These Old Queers

Episode 19: The Pansy Craze

In the latest TOQ episode, Megan talks about The Pansy Craze - a period of increased LGBT visibility in popular culture from the late 1920s until the mid-1930s. Find us via the link or where you get your podcasts!

Episode 18: Bog Bodies

In this episode, Thomas talks about the discovery, investigation, and historiography of the “Weerdinge Couple” bog bodies. Find us via the link or where you get your podcasts, and check us out across the web!

Episode 17: Queer Kansas City

In this episode, Megan shares the secret-not-so-secret queer history of their hometown, #KansasCity .

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Episode 16: Two-Spirit Identities These Old Queers · Episode

In this episode, Thomas discusses the history and complexity of Two-Spirit identities.

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#twospirit #twospiritidentities

"Sylvia Rivera" Postcard for Sale by TheseOldQueers This is an image of a linocut print of Sylvia Rivera. She was one of the mothers of the modern transgender rights movement. This moment is taken from a famous speech that she gave in 1973, and we thin...

New Art/Merch Alert! You can order merchandise of this image at our redbubble shop. You can also order original linocut prints by Thomas Jacobs @bugsnart over at his website: www.bugsnart.com/product-page... Image of #SylviaRivera one of the mothers of the modern #transgenderrights movement.

Episode 15: Blood Sisters These Old Queers · Episode

In this episode, Megan shares the stories of lesbian action during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as her own experience growing up in the shadow of AIDS. Listen via the Spotify link, itunes or wherever you get your podcasts

Episode 14: Ewan Forbes These Old Queers · Episode

Did you know that many of the rules against trans gender markers come from an infamous legal battle involving a #trans nobleman, Sir #EwanForbes ? Learn about one of the most significant court cases that led us to where we are today when it comes to changing to a chosen name or legal name change.

Episode 13: Leopold & Loeb Part 3 These Old Queers · Episode

In the final episode of our three part deep-dive into #thrillkillers , #LeopoldandLoeb we learn about their lives in prison and beyond #thecrimeofthecentury

Episode 12: Leopold & Loeb Part 2 These Old Queers · Episode

In Part Two of our 3 part episode about teenage thrill killers, #LeopoldandLoeb, Megan and Thomas discuss the bonkers trial for what would become known as the " #crimeofthecentury."

Episode 11: Leopold & Loeb Part 1 These Old Queers · Episode

In Part 1 of our 3 part episode about #LeopoldAndLoeb we examine the early lives of #NathanLeopold and #RichardLoeb in the lead-up to the senseless killing of young #BobbyFranks in what would become known as the #crimeofthecentury

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Episode 10: The Public Universal Friend These Old Queers · Episode

Thomas tells us about young Quaker woman, Jemima Wilkinson, who after a grave illness was reborn as the genderless, spiritual being the Public Universal Friend.

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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Won't you share my affluenza too?

Happy Valentine's Day to these 2 and their bullshit...and everyone else...I guess.

#LeopoldAndLoeb #GalentinesDay

Episode 9: Marcel Moore & Claude Cahun: Surrealist Antifa Revolutionaries!

The latest episode of #TheseOldQueers Megan @darkhabitsmag.bsky.social talks about #queer #dyke surrealist revolutionaries: #ClaudeCahun and #MarcelMoore -
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