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Historical HomosEmperor Nero: Portrait of a Bottom on Fire (feat. Andrew Lear)He fiddled while Rome burned. He married two men. He may even have kicked his pregnant wife to death.But he ALSO invented animal pelt kink, so could he have been THAT BAD?!This week, Bash is joined by classicist and queer historian, Professor Andrew Lear, to discuss the scandalous, salacious, and slanderous life of Emperor Nero — Ancient Rome’s most notorious bisexual bad boy.From castrating (and marrying) his wife’s male doppelgänger to "mauling" strangers’ crotches in animal pelts, the stories about Nero are a masterclass in ancient PR. But why did so...2025-08-071h 00Historical HomosButt Pirates: A History of Queer Piracy (feat. Rebecca Simon)🏴☠️ Before there was BRAT, there were Butt Pirates. 🏴☠️This week we're hoisting our slutty sails – that's what I call my underpants – to plunder the treacherous homosexual deep, with pirate historian and author Dr. Rebecca Simon (Pirate Queens; The Pirate’s Code) to answer the age-old question: Why are men on a ship always kinda gay?First of all, when we say "pirate," we mean the real 17th- and 18th-century swashbucklers who sailed the high seas. This is not Johnny Depp in eyeliner, but actual rum-soaked, textile-stealing anarcho-queers of the Caribbean.Join us as we dive into the G...2025-07-311h 04Historical HomosLeonardo da Vinci: Prince of Sodomy (feat. Professor Catherine Fletcher)Leonardo da Vinci? More like Leonardo da Fist Me.We've all heard of the man behind the Mona Lisa. But did you know he was also one of Florence's sodomitical sweethearts?In this episode, we pull back the vajazzled curtain on Leonardo da Vinci to reveal a homo neither tormented nor repressed, suffering dramatically for his art, but a messy, charismatic, and brilliant dilettante obsessed with the world.More than anything, Leonardo cared about curiosity. He was fascinated more by the world than his paychecks, which got him into trouble more often than...2025-07-241h 15Historical HomosA Queer History of Vampires (feat. Sacha Coward)Hot, rich, European, emotionally unavailable... sound familiar?It's your Hinge profile all over again.No, silly, it's vampires!We are thrilled to welcome back folklorist and queer historian, Sacha Coward (author of Queer as Folklore) this week, as we trace the gloriously queer history of vampires—from ancient blood-sucking demons to modern brooding bisexuals.Drape your capes and get ready to dive into:Lilith, the original bad girl who got kicked out of Eden for not sleeping with Adam.The juicy backstory of Lord Byron, a chaotic bisexual whose life in...2025-07-171h 09
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesHow homos can reckon with the history we were never toldBack on our feeds, the collaboration you've missed since 2020. We've loved collaborating with Historical Homos again, who have launched a podcast since we last worked with them to mark the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. In this episode, we bring you an introductory package, before handing the reigns over to Sebastian Hendra, for the usual Historical Homos format in this collab episode of the QueerAF podcast!Episode Credits: Hosted by Sebastian Hendra, with intro package produced by Jamie Wareham and interview section edited by Alex Toskas. Thanks to guests Kit Heyam and Marty Davies (P...2025-07-141h 15Historical HomosBefore We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (feat. Kit Heyam and Marty Davies)Heads up! This is the episode where we solve gender.Famously a "construct," it turns out Mx. Gender has been around for hundreds of thousands of years.This podcast is only 70 minutes long so we're sticking to the last 5,000... but still. Not bad.Join Bash and his honoured guests this week – Kit Heyam and Marty Davies – as they delve into the deep-cut history of gender, long before we had words like cis, trans, or nonbinary.Kit Heyam is the author and historian behind Before We Were Trans, our guiding text for this...2025-07-141h 14Historical HomosWas Marie Antoinette A Lesbian? (feat. Eleanor Herman)She was young, she was hot, and she was hated. But did she eat pu$$y?Marie Antoinette was many things: a teen bride, a fashion icon, and according to Sofia Coppola, a big fan of The Strokes (I knew I liked this bitch!)She's famous nowadays for losing her head, but did she also give it? And to whom / with what degree of relish?In this week’s episode, Bash is joined by bestselling author and royal dirt-digger Eleanor Herman (Sex with Kings, Off With Her Head) to untangle the messy myth an...2025-07-1056 minHistorical HomosGay Marriage Was The Gayest Love Story Ever Told (feat. Jeremy Atherton Lin)Once upon a time—aka the 90s, when I bravely decided to be born—gay marriage was the only thing we queers could talk about. But why? Why were we so hell-bent on