from Britannica Maryam Khatoon Molkara: "Maryam Khatoon Molkara: A Testament to the Existence of Devout Queer People of Faith" by Mel Paisley "Maryam Khatoon Molkara, a Woman who Changed her Country" by Making Queer History "A fatwa for freedom" by Robert Tait Maryam Khatoon Molkara Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the bisexual dancer, singer, activist, and so much more, Josephine Baker, and the Grandfather of Vogue (and thus the ballroom scene and houses), Willi Ninja! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of sexual assault, abuse, childhood trauma, racism, epidemics, and death. Josephine Baker: "Remembering Josephine Baker, a Radical Bisexual Performer and Activist" by Elyssa Goodman "Queer Icon Josephine Baker to Be First Black Woman Buried in France's Panthéon" by James Factora Josephine Baker Profile on Queer Portraits in History "Josephine Baker: Queer, Radical, Artist & Activist" by Awa Gueye "Highlighting Black + LGBT Pioneers: Josephine Baker" by Victoria Clarice Anderson Willi Ninja: "Willi Ninja: Voguing Butch Queen" by Ana Herrera "Willi Ninja, 45, Self-Created Star Who Made Vogueing Into an Art, Dies" by Lola Ogunnaike The National Black Justice Coalition Profile on Willi Ninja “Willi Ninja” by Terry Monghan “How 19th-Century Drag Balls Evolved into House Balls, Birthplace of Voguing” by Thad Morgan Willi Ninja Wikipedia Page ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover two of the gayest Muppets, Bert & Ernie, and the Greek army that was made of 300 gay men, The Sacred Band of Thebes! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as descriptions of violence/war. Bert & Ernie: "The fight over Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie as a gay couple, explained" by Aja Romano "Why it matters that Bert and Ernie are gay, which they are" by Elizabeth Simins "Are Bert and Ernie Gay? ‘Sesame Street' Writer Says His Comments Were Misinterpreted" by Sarah Mervosh Sesame Street Wikipedia Bert & Ernie Wikipedia Muppet Wiki The Sacred Band of Thebes: "The Elite Gay Army of Ancient Greece" by Peter Preskar "This fearsome, ancient army was made up entirely of gay lovers and endorsed by Plato" by Lily Wakefield "Ancient Greece's Army of Lovers" by Daniel Mendelsohn Legacy Project Profile on The Sacred Band of Thebes "Sacred Band of Thebes" Entry on WorldHistory.org ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the secret spy and possible first openly-trans person in Europe, Chevalier d'Éon, and the trans-masculine jazz musician, Billy Tipton! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as transphobia and deadnaming. Chevalier d'Éon: The British Museum Page for the Chevalier d'Éon National Portrait Gallery for the Chevalier d'Éon "Chevalier D'Eon and Gender Non-conformity in the 18th Century" from History "The Chevalier d'Éon and Gender Nonconformity" from Not What You Thought You Knew Podcast Billy Tipton: "Billy Tipton and the Question of Gender" from Making Queer History Podcast "The Singular Life of Billy Tipton" by Calvin Kasulke Legacy Project Profile on Billy Tipton "Tipton, Billy (1914-1989)" by Peter Blecha "The Transformation of Dorothy Tipton" by Francesca Susanna Billy Tipton Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover the gender-bending aerialist, Barbette, and the German lesbian magazine, Die Freundin! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as bodily injury, suicide, and homophobia, Nazis/war. Barbette: "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Barbette, a Gender-bending 1920s Aerialist From Round Rock" by Lauren Castro "Swingers" by Elaine Liner Barbette Wikipedia Die Freundin: Die Freundin Google Arts & Culture Page "LGBTQ History #9: First Issue of Lesbian Periodical Die Freundin" by Katy Ray & brown "Homosexuality Is a German Invention" by Nana Bahlmann A Queer Feeling Die Freundin Wikipedia Page ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast!* ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the 22nd and 32nd First Ladies of the United States, Rose Cleveland, and Eleanor Roosevelt. ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as homophobia and death. Rose Cleveland: "The Great Lesbian Love Affair Of Rose Cleveland, The Former First Lady Of The United States" by Natasha Ishak "A Gay First Lady? Yes, We've Already Had One, and Here Are Her Love Letters" by Gillian Brockell 365 Days of Lesbians Tumblr Rose Cleveland Wikipedia Eleanor Roosevelt: "The Queer Truth Behind Eleanor Roosevelt's Feminism" by Sarah Prager "Eleanor Roosevelt - Was She a Lesbian or Bisexual?" by Kathy Belge "Will Eleanor Roosevelt's Lesbian Affair Ever Come Out of the Closet?" by Taly Krupkin Eleanor Roosevelt Queer Portraits in History Eleanor Roosevelt Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen! ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! Happy Birthday, Brielle! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover the gay slang term Friend of Dorothy and the moral code (censorship) of Hollywood, The Hays Code! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as general homophobia. This is a lighter episode! Friends of Dorothy: "So What Does It Mean to Be a 'Friend of Dorothy?'" by Terra Necessary "Here's What They Mean on The Crown When They Say 'Friend of Dorothy'" by Philip Ellis Friend of Dorothy Wikipedia Page The Hays Code: "Remembering Hollywood's Hays Code, 40 Years On" by Bob Mondello "A history of LGBTQ+ representation in film" by Abby Monteil "The Legacy of the Hays Code" by Teaching LGBTQ History "Queer representation in film and television: How were gay characters heavily censored during the Production Code era?" by Hayley Tran "From Sissies to Secrecy: The Evolution of the Hays Code Queer" by Filmicmag Does the Media Have an Obsession With Queer Pain? by Tee Noir ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen! ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the tragic murder and unwanted martyrdom of Kitty Genovese, and the life, career, and murder of MGM's Latin Lover, Ramon Novarro! ✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as explicit violence, sexual assault, murder, and death. Kitty Genovese: "Kitty Genovese" from Making Queer History "Kitty Genovese was killed 50 years ago and anti-LGBT violence is still rampant" by Alexandra Bolles "A Call for Help" by Nicholas Lemann Kitty Genovese and “Bystander Apathy”, You're Wrong About Podcast Kitty Genovese Residence from NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project "Crimes that Changed the LGBT World": Claiming Kitty Genovese as a Queer Icon" by Marcia M Gallo Ramon Novarro: "Today in Gay History: Ramon Novarro's Murder (and Birth)" by Andrew Belonsky "Forgotten Hollywood: Ramon Novarro, a Bona Fide Silent Movie Idol" by Noël de Souza Ramon Novarro Profile by the Legacy Project Ramon Novarro Entry on Encylopedia.com Ramon Novarro Wikipedia ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen! ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Jared and Rachel cover the baseball player and creator of the high-five, Glenn Burke, and the American writer and activist, James Baldwin! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as homophobia, violent accidents, drug use, illness, and death. Glenn Burke: "The origins of the high five, and its inventor – an unsung gay pioneer" directed by Michael Jacobs, made by Strike Anywhere Films, Aeon "The wild, mysterious history of sports' most enduring gesture: the high five" by Jon Mooallem, ESPN Glenn Burke profile from the National Black Justice Coalition Glenn Burke profile from the Legacy Project Glenn Burke Wikipedia James Baldwin: "Queer Black History: James Baldwin" from Romeo James Baldwin profile from Queer Portraits in History by Michele Rosenthal James Baldwin Residence from NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project LGBT African Americans (2014) by Kali Henderson and Dionn McDonald, Out History "Today in Gay History: James Baldwin Didn't Understand 'Homosexual'" by Andrew Belonsky, Out "James Baldwin's Sexuality: Complex and Influential" by Mashaun D. Simon, NBCNews ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen! ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the pre-Stonewall act of anti-police resistance, The Compton Cafeteria Riot, and the Black, trans pioneer, Lucy Hicks Anderson! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult language and themes such as trans violence, police violence, homelessness, forced physical examination, and general violence. Compton Cafeteria Riot: "Compton's Cafeteria Riot: The Trans-led Uprising Before Stonewall & The Latina Who Upheld Its Legacy" by Jordan Villegas "Compton's Cafeteria riot: a historic act of trans resistance, three years before Stonewall" by Sam Levin "Don't Let History Forget About Compton's Cafeteria Riot" by Neal Broverman "Police Brutality and Why It's an LGBTQ Issue" by MJ Eckhouse and Saxen MJ "Discrimination and Harassment by Law Enforcement Officers in the LGBT Community" by Christy Mallory, Amira Hasenbush, and Brad Sears Lucy Hicks Anderson: "Lucy Hicks Anderson, A Black Trans Pioneer" by Malaysia Walker "Lucy Hicks Anderson" by Michele Rosenthal "Lucy Hicks Anderson" from The Legacy Project Lucy Hicks Anderson Wikipedia Page ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen! ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the Japanese poet and art critic, Yone Noguchi, and the Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult themes and language, such as racism, homophobia, adultery, and sprinkles of misogyny. Yone Noguchi: "The Queer Affairs of Yone Noguchi: An Interview with Historian Amy Sueyoshi" by Andrew Way Leong "Excerpt from Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi" by Amy Sueyoshi "Miss Morning Glory: Orientalism and Misogyny in the Queer Writings of Yone Noguchi. by Amy Sueyoshi" "Queer Compulsions: Race, Nation, and Sexuality in the Affairs of Yone Noguchi by Amy H. Sueyoshi" Yone Noguchi Wikipedia Charles Warren Stoddard Wikipedia Oscar Wilde: Oscar Wilde BBC Page "The Homosexuality Trial Of Oscar Wilde" by Sal Oscar Wilde Profile from Queer Portraits in History "Homosexuality and the Law in England" by Douglas O. Linder "Regulating sex and sexuality: the 20th century" from the UK Parliament "On This Day: Oscar Wilde faces trial for homosexuality" by Frances Mulraney "Four Flowering Plants That Have Been Decidedly Queered" by Sarah Prager ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen! ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Rachel and Jared cover the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, and the victims of the first (and maybe only) conviction of lesbianism in the United States, Sarah White Norman & Mary Vincent Hammon! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult language and themes, such as homophobia and death. Sally Ride: "NASA Astronaut and Scientist Sally Ride" by Shannon Halliwell, All Gay Long "Sally Ride, the first queer astronaut" by Jeremy Willard, Xtra Magazine "From Girlhood Pals To Life Partners..." by Tam O'Shaugnessy, Huffington Post "Loving Sally Ride" by Madeline K. Sofia & Brit Hanson, NPR "Astronaut Sally Ride and the Burden of Being The First" by Ann Friedman, The American Prospect Sarah White Norman & Mary Vincent Hammon: Wikipedia Articles (SWN+MVH, History of Lesbianism, Sodomy Laws, Plymouth) "Queer History - March" by Cheyenne, Queereka "Legal case: Norman, Hammon; Plymouth..." from Out History "LGBTQ America, Chapter 19" from the NPS Study, chapter written by Marc Stein ✎ Make sure to send in your coming out stories, stories about when you knew you were queer, or stories of queer figures in your own life to historicallyreallygoodfriends@gmail.com to be read on the podcast! ✦ Feel free to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen! ☻ Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from today's episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app