Historical Homos

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When you hear the name Emily Dickinson, what comes to mind? A pale little recluse in a white dress? Genius by way of virginity? A woman so pure she barely had a body at all?!

Well, grab that image by its lace collar and toss it out with last night's chamber pot ...

Honey, I'm sure you've heard of the Kamasutra. But did you know it's not just a sex manual for hipster white couples who are ready to graduate to doggy?

This episode goes past the schoolboy giggles the Kamasutra typically provokes to investigate what this fascinating compendium of erotic philosophy can tell us about ancient Indian queer life (and perhaps our own!).

The real Kamasutra was not just a sex manual. It is a Sansk...

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ROCK. HUDSON. The name itself kind of gives your fanny the flutters, doesn't it?

Although, if you haven't heard of Rock, you would be forgiven, as he's one of those mid-20th century celebrities who's been almost entirely forgotten today.

But back in the 50s and 60s, ...

Josephine Baker (1906 - 1968) is one of the most alluring, inspiring, and charismatic figures we have ever covered on this podcast.

Her career spanned decades and continents, and on THE Continent, she was the highest paid Black entertainer for most of the 1920s and 1930s. As a dancer-singer-actress triple threat, she was in some ways the precursor to megastars like Beyoncé in our own day.

Unlike Beyoncé, she built her career not only...

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HELLO MY LITTLE HORMONES!

Saw the Odyssey. Have some thoughts.

As a recovering classicist and practicing homosexual, my take is pr...

"What if the gayest thing about me is how annoying I am?" – Michelangelo, unverified

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OK we all know Michelangelo. The David. The Sistine Chapel. Blah blah blah.

But did you know he was also 100% a homosexual, according to basically every source we h...

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HAVE YOU HEARD OF FASHION?
HAVE YOU HEARD OF LESBIANS?
Well then, this might be the episode for you.

Now, we all know lesbians can chop wood and bring order to almost any situation – that is why they are so highly paid, and why I, personally, fe...

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2,500 years ago, two gay guys and an extremely toxic third inadvertently gave birth to Greek democracy.

Yes, my proud brethren, long before anyone threw the first brick, we stabbed the first tyrant.

In typical straight fashion, over the course of two millennia...

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HI GAY! Happy Pride.

In honour of this year's festivities, we're kicking off the month with one of the more obscure Yesterqueers in the Historical Homos canon. Why? Because we can. Don't like it? You're homophobic.

King Edward II was not only a massive F-slur, ...

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Why are gay men so loud?

Science may never know. But history offers some clues.

Could it be because we were monks and priests for so long?
Could it be that the simple joy of discovering anal makes you want to shout?
Or maybe it's because straight people h...

It's Trans History Week in the UK, so we're taking you back to one of our first and favourite episodes ever from Season 1.

This is the unbelievably wild life story of the Chevalier d'Éon: transgender spy, soldier, and sleuth of the French Enlightenment.

Assigned male at birth, Charles eventually transitioned to become Charlotte, before discovering the humiliating constraints of life as an 18th century woman. She later escaped the Fre...

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Why oh why are men so obsessed with our penises?

Join us today as we embark on a dick-scented odyssey to answer one of the 21st century's most urgent questions.

• 5,000 years ago, the Mesopotamians said their gods' divine jizz created the world. 
• The Egyptians a...

We've got a special treat for you this week, my little Hormones!

Historical Homos is proud to present this episode of the Spirits Podcast, a history and comedy pod devoted to mythology, folklore, and the occult.

Every episode of the Spirits Podcast features co-hosts Julia and Amanda mixing a drink and discovering a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of ...

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Philippe d’Orléans is back! And it's no more Mr. Nice Queen thanks to his brother, Louis XIV, and his bitchass absolutist ways.

In Part Two of our series on Philippe, this fabulous fuckboi nepo baby pass around party bottom of 17th century France, our hero is gettin...

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Everyone knows about Louis XIV, the Sun King of 17th century France, who built Versailles, slept with every noblewoman in France, and invented men wearing high heels (see, straight people can do the right thing sometimes!).

But did you know his brother, Philippe, was gaye...

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THE ANCIENT ROMANS HAD A GOD OF BIG DICK ENERGY AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
GIRLS AND BOYS, MEET PRIAPUS. 🍆

Remember when the internet decided Pete Davidson had a giant schlong? Well, turns out people have been fantasizing about hung humans since the Ancient R...

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When history says "they were just friends," what do we say back?

We say: SHUT UP IDIOT HAVE YOU READ THEIR GAY LITTLE DIARIES?

Ahem. Sorry. I get so passionate.

This week's episode is about two women who lived in a castle together, wrote each other poetry, decorated...

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Disney sells itself as a guardian of childhood innocence and cis-het happy endings. (That's not – I didn't mean – you know what I mean.)

So why did so many gay kids grow up flicking their hair back like Ariel in the hotel pool? Or mincing like Scar and...

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Do all Christians hate gays?

Amazingly: no. Despite how annoying we all are.

In fact, millions and millions of Christians ARE themselves...very gay.

So why is it that we automatically associate Christianity with homophobia?

The answer lies in the brief, but fascinating history of ...