getting married? And how did the fight for marriage equality impact real people on the ground?In this episode, Bash is joined by writer and memoirist Jeremy Atherton Lin, author of Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told, to explore the long, messy, and horny history of gay marriage in America—from deportation threats in the 1950s to a rainbow-lit White House...2025-07-021h 08Historical HomosTchaikovsky Comes Out To Mother Russia (feat. Simon Morrison)Imagine a world where you're Russian, gay, and happy about it.No this is not propaganda from the ultra-secret "Pinko" department of the Kremlin (they def have one of those).This is the very real story of the magnificent Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of the world's greatest composers and a big old homosexual.He wrote the 1812 Overture, The Nutcracker, and the world’s gayest violin concerto (because it's "exuberant"). He also did Swan Lake, by the way, so perhaps most importantly, we wouldn't have Natalie Portman calling herself a WHORE on a...2025-06-261h 23Historical HomosA Queer History of Food (feat. Rachel Cleves)What's so gay about food? (Besides the fact that you use your mouth for it.)The answer, OF COURSE, lies in 18th century France.In fact, food's sexy origins go even further back, all the way to the ancients: from Eve's naughty apple to Ancient Roman oysters (they made their orgasms more intense!).But it was the invention of the restaurant in 18th century Paris that made food sexy, dangerous, and ultimately, gay.By the 20th century, figures like Oscar Wilde and the Bloomsbury Set had made sure it was officially...2025-06-191h 05Historical HomosToxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology: Part II (feat. Liv Albert)Why do bottoms always die in Greek mythology?If you're a fan of Greek myth, you know the gods love to act like humans: they love, they fuck, they fight...they throw dinner parties.But they also love to kill us. When gods show up on Earth, it typically means someone's about to get pregnant or dead, real quick. (Or both.)And the pattern holds for the gay Greek myths. (With admittedly fewer pregnancies carried to term.)Zeus and Apollo never seem able to keep their mortal boyfriends alive, while demigods...2025-06-121h 10Historical HomosEleanor Rykener: Trans Sex Worker of Medieval London? (feat. Dr. Mireille Pardon)The year is 1395. The city: London. The crime: an "unmentionable, ignominious vice" commonly known as sodomy.And the perp? A rascally, resourceful enigma named John Rykener, who enters the court records "calling herself Eleanor," wearing women's clothes, and defying gravity / everything we know about medieval gender.But John/Eleanor Rykener – or Jeleanor, as they shall henceforth be known to scholars – doesn't map easily onto our modern categories of "trans," "queer," or "sex worker."Jeleanor lived and presented as both a man and a woman, depending on when it suited them. That made them high...2025-06-051h 02Historical HomosThe Future of Queer Communism (feat. Eman Abdelhadi)What comes after the collapse of capitalism? Mass famine? Global war? Environmental destruction? Oh wait, all of that's already happening!It seems like, as a species, we're at a bit of a breaking point. Which means revolution is afoot, and we have to wonder: what the hell happens when it gets here? For most of us, though, it's not easy to project what life looks like after the next economic revolution.It's even more complex to wonder what happens to queer life: do we keep all our labels – "gay" "cis" "queer" – without a capi...2025-06-0354 minHistorical HomosA History of Gay Communism (feat. Josh Rivers)What if it's actually your butthole that will lead the revolution? This week, we're getting penetratingly political with writer and podcaster Josh Rivers (Busy Being Black), as we explore the radical legacy of Mario Mieli's Towards a Gay Communism.Here's the thing: Capitalism doesn't just steal your time and money—it also reinforces the gender binary, nuclear families, and heterosexual urges (which are totally normal to have!).It turns out Capitalism is extremely tied up in our sex lives, because our sex lives have economic value. And for that reason, The Big C is t...2025-05-2951 minHistorical HomosHistorical Homos: Season 4 TrailerWe're back my little Hormones! Join Bash and his heavy flow of genius guests this season for another no-fucks-given romp through humanity's Big Gay Past. (We all have one!) Come for the history, stay for the laughs, and if you're lucky, leave with a boner. Please note: Erectile Gift With Purchase (EGWP) not guaranteed. First cum, first served.We'll be penetrating your tight little earholes – with consent – on May 29, 2025. Hit that follow/subscribe button, so you don't miss a thing.Love you...bye!2025-05-2703 min
Historical HomosA Queer History of Sluts (feat. Coco)Happy Hole-idays, my little Hormones!
