Queer at Last

Illustrated map of Liverpool city centre with red accents, showing a walking route with 8 stops highlighted and accompanied by small illustrations. Art by Vincent Eynard for Queer at Last.

📢 LGBTQ+ LIVERPOOL TOUR
As part of #HeritageOpenDays we've made a self-guided audio trail around Liverpool sharing historic community spaces and places connected with notable LGBTQ+ figures 🌈 Experience it in person or online here: queeratlast.com/lgbtqliverpool
#Liverpool #LGBTQhistory #LGBTQ

Black and white photo of Claude Cahun, seated with weights on either side of them, pouting, hearts drawn on their cheeks and the words 'I AM IN TRAINING DON'T KISS ME' written on their top. Photograph by Cahun from the Jersey Heritage Collections.

Black and photograph showing Claude Cahun, older, with white hair and a headscarf, in the doorway to a house holding a Nazi badge upsideown between her teeth. Black and white photo of Claude Cahun, seated with weights on either side of them, pouting, hearts drawn on their cheeks and the words 'I AM IN TRAINING DON'T KISS ME' written on their top. Photograph from the Jersey Heritage Collections.

🎧 Listen to Episode 18 of Queer at Last wherever you get your podcasts, or check out our website queeratlast.com
📷 I am in training don’t kiss me by Claude Cahun, 1927. Jersey Heritage Collections.
📷 Self-portrait (with Nazi badge between her teeth) by Claude Cahun, 1945. Jersey Heritage Collections

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This episode has! it! all!! We are talking about Claude Cahun - a phenominal queer Jewish Marxist surrealist photographer, artist and writer who ran a successful resistance against the Nazis in WW2 with Marcel Moore, their life-partner and step-sister🤯

Trust us, you don't want to miss this one 👀

We also talk about Sonic and Pokemon, if that doesn't make you start listening, I don't know what will.

🎨 Munechika forging the Kogitsune-maru, woodblock print by Ogata Gekkō, 1887
🦊 Dancing Fox with Lotus-leaf Hat woodlbock print by Ohara Koson, 1910
🔗 Listen now wherever you get your pods!

The left half of the image has a light blue background and pink writing saying "Episode 17 Inari and Kitsune." The right half of the image is a Japanese woodblock print of a seated Japanese man in blue blacksmithing a sword. A taller pink haired figure dressed in green robes stands to the side and is helping.

This episode comes with recommended snacks - so grab some rice, tofu or kitsune udon as we chat about Inari, the Japenese kami of rice, foxes, swordsmiths and prosperity, who presents as male, female, both and neither, and explore the tradition of mischievous shape-shifting fox spirits (Kitsune) 🦊

📢 Unfortunately we are running late with this week's episode, but are hoping to have it with you later this week!

We both have a lot going on outside of this podcast at the moment but we really appreciate you bearing with us 💛

I think this next one will turn out to be worth the wait... 🦊🌾🍙👀

📷 This week's object is the Plea and Memoranda Roll, 1395, held by the London Archives
🎧 Listen to Episode 16 now at queeratlast.com, or wherever you get your podcasts
‼️ Content warnings can be found in the episode description

Queer at Last's latest episode focuses on Eleanor Rykener, a trans woman who was an embroiderer, barmaid and sex worker in the 1300s. We explore her court testimony, which provides insights into her life along with frankly impressive detail on the men and women she slept with: nuns, priests and all!

Square graphic reading 'Episode 16 - ELEANOR RYKENER' with an image of a medieval manuscript underneath. The background is pale blue and the text is pink.

30 years ago, researchers realised that a document which had been overlooked for hundreds of years actually contained a tantalising glimpse of queer life in medieval England...

"Episode 15 - Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep" with a weathered painting of two Egyptian men from the wall of a tomb. The men are standing nose to nose.

And they were TOMBMATES 👀4,500 years ago, two ancient Egyptian men decided they wanted to spend eternity together. Join us as we explore their incredible shared tomb and dig into the theories about their relationship, from lovers to conjoined twins…

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#OtD 10 Jun 2017 LGBT+ protesters blocked the Washington DC Pride parade multiple times in protest at police and corporate involvement. In particular, Pride had sponsors involved in the genocide of Native Americans. Learn more in our new book: www.kickstarter.com/projects/wrk...

