Episodes

Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Interview with Danielle Scrimshaw
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
In today's episode, Irene and Alice interview historian and author Danielle Scrimshaw about her new book, She and her Pretty Friend. She and her Pretty Friend is the first book of its kind, exploring the history of Australia's queer women. We discuss the queer generation gap, how to navigate changes in queer language and identity as a historian, and the experience of doing research in the spaces between recorded histories.
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[Image: The cover of Danielle's Book, She and her Pretty Friend. It shows two women on a purple background surrounded by native Australian plants.]

Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Hijra in 19th-century India
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Today's episode is on Hijra in 19th-century India. Listen to learn about who these 19th-century Hijra were, how they structured their society, and their resistance in the face of British colonial oppression.
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Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Isadora Duncan
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Today's episode is on US dancer Isadora Duncan. Listen to find out how she revolutionised dance, what the Singer sewing machine had to do with it, and enjoy some sapphic love poetry.
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[Image: Isadora Duncan in ancient Greek-inspired clothing - source]

Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Victim
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
On today's Queer as Fiction, we discuss the 1961 British noir film Victim.
Join us for some dramatic performances, heavy-handed messaging and a surprising result from a government inquiry.
A link to the film's trailer: https://youtu.be/Ems3u2ZA9SA
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[Image Description: The poster for the movie Victim, starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. It features the face of a man wearing a pained expression, and the silhouette of another man. Text on the poster reads "A scorching drama of the most un-talked about subject of our time!"]

Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Elke Mackenzie
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Today's episode is on Elke Mackenzie, British lichenologist, Antarctic explorer and trans woman. We'll tell you about Elke's incredible devotion to her research, as well as penguin egg facts and one of the coolest landscapes known to humankind.
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Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Relationships Between Women in Ancient Rome
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Queer as Fact is back from hiatus! Today we're talking about relationships between women in ancient Rome. Join us to hear a queer creation myth, read some ancient love poetry, and find out which whether your star sign made you gay.
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Thursday Dec 15, 2022
The Agojie
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
Thursday Dec 15, 2022
This week's episode is on the West African soldiers known as the Agojie, sometimes called the Dahomey Amazons. Join us to hear about how women became the backbone of the Dahomean army, a very dubious cocktail recipe, and not one but two kinds of same-sex marriage!
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[Image: drawing of Agojie Seh-Dong-Hong-Be by Frederick Forbes, 1851]

Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Asexuals Have Problems Too
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Welcome to Season 10 of Queer as Fact! This week’s episode we're talking about a 1971 article from the Village Voice memorably titled ‘Asexuals Have Problems Too’. Join us to hear about being invited to orgies to pour the wine, why 101 Dalmatians is a piece of ace cinema, and how this satirical article became a surprising source of ace visibility.
This episode was originally released on our Patreon as a bonus episode.
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[Image description: a cropped image of the Village Voice article entitled Asexuals Have Problems Too]

Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Qiu Miaojin
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
In today's episode we discuss Qiu Miaojin, a well-known Taiwanese lesbian writer. We've got details about Taiwanese lesbian gender identities, an experimental queer literary movement, and a very lovable crocodile.
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[Image description: a photo of Qiu Miaojin, an ethnically Chinese person in thin-rimmed glasses, a dark blue coat, and a short, masculine hairstyle.]

Saturday Oct 01, 2022
The Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands
Saturday Oct 01, 2022
Saturday Oct 01, 2022
On this week's podcast, we're talking about the queer micronation, the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands. Join us to hear about the joys and tribulations of founding a country, the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom's war with Australia, and of course, the Royal Dog.
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[Image description: A sign on a beach which reads “Welcome to Heaven, Cato Island Post Code 0000, Capital of the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom, www.gayandlesbiankingdom.com” draped with a rainbow flag, next to a post box labelled “Royal Gay Mail”]