Happy Halloween! Today's episode is on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula. Join us to discover whether this book is all about Oscar Wilde, what really went down between Jonathan and Dracula in that cas...

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Dracula (1897)

Welcome to the longest episode of Queer as Fact yet! In today’s podcast we’re talking about the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker. Join us to read Bram’s intense fanmail to Walt Whitman, discuss his comp...

Bram Stoker

Today's episode is on gendered pronouns in Mandarin! Join us for a journey through thousands of years of Chinese language, featuring paleo-pronouns, neo-pronouns, and the complexities of expressing ge...

Gendered Pronouns in Mandarin

Today's episode is on queer representation in museums - what it looks like, what queer people want it to look like, and how we can get there.This episode was originally released on our Patreon in 2024...

Queer Representation in Museums

Today's episode is on the Iraqi singer, Masoud El Amaratly. Join us as we visit the unique marshlands of southern Iraq, hear what may be the oldest known recording of a trans person, and learn about m...

Masoud El Amaratly

This Queer as Fiction episode is on Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu’s 2018 lesbian romance film, Rafiki.Join us for a rich exploration of Kenyan culture through the lens of the director’s self-titled “Af...

Rafiki (2018)

Today's episode is on Hwarang, a group of elite youth in first millenium Korea who have come to simultaneously represent nationalism, masculinity, and gay love. Join us to learn about the most talente...

Hwarang

Today's episode is a nice light-hearted look at something near and dear to many sapphic hearts - Subaru! We take a look at WHY lesbians loving Subarus is such a stereotype, what the car company did to...

Subaru's Lesbian Ad Campaign

Today’s episode is on the South African performer and hairdresser, Kewpie! Join us to learn about queer life in Cape Town’s coloured community under apartheid, find out how you can get your hair done ...

Kewpie

Today's episode is on the Catterick skeleton, the excavated remains of person buried in 4th century CE Roman Britain, identified by archaeologists and the press as a 'transvestite'. Join us to hear ab...