Our Dyke Histories
Come for the history; stay for the revolution, gossip, and desire that built it. š¤ 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 ourselvesāsometimes 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. Season One :: Our first season traces the history of dyke bars* - yes, with an asterisk - including lesbian bars, queer parties, & trans hangouts. Before Pride marches and hashtags, there were bars, parties, and whispered invitations that built whole worlds. Our Dyke Histories uncovers the stories of the women, trans, and nonbinary people who turned repression into resistance and nightlife into liberation. Join Our Community :: Want to be part of our community? We'd love to have you. š Come comment, connect, and get your gayme on! Newsletter to your inbox: Jack's Queer Geographies newsletter with detailed takes on each episode, & more about lezbiqueertrans spaces across time Instagram for more dyke visuals and stories @ourdykehistories Read and follow our co-producer and collaborator, Sinister Wisdom Email us at ourdykehistories@gmail.com Donate <3 :: Subscribe and/or donate to the fabulous, in-print Sinister Wisdom, a multicultural lesbian literary & art journal founded in 1976. Sinister Wisdom recognizes the power of language and art to create radical, empowering, resilient, and joyous sanctuaries that build and sustain vibrant lesbian futures. What Does Our Tarot Reading Say about What's Next? :: In future seasons, we will move decade by decade through other defining places, objects, and ideas in lesbian, bi, queer, and trans historyāmapping the worlds weāve made and the futures weāre still imagining. Funny and fierce, sexy and smart, and full of dyke spirit, this podcast isnāt nostalgiaāitās a survival guide disguised as a love letter.
Episodes
In this episode of Our Dyke Histories, we continue to follow the astonishing life of Eve Adams into exile ā the butch, Jewish, immigrant anarchist who opened Eveās Hangout, a tea room in 1920s Greenwich Village that became one of the earliest protoālesbian bars in the United States. Drawing on Jonathan Ned Katzās groundbreaking research, Jack Jen Gieseking, Katz, and Julie Enszer trace Eveās friendships with Anias Nin and Henry Mil...
In this episode of Our Dyke Histories, we follow the astonishing life of Eve Adams ā the butch, Jewish, immigrant anarchist who opened Eveās Hangout, a tea room in 1920s Greenwich Village that became one of the earliest protoālesbian bars in the United States. Drawing on Jonathan Ned Katzās groundbreaking research, Jack Jen Gieseking, Katz, and Julie Enszer trace Eveās friendships with Emma Goldman and meeting Mae West; her bold se...
What if Paris and Berlin were the first great dyke bars*? In Episode Two of Our Dyke Histories, Jack Gieseking, Lillian Faderman, and Cookie Woolner follow the trail of queer women, trans patrons, and gender rebels from Harlem across the U.S. as well into the theaters and hotel parties of Black artists and performers in the U.S. We then head across the Atlantic to trace queer modernisms into the salons and show of Paris and cabaret...
Before the first lesbian bars, there were queer worlds built in rented rooms, smoky clubs, and parlor parties. In our premiere episode of Our Dyke Histories, host Jack Gieseking joins historians Lillian Faderman and Cookie Woolner trace the roots of lesbian and queer nightlife to the 1920sāa time before the first official ālesbian barsā in the 1930s, when parties, salons, and underground theaters created fleeting but fierce shindig...
Come for the history; stay for the revolution, gossip, and desire that built it. š¤
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About Us
Decade by decade, Our Dyke Histories dives deep into the living, breathing past and present of lesbian, queer, trans, & nonbinary communities. Each season traces how we made space for ourselvesāsometimes in bars, bookstores, and protests; sometimes in basements, alleyways, and prisons; & always against the odds.
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