Episodes

  • Ep 1: Gladys Bentley
    Jun 9 2021

    When sexually explicit lyrics are the least scandalous part of your persona, you know you’re doing something right. Tux and top hat wearing Gladys Bentley was the toast of 1920s Harlem queer culture.

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    39 mins
  • Ep 2: Bobbie Lea Bennett
    Jun 9 2021

    Bingo, Barbie and big car journeys: few people knew how to get media attention like Bobbie Lea Bennett, forcing 1970s Medicare to consider trans rights through a different lens.

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    23 mins
  • Ep 3: Princess Seraphina
    Jun 9 2021

    Breeches, petticoats and late night Chelsea scandals are all in vogue for our cross-dressing 18th century icon.

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    28 mins
  • Ep 4: Dr Evelyn Hooker
    Jun 9 2021

    Although her mission in the 1950s was to educate the scientific community about the true nature of homosexuality, Dr Evelyn Hooker’s story teaches us a lot about allyship to this day.

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    35 mins
  • Ep 5: Mundo Meza
    Jun 9 2021

    Rockstar banquets, glitter queens and warthog-head window displays - how could anyone forget the work of 1970s Los Angeles artist Mundo Meza?

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    35 mins
  • Ep 6: Yoyo
    Jun 9 2021

    Organising against repressive laws is no song and dance, but Yoyo might argue otherwise. This queer icon proves punk’s not dead and neither is the spirit of Malaysia’s queer community.

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    37 mins
  • Ep 7: William Dorsey Swann
    Jun 9 2021

    A century and a half before RuPaul’s Drag Race, masquerade balls and queer liberation were the norm for Washington drag royalty, William Dorsey Swann.

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    31 mins
  • Ep 8: Esan Regmi
    Jun 9 2021

    They say actions speak louder than words, but Esan Regmi opts for both, using storytelling to create space for intersex activism in Nepal.

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    33 mins