For our last episode of the year, we welcome Coco, the Time Traveling Slut, into your tight little earholes to answer some eternally pressing questions:
Where do sluts come from?
Have gay men always been promiscuous?
Have lesbians not?
Who were the greatest skanks in history?
And why can't women f*ck in peace, for once, generally speaking, like ever?
From the original Biblical temptress, (St)Eve, to Julius Caesar, Charles II, and Marie Antoinette, we take you on tour of...2024-12-261h 11Historical HomosAmerican Teenager: The History of Trans Youth (feat. Nico Lang)“Being transgender is the least important thing about me. I’m a person. I’m just a person”
– Conner, 18, college student from Ohio
Ever wondered what it’s like to be a trans kid in America today?
(Hint: it f*cking sucks.)
Groups on the right and their politicians use trans kids as pawns in the political game of vote and media attention.
And they love to act like trans kids are an anomaly of modern woke leftists....2024-12-121h 02Historical HomosAbraham Lincoln: Lover of Men (feat. Shaun Peterson)Quit playing with your Lincoln log and listen up, because President Abraham Lincoln is here, he's queer, and we all better get used to it!
Lincoln is commonly called the greatest president in American history: but what if he was also frequently in love with men?
What if he slept with them in bed for years of his life?
What if he had moved to Fire Island, fallen in love with Bowen Yang, and roamed the beaches like a giant gay giraffe?
2024-11-281h 23Historical HomosTamara de Lempicka: Bisexual Baroness of Art Deco (feat. Stephen Brower)"I live life in the margins of society. And the rules of normal society don't apply in the margins."
Welcome to the saucy, scandalous slag-paradise that is Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)!
Tamara was a Polish-born aristocrat, bisexual painter, and Art Deco diva who took Paris by storm in the 1920s after escaping the Russian Revolution.
She was known for her hunger, a deep yearning to become a great artist and gobble up anything and everyone who stood in her path. (Including her husband! Move...2024-11-141h 08Historical HomosA Queer History of Mermaids (feat. Sacha Coward)Wait, why are mermaids so gay?
It turns out everyone’s favorite sea-gals have been floating around for millennia, from ancient Syrian mer-goddesses to medieval water witches, all the way up to Princess Ariel.
But how did these dangerous divas of the deep become the sympathetic heroines we love and cherish today?
What is it about mermaids that makes them such magnets for LGBTQ+ symbolism?
Join me and Sacha Coward, author of Queer As Folklore, as we unpack the myth, the magic, and the mer-MAN of it all in this 3,000 year hi...2024-10-311h 11Historical HomosRENAISSANCE: Queer Harlem's Forgotten "Flamboyants" (feat. George M. Johnson)How do you start a renaissance?
The one woman who knows - Beyoncé - was unavailable to answer my questions.
So instead, we've gone back to 1920s Harlem this week, to figure out the good gay truth.
It turns out the Harlem Renaissance was a lot more queer than we learned in school.
And half of its greatest luminaries, who represented a major step forward in Black queer history, have been largely forgotten today.
T...2024-10-1756 minHistorical HomosThom Gunn: Poet Laureate of the AIDS Epidemic (feat. Michael Nott)“I wake up cold, I who
Prospered through dreams of heat
Wake to their residue,
Sweat, and a clinging sheet.”
(The Man with Night Sweats, Thom Gunn, 1992)
Never heard of Thom Gunn? Me neither!
That's because straight people want to destroy us.
Thom was one of the great poets of the 20th century, up there with Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes.
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Historical Homos"Kinaidoi," Forgotten F*ggots of Classical Antiquity? (feat. Prof. Tom Sapsford)"'Cosmus is a great big cinaedus. He keeps his legs apart and sucks d!ck.' ... I believe that's almost a direct paraphrase."
– Professor Tom Sapsford, quoting Ancient Roman graffiti about my biological ancestors
Kinaidos (or cinaedus in Latin) was the Ancient Greek word for a depraved, unmanly man who liked to get railed. (LIKE MEEEEE.)
Since then, the kinaidos has been used and abused by scholars of classical antiquity for centuries. (LIKE MEEEEE.)
