In this episode, Megan talks about The Pansy Craze - a period of increased LGBT visibility in popular culture from the late 1920s until the mid-1930s, that came to an end following the Great Depression, The Hays Code and the rise of World War Two.

During the "craze," drag queens, drag kings, masculine women and femme queer men — known as "pansy performers" — experienced a surge in underground popularity, especially in US cities such as New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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images:
1 front page of 'Breveties'
2 illustration of "pansy" stealing a sailor from a "working girl" - Breveties
3 #GladysBentley
4 #JeanMalin out of drag
5 Jean Malin in 'Arizona to Broadway'
6 #KarylNorman
7 Karyl Norman
8 #RaeBourbon
9 Rae Bourbon out of drag
10 #WilliamDorseySwann

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In this episode, Thomas talks about the discovery, investigation, and historiography of the “Weerdinge Couple” bog bodies.

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Images:

1 A Peat Bog in Overijsel, The Netherlands
2 Sphagnum Moss
3 Dutch Peat Cutters
4 Peat Gatherers in Somerset, England
5 Peat Cutters in the Dunes, Vincent Van Gogh
6 Bog Body in situ found in Neder Fredeniksmose
7 Tollund Man
8 Lindow Man
9 The Weerdinge Couple
10 Detail of Intestines, The Weerdinge Couple

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In this episode, Megan shares the stories of lesbian action during the #AIDScrisis of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as her own experience growing up in the shadow of #AIDS .

CW: this episode mentions homophobia as well as death and dying of AIDS, please take care while listening

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images:
1 #SanDiegoBloodSisters
2 San Diego Blood Sisters
3 Blood drive organized by the San Diego Blood Sisters
4 blood drive
5 #MarcyFraser
6 Lisa Power (left)
7 #LisaPower
8 #JeanCarlomusto
9 image from an #ActUp die-in
10 #RyanWhite

#gayrights #gayhistory #lesbianhistory #queerhistory #lgbtqia2splushistory #lesbiansduringtheaidscrisis
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*find this episodes in the show notes

This was one of the hardest, but most meaningful things I've done this year considering the heartbreak, horrors and atrocities going on daily in the US, Gaza and elsewhere. In memory of Magnus Hirschfeld and everyone else who lost their lives to fascist atrocities. #SAYTHEIRNAMES

In the final episode of our 3 part series on pioneering sexologist #MagnusHirschfeld, we delve into his life and times leading up to the decision to leave Germany for what would become an extended global lecture tour as his country and #Berlin - the city he loved - falls into the clutches of totalitarianism and Nazi takeover.

CW: this episode mentions things some listeners might find upsetting. Please take care while listening.

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/6R976IJNGB4lv87Nn2Dm4s?si=NHqcWgkHQGae7XauOEbfQQ

Sources:

Beachy, Robert. Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity. Vintage. 13 October 2015.

Brook, Daniel. The Einstein of Sex: Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin. W.W. Norton & Company. 13 May 2025.

Cantu, Benjamin, Kriegsheim, Felix. Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate. Cantu, Benjamin. Narrated by: Robert Beachy, Katrin Himmler, Ben Miller, Klaus Mueller, Zavier Nunn, Morgan M. Page. Film Base Berlin, Netflix Studios, The Thursday Company. 28 June 2023.

#gayhistory #queerhistory #lgbtqiahistory #gayhistorypodacast #queerhistorypodcast #lgbtqiahistorypodcast #lesbianhistory #transhistory #queerresilience #transreslience #LiShiuTong #KarlGiese #DoraRichtor #ChristopherIsherwood #WHAuden #magnushirschfeldcentrum #gerberhartarchives #Weimar #WeimarCabaret #instituteforsexualresearch #holocaust #shoah #bookburningmemorial

Did you know that many of the rules against trans gender markers come from an infamous legal battle involving a #trans Scottish nobleman, Sir #EwanForbes , 11th Baronet , general practitioner and expert in Scottish heritage? Learn all about one of the most significant court cases that led us to where we are today when it comes to changing to a chosen name or legal name change.

CW: This episode mentions medicalized transphobia, please take care while listening.

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https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/episode-14-ewan-forbes/id1730779422?i=1000713320821

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/5upxSFgmLmT0ykbNUlc4I2?si=aUKtXbSnRGSjWyWTivo5ug


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images:
1 Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet
2 Ewan as a child with ponies
3 young Ewan
4 young Ewan
5 side by side: young Ewan with a dog and older Ewan with a dog
6 #CraigivarCastle
7 Ewan and Isabella on their wedding day
8 Mrs and Mr Forbes
9 newspaper about court case
10 #ZoePlaydon + book cover #TheHiddenCaseofEwanForbes

#transhistory #transmen #transmasc #queerhistory #lgbtqiahistory #queerpodcast #queerhistorypodcast #lgbtqiahistorypodcast

Sources:

Forbes, Ewan. The Aul' Days. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1984.

Playden, Zoe. (2021). The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes: And the Unwritten History of the Trans Experience. Scribner/Bloomsbury Publishing.

Strudwick, Patrick. "The Secret Court Case 50 Years Ago That Has Robbed Trans People of Their Rights Ever Since." The I Paper. 10.11.21. ⁠http://www.inews.o.uk⁠.

Barry Solomon reflects on his drag career as Barb Wire. The Australian actor features in podcast series Queer Histories, Queer Futures produced by 3CR. @3CRMelbourne #queerhistory #queerpodcast #queerradio #queermelbourne #Merribek #queerhistorypodcast #lgbtiqa #brunswick #barrysolomon #gayactor

Thomas tells us about young #Quaker woman, #JemimaWilkinson, who after a grave illness was reborn as the #genderless , spiritual being the #PublicUniversalFriend.

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images:

1 Portrait from David Hudson's 1821 biography

2 1796, Western New York

3 depiction of the Quaker concept of the “Peaceable Kingdom” – Edward Hicks

4 First Great Awakening – Hugh Bridport

5 Quaker woman orating at a Friend’s Gathering – G.Schouten

6 The Public Universal Friend – John Mathies, 1816

7 Public Universal Friend sticker - unknown

8 The Public Universal Friend's House - unknown

Sources:

Cleveland, Stafford. History and directory of Yates County [...] and a narrative of the Public Universal Friend, her society and doctrine. Pen Yan, New York: S. C. Cleveland, 1873.

Gordon, Colby. Interview on "Gender Reveal," October 7, 2024. Podcast episode 179, season 13.

Larson, Scott. "'Indescribable being': theological performances of genderlessness in the Society of the Public Universal Friend, 1776-1819." Critical Approaches to Sex and Gender in Early America, vol. 12, nr. 3 (2014): 576-600. (Special Issue, Beyond the Barriers).

Moyer, Paul. The Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson and religious enthusiasm in Revolutionary America. Ithaca: Cornell University Press: 2015.

Wisbey, Herbert. Pioneer prophetess: Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1964.Kawamoto, Hanna. “'Spiritually unsexed': believers, critics, and early histories of the Publick Universal Friend, 1776-1835. UC Santa Barbara, 2024. (Winner of The Library Award for Undergraduate Research).

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