Jared Fembleaux & Rachel Craig

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Historically Really Good Friends50 - Historically Really GoodbyeThank 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://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicallyreally/support 2023-02-2241 min

Historically Really Good Friends49 - A Plea to Mr. WikipediaThis 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 lan...2023-02-1545 min

Historically Really Good Friends48 - The Big PearIn 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, revie...2023-02-0831 min

Historically Really Good Friends47 - Escándalo!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 Danc...2023-02-0136 min

Historically Really Good Friends46 - Walk on the Woodlawn SideShe 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 Holl...2023-01-2532 min

Historically Really Good Friends45 - The First Gay Stag FilmThe 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 sti...2023-01-1841 min

Historically Really Good Friends44 - Being DivineAaaand, 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 Goodm...2023-01-1131 min

Historically Really Good Friends43 - Happy HoligaysChestnuts 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 LG...2022-12-2131 min

Historically Really Good Friends42 - Make the Yuletide GayThey 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, re...2022-12-1433 min

Historically Really Good Friends41 - It's Not Just a PhaseThe 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 Sk...2022-12-0735 min

Historically Really Good Friends40 - Unintentional YeastTo 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 Go...2022-11-3034 min

Historically Really Good Friends39 - Honoring BíawacheeitchishWhat 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, Spiri...2022-11-2352 min

Historically Really Good Friends38 - Soup, Salad, Unlimited BreadsticksBring 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 p...2022-11-1640 min

Historically Really Good Friends37 - On a Hot, Steamy DayYou 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 s...2022-11-0943 min

Historically Really Good Friends36 - Put It Into My BodyAnd 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...2022-11-0233 min

Historically Really Good Friends35 - Season of the BitchDing 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, Pr...2022-10-2650 min

Historically Really Good Friends34 - Rocky Whorer Picture HoeHalloween 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 H...2022-10-1946 min

Historically Really Good Friends33 - Queue Diana RossKnock, 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 ou...2022-10-1238 min

Historically Really Good Friends32 - Lori Loughlin's Photoshop SkillsTL;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 Sutherla...2022-10-0534 min

Historically Really Good Friends31 - Are We Asking for A Lot?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 Ro...2022-09-2839 min

Historically Really Good Friends30 - Holesome FolsomCue 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 "Be...2022-09-2143 min

Historically Really Good Friends29 - A League of Queer OwnThis 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 f...2022-09-1448 min

Historically Really Good Friends28 - Lewis & Clark SexpeditionWelcome 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, such as 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 lov...2022-09-0751 min

Historically Really Good FriendsHRGF - Listener Stories #3Welcome 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...2022-08-2414 min

Historically Really Good Friends27 - Ronald Reagan Is in HellThis 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 car...2022-08-101h 17

Historically Really Good Friends26 - Six MonthiversaryThis 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...2022-08-031h 05

Historically Really Good Friends25 - Bombe.comThis 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...2022-07-271h 10

Historically Really Good Friends24 - Be Gay, Do CrimeThis 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 D...2022-07-201h 18

Historically Really Good Friends23 - The Margaret the MerrierThis 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" Traves...2022-07-131h 06

Historically Really Good Friends22 - Queer As FrogThis 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...2022-07-0653 min

Historically Really Good Friends21 - The Friend of the PodHey, 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 i...2022-06-291h 12

Historically Really Good Friends20 - Major MalfunctionsThis 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...2022-06-221h 15

Historically Really Good Friends19 - Stormé, You Look Like Mommy, BabyThis 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 Se...2022-06-151h 13

Historically Really Good Friends18 - Lesbos & LesbiasThis 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 Qu...2022-06-081h 04

Historically Really Good FriendsHRGF - Listener Stories #2Welcome 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 f...2022-06-0514 min

Historically Really Good Friends17 - Daddy Capitalism's ChokeholdThis 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 L...2022-06-0158 min

Historically Really Good Friends16 - Ron Swanson EnergyThis 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...2022-05-251h 15

Historically Really Good FriendsHRGF - Listener Stories #1Welcome 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! --- Support this p...2022-05-2211 min

Historically Really Good Friends15 - LGTB (Let's Get This Bread)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 Ja...2022-05-181h 08

Historically Really Good Friends14 - Free the NipsThis 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 Khat...2022-05-111h 13

Historically Really Good Friends13 - The Flashy Girl From FlushingThis 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 Gue...2022-05-0458 min

Historically Really Good Friends12 - And They Were Roommates!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 W...2022-04-2755 min

Historically Really Good Friends11 - Corset Shopping at 1, Calvary at 4This 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 Questio...2022-04-2053 min

Historically Really Good Friends10 - Cirque de FreundinThis 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...2022-04-1353 min

Historically Really Good Friends9 - Frumpy FLOTUS-esThis 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 Sara...2022-04-061h 00

Historically Really Good Friends8 - Cowardly CensorshipThis 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 h...2022-03-3054 min

Historically Really Good Friends7 - WWJND?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 C...2022-03-231h 08

Historically Really Good Friends6 - Slapping SkinThis 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...2022-03-1653 min

Historically Really Good Friends5 - The Housewives of OxnardThis 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 "Poli...2022-03-0957 min

Historically Really Good Friends4 - 19th Century SubtweetThis 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, Na...2022-03-0259 min

Historically Really Good Friends3 - Corporate LesbiansThis 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...2022-02-2359 min

Historically Really Good Friends2 - Don't Say OrgasmThis week, Jared and Rachel cover the covert language of kink, the Hanky Code, and a study into the spectrum of sexuality, the Kinsey Scale! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult language and themes, such as conversations surrounding homophobia, bias incidents, and sexual activities. Hanky Code: "Hanky Panky: An Abridged History of the Hanky Code" by J. Raúl Cornier, History Project "Archival Rites: The Hanky Code" by Brooke Palmieri, WMN Zine "From the Archives: The Hanky Code According to ‘Bob Damron’s Address Book’" by Alexander Kacala, The Saint Foundation "The Old, Secret Style Lan...2022-02-161h 02

Historically Really Good Friends1 - Fight, Flight, or StudyWelcome to Historically Really Good Friends, a queer history podcast! This week, Rachel and Jared cover the famously-bisexual Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo, and the slandered queer Queen herself, Marie Antoinette! ✸ Content Warning: This episode contains adult language and themes, such as violence, death, sexual activity, and bodily injury. Frida Kahlo: "Diary Of A Mad Artist" by Amy Fine Collins Biography of Frida Kahlo from the Frida Kahlo Foundation "Frida Kahlo’s Lasting Impact on LGBTQ Artists" by Google Arts & Culture, Rebecca Fulleylove "Frida Kahlo: The woman behind the legend" by Iseult Gillespie "Gay History: – Bisexual Mex...2022-02-0954 min

Historically Really Good FriendsIntroducing Historically Really Good FriendsWelcome to Historically Really Good Friends, a queer history podcast! HISTORICALLY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS hosted by Jared Fembleaux and Rachel Craig is an introduction to the queer people and events that have happened, but history books never taught you about! Make sure to rate, review, and subscribe wherever you listen. Give us a follow on Instagram @historicallyreally to see photos from each weekly episode. See you soon! XOXO --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/historicallyreally/support 2022-02-0500 min