Some say he never existed and is more akin to the Victorian idea of va...2024-09-191h 23
Historical HomosSamurai Sissies: Getting Railed In Medieval Japan (feat. Dylan Adler)“Who knows how many holes actually started wars in Japan…I’m sure many.”– Dylan Adler, Japanese-Jewish comedian to the stars!Join us this week on a rip-roaring ride through Japan's hole-tighteningly gay history.From Buddhist pederasts to sissy samurais and beyond, we explore the kimonos, the scroll paintings, and yes, the hemorrhoidal humor that sustained Japanese homosexuality for over 1,000 years.My guest and I will also – because everyone keeps asking! – give you a full run-down on how to get laid in medieval Japan. From picking the ri...2024-09-051h 11
Historical HomosVirginia Woolf Invented Lesbian Love Letters (Summer Repeat)I've been talking about gay men for FAR too many episodes recently, so please enjoy this summer repeat of one of my favorite episodes ever from Season 1, with my former co-host Donal Brophy.Virginia Woolf is the more famous author today, but back in the 1920s and 30s, it was her lover and socialite-best-friend (God I need one of those), Vita Sackville-West, who was the celebrity.Virginia and Vita fell in love quickly, and throughout their long friendship – THEY WERE ROOMMATES – they wrote intense, glowing letters to one another.Virginia also...2024-08-2257 min
Historical HomosHadrian & Antinous: Toxic Boyfriends of the Roman Empire (feat. Neil D'Astolfo)Is it toxic for a Roman emperor to steal a child from his home, give him all the riches of the world, groom him, and then maybe ask him to kill himself so that he can live?That is what we seek to uncover.The Emperor Hadrian (AD 76 - 138) was one of the not-too-f*cked-up emperors. He liked soldiering but not war, astrology, being gay, hunting, and doing architecture. Trust me, there were a lot worse before him.But how are we to understand the notorious tale of his beloved...2024-08-081h 29
Historical HomosThe Symposium a.k.a. Let's Have An Ancient Greek Kiki (feat. Cosima Carnegie)Get in b*tch, we're having an Ancient Greek kiki!We're back, baby! Join us as we navigate the wine-dark and wine-soaked symposia of Ancient Greece, to discover what exactly was so gay about these all-male drinking parties. (Hint: a lot.)We cover ancient party planning, gay glassware, reclining etiquette, drunken flirting, and all the subtle arts of homosexual entertaining you need to host a horny soirée 2,500 years ago.My guest Cosima Carnegie is a champion of the Classics in life and on social media – follow her at...2024-07-251h 15
Historical HomosMademoiselle Raucourt, Priestess of Parisian Lesbos (Summer Repeat)Historical Homos is celebrating its one year anniversary!Like any Mother worth her salt, I forgot my child was turning 1 last month.It's been one year of Historical Homos, and there have been so many milestones, amazing episodes, dramas, traumas, small wins, and long mental health breaks that it feels like my baby child should be shipping off to college TOMORROW.That said – I am thrilled to share we added lots of new subscribers last month and I am even more thrilled to welcome them – you – to the Histor...2024-07-111h 05
Historical HomosGad Beck: The Gay Jew Who Lived (feat. Andrew Lear)For more from Historical Homos, you can join our cult at www.historicalhomos.com and follow us on Instagram and TikTok.If you like what you hear, please leave us a five star rating on Apple or Spotify. Do it. Yeahhhhhh just like that.This episode was written and researched by Bash, hosted by Bash, and edited by Alex Toskas. Guest host: Andrew Lear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2024-06-271h 32
Historical HomosOh, Molly! Queer Culture in Georgian London (feat. AJ West)"There are a particular gang of sodomitical wretches in this town..."Did you ever wonder why British men are always just a little...you know...?Well, in truth, it's because 300 years ago they invented being a "gentleman" (gay) who doesn't work (GAY) and just wants nicer things (GAY GAY GAY!).But round about the same time the British invented being British – a.k.a. the early 18th century – London was also home to the aforementioned "gang" of gay men who challenged traditional notions of masculinity.The...2024-06-201h 34
Historical HomosOh, Molly! Queer Subcultures in Georgian London (feat. AJ West)"There are a particular gang of sodomitical wretches in this town..."Did you ever wonder why British men are always just a little...you know...?Well, in truth, it's because 300 years ago they invented being a "gentleman" (gay) who doesn't work (GAY) and just wants nicer things (GAY GAY GAY!).But round about the same time the British invented being British – a.k.a. the early 18th century – London was also home to the aforementioned "gang" of gay men who challenged traditional notions of masculinity.The...2024-06-201h 34
