44 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
Email ****@makinggayhistory.org
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guest Lucy Salani
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2. Bad Gays

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A podcast about evil and complicated queers in history. Why do we remember our heroes better than our villains? Hosted by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller. Learn more: www.badgayspod.com
Hosts Ben Miller, Huw Lemmey
Producer/Network Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guest Gavin Arthur
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1.1KTwitter 17K Avg Length 51 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Queer as Fact

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Queer history podcast covering content from around the world and throughout time.
Hosts Alice McInnes, Jason Best, Eli Farrow, Irene McInnes
Producer/Network Queer as Fact
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 858Facebook 1.8KTwitter 2.9K Avg Length 72 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. 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
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 667Facebook 1KTwitter 3.8KInstagram 531 Avg Length 63 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Historical Homos

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The world's only no-fucks-given guide to LGBTQ history. Join Bash and his brilliant guests each week as they wrench The Gayest Stories Never Told from history's deepest, darkest closets. Sign up on our website, and follow us on Instagram @historical.homos and TikTok @historicalhomosMORE Host Sebastian Hendra
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 147 Avg Length 68 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. Queer Serial: American LGBTQ+ History

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Podcast radio drama telling true stories in LGBTQ history ? Produced by Devlyn Camp@devlyncamp ?Episode Guide at queerserial.com/episodes
Host Devlyn Camp
Producer/Network Mattachine Productions
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 194Facebook 11.5KTwitter 321Instagram 2.4K Avg Length 52 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

7. UnErasing LGBTQ History and Identities: A Podcast

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For educators, students, and absolutely anyone who wants to learn, teach, and engage with LGBTQ history, this is your podcast! In Deep Dives & Backstories you will meet history-makers with some fascinating - and empowering - stories! Our Pilot Season and Season One feature K-12 educators who share their experiences from the classroom and provide real-world advice and reasonable, practical strategies to guide you in bringing LGBTQ history into mainstream US history, civics, and social studies classrooms.  Visit UnErased.org to learn how History UnErased is putting LGBTQ history in its rightf..MORE Host Deb Fowler
Producer/Network History UnErased
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 9 Avg Length 24 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. 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
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 131 Avg Length 56 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

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
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 146 Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. One From the Vaults

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One From the Vaults, a trans history podcast by Morgan M Page. We bring you all the dirt, gossip, and glamour from trans history!
Producer/Network Morgan M Page
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 384Facebook 314.1KTwitter 232.4KInstagram 321.9K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. The Log Books

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**Best New Podcast (Gold) at the British Podcast Awards 2020**What if you could glimpse into LGBTQIA life from decades ago? Since 1974 volunteers at Switchboard, the LGBT helpline, have written notes in the charity's log books. Hosts Tash Walker and Adam Zmith are re-opening these pages today, to explore untold stories from Britain's queer history.Each episode explores a different theme from LGBTQIA life through log book entries, dozens of voices sharing their own memories, and conversations about being queer today.https://www.thelogbooks.orgSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/th..MORE Hosts Adam Zmith, Tash Walker, Shivani Dave
Producer/Network Tash Walker, Adam Zmith and Shivani Dave
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 393Twitter 5.6KInstagram 4K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2019 Get Email Contact

12. The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast

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A show about queer women in history and historic literature, plus coverage of the field of sapphic historical fiction. Content note: May include discussions of sex within an academic context.MORE Host Heather Rose Jones
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 29Facebook 184Twitter 391Instagram 595 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2020 Get Email Contact

13. Queer America

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Without LGBTQ history, there is no American history. Queer America takes listeners on a journey that spans from Harlem to the Frontier West, revealing stories of LGBTQ life we should have learned in school. Your hosts are Leila Rupp and John D'Emilio.MORE Producer/Network Learning for Justice
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 53 Avg Length 59 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

14. Vintage Lesbians

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A personal journey of friendship and queer history, where we try to set the record a little less straight.
Producer/Network Shan and Alison
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 68 Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. Gay of the Day. Profiling notable LGBT people from history.