CUT ME, I BLEED SNUFKIN 🔪⛺

It wouldn't be a queer moomins episode without Harriet trying, and failing, to be normal about Snukin and Moomintroll and their relationship (however it speaks to you)

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Image of thigumy and bob from the moomin stories - two small humanoid creatures, one in a red smock with blue hair and the other in a blue smock with ginger hair and a pointy red had. Both have long noses and big round eyes.

You have probably come across the moomins before, but you might not know how Tove's identity as a queer woman resonates through her stories and her art, from characters inspired by her lovers to the stories' core themes of identity and acceptance 🌈 Listen to the latest episode to find out more!

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This episode we're talking about the best children's writer and illustrator in the entire world (in Harriet's completely unbiased opion) - Tove Jansson! Her most well known creations are the adorable, eccentric moomin family and the rag-tag group of creatures they build a life with ❤️ buff.ly/PGphmj

Queer at Last is BACK and better than ever, just in time for pride month babyyyy! ✊🌈✨ We have been on a little break for a couple of months while Life Stuff happened but we are so excited to be back to share this new episode with you...

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

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Hello! Unfortunately this week's episode of Queer at Last is going to be slightly delayed - we both have a lot going on at the moment, but we're really excited to share this one with you and don't want to rush it through. Thanks for bearing with us! 🌈

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Listen to Episode 13 now wherever you get your podcasts!

This week's object is a mosaic from Pompeii, thought to date from around 120-100 BCE. Currently at Naples Archaeological Museum, image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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Today we're talking all things Alexander the G(ay)reat! One of the most successful military leaders in history and a figure who continues to fascinate thousands of years later - join us as we cut through the debates around his sexuality like a sword through the Gordian knot… 👀

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Get ready to hear about the rollercoaster that is Anne's life in our latest episode, wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
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Today we are chatting about an educated, adventurous, elitist lesbian landowner from the Georgian period - Anne Lister, aka Gentleman Jack - who left us an incredible, unparallelled record of her life and her loves 🎩

My favourite moment from this episode was Katherine learning this 2,000+ year old story about Mitra and Varuna, a pair of Hindu deities symbolic of intimate male friendship, who ejaculated into the same pot and co-fathered two sons together. Queer history can be bizarre and beautiful sometimes 🌈

☝️ interesting and informative read about queer disabled history and the importance of intersectionality!

"This intersection of queer history and disability history hasn't just always existed, but has always been instrumental in the progression of our rights.
By not seeking out these stories [...] we risk missing out on all the lessons that those before us have taught."

tinyurl.com/4f8cx52z

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We've put together a list of resources available from the online OU Library highlighting the key historical figures that have been selected by LGBT+ History Month 👉 www.open.ac.uk/library/libr...

We hope this provides a good starting point to learning more about LGBT+ peoples’ lived experiences. 🌈

Can't recommend this article enough - so well-written and researched. What really struck me was how the queer story extends beyond Pennell and Atkinson, as is often the way when you start looking into things like this! Definitely a podcast episode in the making, stay tuned... 👀

"Episode 11 - MITRA-VARUNA" on a light blue background with an image of a crowned figure riding a crocodile-like creatur. The image depicts Varuna and is an illustration from an Indian folio.

In Episode 11 we talk about the LGBTQ+ significance of these figures and share some of the stories surrounding them - listen now wherever you get your podcasts!
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Mitra-Varuna are two ancient Indian deities who redefine friendship - riding around on a giant crocodile together, controlling the oceans, ejaculating into clay pots and conceiving children together… you know, just bros being bros.

They no homo-ed SAPPHO??

Check out our latest episode on the OG lesbian wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

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#lgbtqhistory #queerhistory #lesbianhistory

Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take transitioning into their own hands.

"History, however, shows that withholding health care does not make transgender people go away. Scholarship of medieval literature and historical records reveals how transgender people transitioned even without a robust medical system"
theconversation.com/trans-people...