Historical HomosWhere Do Gay Animals Come From? (feat. A Field Guide To Gay Animals)"All male, all-whale orgies"...need I say more?We're back with another extra special episode for Pride Month 2024! And this one is a DOOZY, my little Hormones.First of all, let me just say..."You know you're gay right?"That's my impression of me talking to every living animal on this good, green Earth.Because it turns out animals have been gay for millennia (stop copying me, guys!), and human animals have known about it forever.Not least my new best friends...2024-06-131h 30
Historical HomosA Short History of Bottoms (feat. The Bottom's Digest)"Gay didn't always exist, but 'bottom' kind of did!"How did people douche back in the day? Did they have lube? And how'd they find other gays to get off with?In a turn of events that will shock absolutely no one, history is FULL of queer men doing the deed.We boinked, we douched, we lubed, we bathed, and we cruised – long before today's modern luxuries, like running water...or Gun Oil.Join me and my fabulous guest, Alex Hall, creator of The Bottom's Di...2024-06-061h 43
Historical HomosHow To Be Gay In London...100 Years Ago (feat. Peter Parker)"And what we have to get into our heads, although it is difficult, is that [the] glamour of love, odd as it may sound, is just as much present between two homosexuals as it is between a man and a woman."- Lord Brabazon of Tara, House of Lords, December 1957What was it like to be a (practicing) gay man in London after the Second World War? I thought you'd never ask...The short answer: not great! But like everything in life, it wasn't all doom...2024-05-301h 30
Historical HomosPERIOD PIECE: Leonard Bernstein, "Maestro" Of My LoinsPERIOD PIECE is back!Lucy returns, with her flow in tow, for another historical film that I mansplain to her because education 👏 never 👏 stops.This month, we're digging into MAESTRO, Bradley Cooper's biopic about the glorious, complicated, and very gay star conductor of the 20th century: Leonard Bernstein.Lenny was so much more than Gigi Hadid's boyfriend shows us. His life was full of fame and cocaine and fabulous people, yes, but he also struggled with his identity and image as a father, political activist, homosexual, husband, and atheist-leaning Jew....2024-05-161h 29
Historical HomosSaint Sebastian: Rise of the Renaissance Twink (feat. R. Eric Thomas)"Saint Sebastian is really just a Bored Office Twink." – R. Eric Thomas (April 2024)Welcome to the wildly erotic, superheroic world of Saint Sebastian, who was initially martyred as a rugged Roman soldier before he blossomed into the lithe, Lana-Del-Rey-loving twink we cherish today.Scientists now know it was the extremely gay Italian Renaissance that decided Saint Sebastian should ALWAYS be painted with skimpy loincloths and penetrative arrows, leaving 80% of any canvas to be devoted entirely to his exposèd flesh.Along the way, Saint Seb – and the name Sebas...2024-05-021h 24
Historical HomosKing James & His George: Part Two (feat. Guy Branum)"And it is well-known that the King of England f*cks the Duke of Buckingham." – Theophile de Viau (1628)If you've been watching Mary & George on STARZ, then you must be desperate to know how much of it is true. And the answer, my curious queers, is: a lot!George Villiers, the scheming twink who dominated King James I's court, was hot and 100% DTF. He won titles, land, and money for himself by sacrificing these gay virtues at the altar of the king's pleasure.But who was George the ma...2024-05-0151 min
Historical HomosKing James & His George: Part One (feat. Guy Branum)Long live Queen James I of England!James, as our guest Guy Branum notes this week, was always a little “dyke-y”.Obsessed with love and relationships, she ruled Scotland and England entirely from her heart – and through her loins. James was known above all for promoting his male favourites to intolerable positions of power and wealth.The rest of the court loathed these scheming twinks. But George Villiers, the most successful of them all, was particularly devastating to James’ credibility.Tune into Part One to learn about James I...2024-04-041h 06
Historical Homos"A Short History of Queer Women" (feat. Kirsty Loehr)Welcome to our queer book club! Here's your cat and gluten-free martini, please have a seat.This week we're discussing Virginia Woolf's suicide (it's my Roman Empire), giant red leather dildos, and the realization that sex between women may be the greatest threat to masculinity in 10,000 years.You'll find it all and more, you greedy guts, in our hilarious and fascinating interview with Kirsty Loehr, the author and queer historian behind A Short History of Queer Women.Kirsty's 2,500-year romp through lesbian, bisexual, and trans history will grab you by...2024-03-211h 15
