15 Best Gay History Podcasts

1. Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive

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Intimate, personal portraits of both known and long-forgotten champions, heroes, and witnesses to history brought to you from rare archival interviews.
Host Eric Marcus
Producer/Network Eric Marcus
Email ****@makinggayhistory.org
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 18.6KTwitter 7.5KInstagram 23.2K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2016 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. History is Gay

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History is Gay is a podcast that examines the underappreciated and overlooked queer ladies, gents, and gentle-enbies that have always been there in the unexplored corners of history. Because history has never been as straight as you think. Follow us on social media! @historyisgaypod on Twitter and Instagram, historyisgaypodcast on Tumblr, and subscribe to us wherever you listen to podcasts!MORE Host Leigh Pfeffer
Producer/Network Leigh Pfeffer
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 667Facebook 1KTwitter 3.8KInstagram 524 Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. GayBarchives Podcast

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Welcome to the #GayBarchives podcast, where we explore gay history one bar at a time. Listen in to our interviews with bar owners, performers and patrons as we discuss #gaybarsgoneby. Listen to celebrities tell their stories about gay bars from the past. More info at GayBarchives.com MORE Host Art Smith
Producer/Network Gay Barchives
Email ****@yahoo.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Twitter 1KInstagram 1.3K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Gay or Nay: Queering Up History

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Historians have long applied a straight, cis narrative to the past because for most of human existence queer terminology has been very limited. In Gay or Nay we attempt to right this wrong by discussing pre-Stonewall historical figures who have queer stories associated with them and discuss where they might have fallen on the gender identity and sexual orientation spectrums today.Hosted by Rebecca Marquardt.Produced by Emily Anderson.Music by Joanna Burns.MORE Host Rebecca Marquardt
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Twitter 11Instagram 46 Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. The History of Gay Sex

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Explore historical and cultural examples of same-sex sex throughout the course of human history with Stuart as we cover from ancient times to the present. Contact the podcast with any questions at ****@gmail.comMORE Host Stuart
Producer/Network Stuart
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 131 Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. These Are The Gays Of Our Lives

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Drew and Sarah are college friends who share a love of pop culture from 80s music, old Hollywood movies, iconic closeted characters, and campy TV shows.  Countless LGBTQ stories remain hidden in history, but deserve to be in the spotlight. Drew and Sarah explore the memorable and the not-so-well-known LGBTQ people that influenced both their lives and society. Peppered in every story are their hot takes and sass. Listen in, learn, and laugh along as they humorously and affectionately tell the life stories of the many gays of our lives.MORE Hosts Sarah Nelson, Drew Ishii
Producer/Network Sarah Nelson, Drew Ishii
Email ****@hotmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 44 Avg Length 89 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. Historical Homos

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The no-f***s-given guide to LGBTQ history. Welcome to the Gayest Stories Never Told! Hosted by Bash. Edited by Alex Toskas. Sign up on our website, and follow us on Instagram and TikTok.
Host Sebastian Hendra
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 258 Avg Length 69 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

8. Latter Gay History

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It's the oldest story in the world. Boy realizes he likes boys; boy leaves high-demand queerphobic religion; boy spends the next decade deconstructing and starts learning about the queer history within said religion; boy makes a podcast about it. Join Greg as he learns more about the queer Mormon history that wasn't taught in Sunday School.MORE Host Gregory Eriksen
Email ****@gmail.com
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9. But We Loved

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As a gay kid growing up Catholic, in conservative Texas, Jordan Gonsalves knew nothing about queer history. Now, as a journalist, he's searching for the stories he craved when he was coming of age. Through intimate interviews with LGBTQ elders, Jordan uncovers the untold stories of queer history. And in the process, he discovers the role models he always needed and the wisdom they've been waiting to pass down.MORE Host Jordan Gonsalves
Producer/Network Outspoken
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 139 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. I Woke Up This Gay

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I WOKE UP THIS GAY -A podcast by Stuart Merrill, LGBTQ rights activist, lobbyist and public speaker on diversity. The miracle of diversity we devoted our lives to create is under threat. In 'I WOKE UP THIS GAY' I recall our LGBTQ history and my 50 years of experiences as an out gay man, activist, advocate and lobbyist. During that time I worked for various U.S. intelligence agencies, various news organizations and eventually as a professional LGBTQ rights lobbyist...MORE Host Stuart Merrill
Producer/Network Stuart Merrill
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Criminally Queer: The Bolton 7

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Seven men from Bolton have their lives changed forever. Criminally Queer: The Bolton Seven looks back at one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in recent British LGBTQ history, and examines how this scarcely-known legal case played a significant role in the fight for gay rights. A Reduced Listening production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab. Producer and Presenter: Hugh Sheehan Original music composition and Sound Design: Hugh Sheehan Executive Producer: Anishka Sharma Mix Engineer: Arlie Addlington Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer Archive material courtesy of Roger Bolton Productions.MORE Email ****@bbc.co.uk
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12. QUEER GROVE

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Exploring the history, culture and lifestyle of the legendary LGBTQIA safe haven of Cherry Grove, Fire Island. Hosted by documentary filmmaker Parker Sargent,  we'll learn about the gay roots of the Grove and how the community continues to stay gay, through interviews of those who helped create this LGBTQ safe space and those who are keeping queer today.MORE Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact