This Month in Queer History
Sharing LGBTQ history that is accessible and entertaining!
This Month in Queer History
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TMQH Rerun: The Lavender Panthers
Our host, Julian, is sick this month, so we're bringing back a fan favorite episode from our first season - enjoy the story of gay vigilantes from the 1970's! Armed with guns and bats, the Lavender Panthers patrolled the streets of San Francisc...
Polari: The Secret Gay Language
Dive into the secret slang language of queer Londoners - including the history of words like drag and camp!Show Notes:https...
Bathhouses: Good, Clean Fun?
The first ever explicitly anti-gay raid on a business in the US was in 1903 on... a bathhouse? Dive into the private world of public sauna cruising on this episode of TMQH!Sources/Show Notes:
Is Disco Gay?
They say that disco died in 1979... but did the "Disco Sucks" crowd actually succeed in killing disco? Learn about the life, love, death, and rebirth of disco in this month's episode of This Month in Queer History!Show Notes/Sources:...
Christine Jorgensen: The First Transgender Celebrity
In 1953, Christine Jorgensen became a household name when her story was plastered on the front page of the New York Daily News under the headline, "Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty," catapulting her into a sudden, unexpected fame.Show Notes/W...