Historical HomosGeorge Sand Is A Woman Who F*cks (feat. Léa Des Garets)Historical Homos is back! This week we cover George Sand, who was, get this, a woman! And a writer! And queer!George wrote over 70 novels and plays between 1804 and 1876, during which she witnessed the rise and fall of SEVEN political regimes in France. When she wasn't busy writing about women's oppression and worker's rights, she was actively rubbing shoulders (and genitals) with Paris' liberal media elite.And she did it all traipsing around in men's clothes, bedding a hot actress named Marie Dorval, and falling in love with luminaries like Frederic Chopin and...2024-03-071h 28
Historical HomosAncient Jewish Lesbians feat. Rachel JoravskyWelcome to Season 3, Hormones!Bash is thrilled to be sharing the mic this week with a dear friend and hysterical comedia, Rachel Joravsky, to talk about a fascinating and oft-overlooked group: Ancient. Jewish. Lesbians.Rachel is a TV writer, comedian, activist, educator, and self-acclaimed "power Jewess," so naturally we took a gay look at The Book of Ruth together (shout out to all the Ketuvim) to uncover what is so "queer" about two women living together and raising a baby on their farm. (Hint: a lot.)We also delve into the medieval Rabbinic...2023-12-151h 09
Historical HomosPERIOD PIECE: The Real Story of Queen Anne and "The Favourite" (2018)Welcome to PERIOD PIECE, our new monthly feature where Lucy is on her period and Bash makes her watch a historical film. Because education 👏 never 👏 stops.This week, we're reviewing an old favorite called "The Favourite" (God, I'm a poet). Starring Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, and Emma Stone, this sultry romp follows an alleged love triangle that rocked 18th century England. It's the story of Queen Anne, last royal of the Stuart line, and the rugmunching rivalry of her court favorites: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and Abigail Masham, Baroness...something.But how much of the film i...2023-12-101h 05
Historical HomosA (Blissfully Short) History of Gendered BathroomsWhere the F do gendered bathrooms come from? To literally no one’s surprise, public bathrooms only became available to people who are not cis men a couple hundred years ago. Because guess what? If you can't pee in public, you can't BE in public for very long. The lack of public restrooms for women in particular has been a central and often-overlooked foundation of the patriarchy, which demands that women stay at home. But people (read: conservatives) have also used the public restroom to attack gay men, Black people, and more recently, trans people. Ba...2023-11-2049 min
Historical HomosThe Priestess of Parisian Lesbos: Françoise RaucourtWilkommen, bienvenue! Actually just bienvenue. Because yes, we are once again plunging you into another insufferably French episode, where Bash and Lucy compete for the "Best Francophone" Award no one offered. This week, we examine the life, luxuries, and labial exploits of Françoise Raucourt, one of 18th century Paris' most iconic lesbian actresses. La Raucourt catapulted to fame at the age of 16, and stayed in the public eye plus ou moins for the next 40 years.Renowned for her lavish spending as much as her riotous rugmunching, she survived the fall of France's royals, the R...2023-10-271h 02
Historical HomosRabbit F*ggot aka Tu'Er Shen: The God of Gay in Imperial ChinaChina has loved the "passion of the cut sleeve" - an ancient euphemism for dude-on-dude dicking - since the literal Han Dynasty (the era not the restaurant). Beautiful stories abound in Chinese literature and history of queer love, from doting emperors to divine influencers in the spirit world. We are of course primarily concerned with the latter. Tu'Er Shen, or "Rabbit God," got his start as a lowly bureaucrat in 18th century China, but now he presides over all our gay relationships, thanks to his connections in the Afterlife. You will want him on your...2023-10-1946 min
Historical HomosRuin That Columbussy: A Queer Indigenous HistoryIt's time to ruin that Columbussy! This week we are trampling on the reviled memory of Christopher Columbus, in honor of the Queer Indigenous Peoples of the Americas who are - say it with me - MUCH, MUCH COOLER. Bitchy Bash is joined by Illiterate Lucy to explore the five genders of Indigenous civilizations, the rise of the berdache and one "Nameless Hermaphrodite," and a brief glance at the ancient Aztec god of flowers, sex, gays, and magic mushrooms. (Beat that, sweetie.) As always, we conclude that white people have basically ruined everything. But not before we uncover the...2023-10-1247 min
Historical HomosAlexander the Great, Murdering, Bisexual F*ckboy.Ladies and gentler ladies, please welcome your new Historical Homos co-host: Lucy Hendra! Lucy is bravely and openly straight, a woman (technically), and has seen every episode of Vanderpump Rules ever written. (Yes, written. #WGAStrong) Now, why does that qualify her to be on this podcast? No one knows, and no one cares. Least of all our subject this week: Alexander the Great, Murdering, Bisexual Fuckboy. We are taking it back to Ancient Greece because that's where Bash feels safe. Plus, the parallels between his life and Alexander's are just straight up freaky! You'll also discover what...2023-10-051h 26
Historical HomosBessie Smith & Ma Rainey: Bisexual Empresses of the BluesMa Rainey and Bessie Smith were big stars in their own day, and hundred years later they've got BIOPICS on Netflix and HBO. This is what bisexuality can do for you! Join us as we dig into the lives, songs, and loves of these two remarkable Black women. Renowned for their musical talent and big personalities, Ma and Bessie became the first record stars of 1920s America. The Great Depression ruined everything as usual – selfish! – but not before Ma and Bessie had their fill of bathtub gin, husbands, cold cash, and yes, chorus-girl-pu$$y.For more, follow us a...2023-08-121h 05
Historical HomosHatshepsut: #BoyGirlBoss of Ancient EgyptHatshepsut was one of the more successful pharaohs of New Kingdom Egypt, mostly because she was hell-bent on being known as a he. In an era when ruling was synonymous with penis-having, Hatsephsut created multiple propaganda campaigns to cast herself in the role of divine male ruler. And yet, despite the many breastless and bearded statues she commissioned, Hattie retained many feminine aspects of her royal personality. What does it all mean? Who was this #boygirlboss of Ancient Egypt? And can we all get a promotion by changing our pronouns? (The answer is yes.)This episode of...2023-08-0414 min
Historical HomosWho Is The Motherf*cking Supreme (Court)?Bash and Donal are back together again! This week we're leaving behind ancient sugar daddies to look at some of the gayest moments in the Supreme Court's history. From antisodomy laws to gay marriage – and now state-sanctioned discrimination, oh my! – the Court has had a long and bizarre history of interfering with LGBTQ+ rights. But all is not lost. The motherf*cking Supremes work in mysterious, not always terrible ways. (Sometimes they even actually do their jobs!) It's our responsibility to know what they're up to and what has changed over the past 60 years of queer liberation. Plus, we soun...2023-07-2856 min
Historical HomosWas Joan of Arc Nonbinary? (Or Just A Virgin)Joan of Arc has an impressive CV: French it girl, saint, military genius (kind of?), 15th century celebrity (chic!), burned at the stake (careful, c'est chaud!), and potentially...nonbinary? Bash returns to his altar boy days to unravel the never-not-compelling, extremely unbelievable story of Joan, the Maiden of Orléans. As always, we disagree with almost everything everyone's ever said, and find an annoying way of positioning our opinion as fact, because that's what it is. #Trump2024. In summary: if you care about medieval white women AT ALL, click play.Written and Hosted by BashE...2023-07-1415 min
Historical HomosDo Ask, Do Tell: An Army of Ancient Greek BoyfriendsAn ancient Greek army of...boyfriends?! You may have heard tell of it somewhere in your gay little zines and Tik Toks, but do you know the full story? Join Bash for a bonus episode as he dives *deep* into the Sacred Band of Thebes – if only, sigh – an ancient Greek military experiment that led one city-state to total domination over her apparently-not-gay-enough neighbors. That is, until their utter annihilation at the hands of a notorious, warmongering, bisexual megalomaniac (guess who!). Written and hosted by Bash. Executive Produced by Zachary Quinto. Edited by Alex Toskas.2023-07-0712 min
Historical HomosVirginia Woolf & Vita Sackville-West Invent the Lesbian Love LetterA review of the life and loves of Virginia Woolf through her sauciest letters. We dive deep into her affair with Vita Sackville-West, leading London lesbian of her day, and relive the parties thrown by the Bloomsbury Set, a group of young Modernists who continued the British tradition of plumbing the nation's bottomless depths of homosexuality. (Or should we say bottom-full?)Written by Bash. Hosted by Bash and Donal Brophy. Executive Produced by Zachary Quinto. Edited by Alex Toskas.For more, follow us at:www.historicalhomos.comwww.instagram.com/historical.homos2023-06-3057 min
Historical HomosShakespeare vs. Christopher Marlowe: Who's Gayer?William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe: brilliant dramatists and...bisexuals? We unpack the rumors, the hearsay and the straight-up gay poems that suggest these titans of English literature were also really, really, ridiculously good-loo– ahem, sorry, gay*.Written by Bash. Hosted by Bash and Donal Brophy. Executive Produced by Zachary Quinto. Edited by Alex Toskas.For more, follow us at:www.historicalhomos.comwww.instagram.com/historical.homoswww.tiktok.com/@historicalhomos2023-06-2347 min