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An amateur historian with a fully stocked bar and a boundless curiosity.
Producer/Network Frank Howard
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 68 Avg Length 12 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

16. Gay History 101

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A podcast with two homos, some history, and some adult beverages. Pull up a seat, take a drink, and get ready to learn because class is in session.
Producer/Network Conor Tierney, John Parker
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

17. The Queer History Podcast

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A podcast about the often forgotten and erased queer history.Because we've always been here.
Producer/Network Dakota & Dylan
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 87 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. Queer Legends: An Oral History Podcast

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Season-2 tells the The True Story of Canada's LGBT Purge in a landmark eight part documentary series. It's the first documentary to share the full extent of Canada's anti-homosexual campaigns from WW1 to today, based on our research of thousands of pages of newly declassified documents released through the LGBT Purge class-action settlement. From ridiculous to shocking, you'll hear amazing true stories from courageous survivors; academics; researchers; former MPs, cabinet ministers and a retired Chief of Defence Staff...MORE Host Shawn Dearn
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 47Twitter 2.5K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. 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
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3Twitter 1KInstagram 1.4K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

20. 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
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 2Twitter 8Instagram 45 Avg Length 61 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

21. Out in Oak Lawn: A Queer History of Dallas

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Out in Oak Lawn: A Queer History of Dallas is a student-produced podcast series focusing on the history of the Oak Lawn neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. Using archival sources and interviews with past and present queer icons, we are telling the stories of how Oak Lawn became a queer hotspot. Episodes explore the early history of Oak Lawn, queer cowboy culture, businesses and nightlife, the lesbian experience, political activism, and the what the neighborhood is like today...MORE Producer/Network outinoaklawn
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 14Twitter 9.7K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. 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
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 29 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

23. Dot Femme

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Incoming broadcast! Join two best friends as they broadcast across time and space and explore LGBTQ history. From profiling groundbreaking figures, pivotal moments, key locations, and technological advances in trans and queer history, Dot Femme is a deep dive into our queer past to learn the lessons and messages our elders left for us. Smart, sharp, and unapologetically bold—this is the podcast where history meets identity and resistance fuels innovation.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guest Matt Baume
Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

24. Forgotten Queers

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This is Forgotten Queers, a show about the queer figures history pushed aside. They were once stars, leaders, icons — but time, shame, and prejudice buried their names. We're here to remember them, to honor them, and to say: you don't get to forget us. Cover art photo provided by Alexander Grey on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/ @sharonmccutcheon?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=referral Cover art photo provided by Shannia Christanty on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/ @shanniacy?utm_source=spreaker&utm_medium=referral Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/forgo..MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

25. Our Dyke Histories

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Come for the history; stay for the revolution, gossip, and desire that built it. 🤌 About Us :: Decade by decade , Our Dyke Histories dives deep into the living, breathing past and present of lesbian, queer, bisexual, trans, & nonbinary communities. Each season traces how we made space for ourselves—sometimes in bars, bookstores, and protests; sometimes in basements, alleyways, and prisons; & always against the odds. Host :: Our Dyke Histories is hosted by historian, geographer, and environmental psychologist Dr. Jack Jen Gieseking , and produced in collaboration with Sinister Wisdom , the oldest lesbian multicultural literary and art journal...MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest Hugh Ryan
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26. Queer 101

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Hosted by LGBTQ activist and world-renowned entertainer Miss Peppermint, alongside celebrated queer historian and author Hugh Ryan, this podcast is your weekly deep dive into the untold stories, pivotal moments, and extraordinary individuals who shaped LGBTQ history. Each episode, Pep and Hugh unravel the struggles, celebrate the triumphs, and explore the cultural revolutions that have defined queer identities throughout time. With heart, humor, and a dash of glamor, they guide you through centuries of rich, vibrant LGBTQ legacy...MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Marsha P. Johnson, Hugh Ryan
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 3 Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

27. Queering the District Podcast

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Queering the District Podcast explores the role, history, and stories 'third places' have held across time for the Queer community in Washington, D.C. Join us as we journey as far back as the 19th century and make our way back to the present day to see how various types of Queer 'third places,' such as bars, parks, houses, and more, have evolved over time.Each season will focus on one 'type' of 'third place,' with season one focused on bars...MORE Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. Our Voices, Our Stories: Preserving the history of gay men living in Western North Carolina.

