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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 1d

New Episode! Today we discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's incredible 1969 science fiction novel, The Left Hand of Darkness.

Join us to hear about ambisexual beings who defy gender norms, the sexist man who comes to love them and a sexually charged journey across a glacier.

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 2d

We hope you're excited for tomorrow's episode on Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction novel The Left Hand of Darkness - I mean we hope you're excited for every episode we put out but this one is over TWO HOURS (2nd in length only to Robespierre!) so brace yourself.

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

In 1999 Ruth Ellis becomes known as the USA’s oldest out lesbian, as she approaches her 100th birthday. Born in 1899, Ruth had been out since she was a teenager in the 1910s.
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Ruth Ellis | Queer as Fact

In today's episode, we're talking about lesbian centenarian Ruth Ellis! Ruth's life spanned three centuries, and features loud sex, dating at 99, and 101 years of proud lesbianism. Sources If you enjo...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

Having met and fallen in love in Ravensbrück concentration camp during WWII, Nadine Hwang and Nellie Mousset-Vos leave Europe behind in the late 1940s to start a new life in Caracas, Venezuela, living together for over 20 years.
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Nadine Hwang | Queer as Fact

Today's episode is on the Spanish-Chinese pilot, diplomat, and concentration camp survivor Nadine Hwang. Join us to learn about Parisian lesbians, the skills of the ultimate modern women, and Nadine's...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

In the early 20th century, Australian poet Lesbia Harford writes: “Would that I were Sappho, | Greece my land, not this! | There the noblest women, | When they loved, would kiss.”
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Lesbia Harford | Queer as Fact

This episode focuses on Lesbia Harford, an early 20th century Australian woman poet. Lesbia was one of the first female graduates of Melbourne University, a dedicated political activist, and once had ...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

From the 18th to the early 20th century groups of women in Guangdong, China, eschew heterosexual marriage in favour of forming Golden Orchid Societies, sisterhoods which focus on mutual social and financial support, and can include same-gender marriages.
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Golden Orchid Societies | Queer as Fact

Today's episode is on Golden Orchid Societies in southern China. Listen to learn about how mulberries led to female independence, marriage resistance in the Pearl River Delta, and how to propose to yo...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

In the 17th century, Mexican nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz writes love poetry to other women, including one which reads “Your being a woman … cannot pose the slightest hindrance to my love, for you know that our souls have no gender…”
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz | Queer as Fact

Today's episode is on Mexican nun, writer and polymath Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Join Irene and Alice to hear about the realities of life in a 17th century convent, poetry ranging from sweet to filth...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

The Encyclopedia of Pleasure, written in 10th century Baghdad, tells the story of Hind and al-Zarqa', said to have been the first women to have lesbian sex. Their love is described as a model for poets.
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Queer women in medieval Arab literature | Queer as Fact

In this episode, we look at the Quran, 1001 Nights and medieval sex manuals to explore attitudes to queer women in the Middle East, Spain and North Africa from the 9th century to the 14th century. Fin...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

In 203 CE, Saints Felicity and Perpetua are martyred side-by-side. They go on to become a symbol for queer Christians, known as the patron saints of same-sex couples.
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Saints Felicity and Perpetua | Queer as Fact

Today's episode is on the 3rd-century North African saints, Felicity and Perpetua! Join us to hear about queer dreams, the mysterious absence of Felicity and Perpetua's husbands, and why early Christi...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

In the 1st century CE, two Roman women, Fonteia Eleusis and Fonteia Helena, are buried together. Their tombstone shows them grasping their right hands, a traditional symbol of marriage.
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Relationships Between Women in Ancient Rome | Queer as Fact

Queer as Fact is back from hiatus! Today we're talking about relationships between women in ancient Rome. Join us to hear a queer creation myth, read some ancient love poetry, and find out which wheth...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 8d

Happy #InternationalLesbianDay to all the lesbians out there! Hope you're having a wonderful day. Here's a thread of a few historic lesbian stories (not necessarily stories about lesbians, but definitely stories that have a place in the history of wlw) to brighten your day. #lesbianhistory

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 9d

Absolutely incredible find at the op shop today! I can't
believe we just happened to come across these while
Jasmine is working on a Star Trek episode - if only
research were always this easy.
#startrek #fandomhistory

Stack of 1970s Star Trek books featuring 'Meaning in Star Trek'; 'I am not Spock'; copies of 'The Best of Trek' and others

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 14d

It's a flat white, if that's what you mean?

Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 14d

The weather in Melbourne is very bad today so I have settled in for a cosy afternoon of preparing for our next podcast episode.
#TheLeftHandOfDarkness #UrsulaKLeGuin

Photo of a cup of coffee and Ursula K Le Guin's 'The Left Hand of Darkness'

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 15d

New episode! Today's episode is on the a Daoist god of homosexuality, Tu'er Shen. We talk about homosexuality in 18th century China, secret gay statues, and a present-day queer religious space!

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 15d

New episode! Today's episode is on the a Daoist god of homosexuality, Tu'er Shen. We talk about homosexuality in 18th century China, secret gay statues, and a present-day queer religious space!

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 19d

It's not queer history, but... we had a great time today at the Pride Centre watching the AFL grand final with friends (yes we admit it we are sports gays) - and I also picked up a copy of @darcygreenwrites.bsky.social 'After the Siren'! Super excited to read this queer footy romance.

Hand holding Darcy Green's queer footy romance novel 'After the Siren', in front of a screen playing the AFL grand final

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 20d

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Sherlock Holmes | Queer as Fact

Today's episode is on Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic consulting detective! Join us as we talk about aromanticism, turn-of-the-century masculinity,and whether Watson is, in fact, a wo...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 20d

"It was worth a wound–it was worth many wounds–to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask."
-Dr John Watson in 'The Three Garridebs'
We’ve been musing about how 19th-century readers would have interpreted the relationship between Holmes and Watson. What do you reckon?

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 24d

Check out our podcast if you want to hear some of his poetry and find out more:
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Abu Nuwas | Queer as Fact

This week on Queer as Fact, we're talking about the 8th-century Arabic poet Abu Nuwas. Join us to hear about wine poetry, sexuality in the Abbasid caliphate, and fun facts about cheetahs. Transcript a...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 24d

Happy #bisexualawarenessweek! In 8th century Iraq, Abu Nuwas wrote love poetry to both men and women. This wasn’t unusual - the idea that someone could be attracted to multiple genders was widely acknowledged at the time! #bihistory #biweek

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 29d

Happy #bisexualawarenessweek! Did you know that the 14th century Middle English poem ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ features Sir Gawain exchanging kisses with both Lord Bertilak de Hautdesert and his wife?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Queer as Fact

Queer as Fiction is back, and greener than ever, as we discuss the 14th century poem, recently adapted into a film by David Lowery starring Dev Patel, commonly referred to as Sir Gawain and the Green ...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 29d

Yes, absolutely! I haven't read any Dupin (yet) but I definitely came across the edges of this conversation. I would love to know more!

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · Sep 16

What a happy coincidence that it's the start of #bisexualawarenessweek and #FiestasPatrias today - the perfect day to celebrate the bi Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo!

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Frida Kahlo: Part 1 | Queer as Fact

Today's long-awaited episode is on the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Join us for the first of two episodes on Frida, while we discuss pyrotechnic pranks, the first of many self-portraits, and the compli...

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Queer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · Sep 15

New episode out! Today's episode is on Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic consulting detective! Join us as we talk about aromanticism, turn-of-the-century masculinity,and whether Watson is, in fact, a woman.
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#sherlockholmes #queerhistory

New podcast episode: Sherlock Holmes
Sydney Paget illustration of Holmes and Watson sitting in comfy chairs

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