Historical HomosLe Chevalier d'Eon: From Russia with Mess...in a DressThe unbelievably wild and weird life story of the Chevalier d'Éon: transgender spy, soldier, and sleuth of the French Enlightenment. Assigned male at birth, Charles eventually transitioned to become Charlotte, before discovering the humiliating constraints of life as an 18th century woman.Written by Bash. Hosted by Bash and Donal Brophy. Executive Produced by Zachary Quinto. Edited by Alex Toskas.For more, follow us at:www.historicalhomos.comwww.instagram.com/historical.homoswww.tiktok.com/@historicalhomos2023-06-161h 00
Historical HomosToxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology (Part the First)Buckle up for one of the most infamous – and lesser-known – gay couples in Greek mythology: Zeus and Ganymede, originators of the divine Daddy-Twink dichotomy. We'll discover what these myths tell us about ancient Greek homosexuality IRL, and how they provided much-needed PR for the complex reality between mortals' sheets. Hosted by Bash and Donal Brophy. Executive Produced by Zachary Quinto.For more, follow us at:www.historicalhomos.comwww.instagram.com/historical.homoswww.tiktok.com/@historicalhomos2023-06-0943 min
Historical HomosHistorical Homos: Series One TrailerWelcome to Historical Homos, the world's only no-fucks-given guide to queer history. Come for the laughs. Stay for the boners. And maybe learn something. Or whatever. Coming June 9, 2023. Hosted by Bash and Donal Brophy. Executive Produced by Zachary Quinto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-05-2001 min
Historical HomosHistorical Homos: Series One TeaserWhat happens when two aging homosexuals sit down to talk about the Great Queers of Yesteryear? Check out the trailer to find out! Pube-trimming, cocaine-snorting lesbians, transgender spies, dogs – the real question is what WON'T we talk about? Historical Homos is launching June 9, 2023 on podcast platforms everywhere. Hosted by Bash and Donal Brophy. Executive Produced by Zachary Quinto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-05-1900 min
#5Things: This Week in SocialThe Past, Present, & Future of Queer CultureThis week we bring you a special episode of #5Things about Queer culture. Kate Wolff, (Lupine Creative) and Sebastian Hendra, (Grey Consulting) dive into the vital driving influences of our LGBTQAI+ Past and Present – and discuss what the future of Pride needs to become for a changing world. Exploring the rise of new vernacular, evolving culture and how brands are adapting. This is a podcast you won’t want to miss. Panel: Kate Wolff, Sebastian Hendra; Host: Joey ScarilloLearn more about Kate: @dothewerq, @LupineCreative, @Kwolff08, www.dothewerq.comLearn more about...2021-06-0547 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesEverybody's Talking About Jamie: The story behind musical, with Dan Gillespie Sells and Layton WilliamsDon't mess with a boy in a dress, he was born to impress.Lead singer of the feeling and writer of the musical that’s taken the UK’s west end by storm Dan Gillespie Sells, joinst us for our season three finale, to tell the story behind the soundtrack to your #QueerAF life: Everybody's Talking About Jamie.In an ever changing world, the way we identify is constantly being challenged. Not just by people around us, but by ourselves too. And that’s why Jamie New, the 16 year old from Sheffield in the nor...2019-04-0833 min
QueerAF | Inspiring LGBTQIA+ stories told by emerging queer creativesWhat happened the night of the Stonewall Riots? We tell the story with Historical HomosJune 1969. New York City. It’s illegal to serve gays alcohol. It’s illegal for gays to dance with one another. Bars and clubs are routinely raided. Including the now infamous, Stonewall Inn. The riots that ensued over a week on Christopher Street ignited and catapulted forward the modern LGBT+ rights movement today.But how much do you know about what happened that night? What does it mean for your queer people and their own activism today?This week Sebastian Hendra from @HistoricalHomos joins us to tell the story of everything that happened not on...2019-02-1820 min
Butterflies on the WheelEpisode 1 - Hamburguesas versus TubewomanThe very first episode of Butterflies on the Wheel! Each episode, two of either Jack Gardner, Sebastian Hendra or Raghu Kesavan will battle it out by presenting a real-life person they’ve encountered who has been guilty of some form of mild idiocy. They will conclude by proposing a fitting punishment to the moderator, who will then decide who has presented the most convincing case, and the winner will have the right to compete again in the next podcast. The rules are simple: 1) No more than three minutes for opening arguments 2) The crime *must* be trivial 3) The punishment must fi...2018-07-0418 min