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'Our Voices, Our Stories' is dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and sharing the diverse lived experiences of gay men in Western North Carolina. Through personal narratives, oral histories, and multimedia storytelling, we aim to honor the resilience, identity, and cultural contributions of our community—past and present. By amplifying these voices, we foster understanding, connection, and a richer, more inclusive regional history for future generations.MORE Email ****@flatshadowproductions.com
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29. Out in the South

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Ever wondered what life was like for queer people before you? OITS uses oral history interviews, archival audio footage, and the papers left behind by activists and long-gone social groups to chronicle queer life in Southeastern Virginia. Listen as OITS tells the stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. OITS is brought to you by the Tidewater Queer History Project.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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30. Our Queer History

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Our Queer History explores the people, moments, and stories that shaped LGBTQ history across the world. Hosted by Lentil Pulse, the podcast uncovers both well-known and overlooked chapters of queer history; from remarkable individuals and cultural milestones to moments of resistance, tragedy, and celebration.Through storytelling and historical insight, Our Queer History brings the past into the present, reminding us that queer people have always been here.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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31. Queer Renegades

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When it comes to uncovering Australia's queer history, there's not a lot out there. What is preserved is often told through a colonial and heteronormative lens that sidelines queer, First Nations, and migrant voices. While more stories are finally being shared, many acts of resistance and resilience remain untold. Hosted by Farz Edraki and featuring a bold line-up of LGBTQ trailblazers, 'Queer Renegades' digs into *some* of Australia's queer history - spotlighting the rebels, risk-takers, and rule-breakers who shaped the queer resistance and continue to change culture along the way.MORE Email ****@sbs.com.au
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32. 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 Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

33. Santa Cruz County Queer History Podcast

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Created by and for students. Older LGBTQ people in Santa Cruz County are interviewed by younger queer students about their stories since the 1970s in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Santa Cruz Pride. Students from across Santa Cruz County conducted the interviews and then edited and produced each 20-minute long podcast. These podcasts will be released each Tuesday in 2025. We thank Patti Maxine on the steel string guitar for providing the music and the art was developed by Hex, one of the involved high school students.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
Apple Rating 5/5 Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

34. Eastern Queerope: Belarus

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Two young researchers explore the queer history of Belarus. From the Middle Ages and Christianity to the USSR and Pride marches of 2010's💚 We love n-ost!
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35. This Month in Queer History

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 Sharing LGBTQ history that is accessible and entertaining! 
Producer/Network CAMP Rehoboth Community Center
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
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36. Making Queer History

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Sharing queer history
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37. Here, Queer and Maple Syrup

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A look into queer Canadian history through the ages.
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38. Stroll Through LGBTQ History with A Gnome

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In this serise we will Explore Queer History Pre-Stonewall to the present as well as touching on some Older topics, and current events
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39. 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
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40. Queer at Last

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Two pals. One museum artefact. Millennia of queer history unlocked before your very ears Podcast episodes released fortnightly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Producer/Network Harriet and Katherine
Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

41. I-Vada

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An LGBTQIA History Podcast Hosted by Jonathan Mayor, Sally Probert-Hill and the fantabulosah Colin Avery, I-Vada brings the rich, rebellious, and often forgotten history of LGBTQIA culture to your perfectly-formed ears via the magic of the podcast. With sharp insight, warmth, and a touch of mischief, the hosts explore the people, politics, and stories that have shaped queer life across generations. From hidden histories to headline moments, each episode shines a light on the past to better understand our present.MORE Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

42. 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
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 59 Avg Length 92 min Format Extended Get Email Contact

43. Unboxing Queer History

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Unboxing Queer History is a podcast from Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, one of the largest LGBTQ libraries & archives in the world. Each episode in Unboxing Queer History focuses on a different story from inside Gerber/Hart's collections and archives. The episodes range from discussions of the importance of collecting LGBTQ erotica to Chicago lesbian bar history and include interviews with community leaders, volunteers, researchers, and local historians...MORE Hosts Ari Mejia, Jen Dentel, Erin Bell
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Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guest James Conley
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44. 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
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