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Historical Homos

Sebastian Hendra

The world"s only no-fucks-given guide to LGBTQ+ history. Join Bash and his brilliant guests each week as they wrench The Gayest Stories Never Told from history"s deepest, darkest closets. Sign up on our website, and follow us on Instagram @historical.homos and TikTok @historicalhomos

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00:56:38

Was Marie Antoinette A Lesbian? (feat. Eleanor Herman)

Historical Homos ·

2025/07/10

She was young, she was hot, and she was hated. But did she eat pu$$y?Marie Antoinette was many things: a teen bride, a fashion icon, and according to Sofia Coppola, a big fan of The Strokes (I knew I liked this bitch!)She's famous nowadays for losing her head, but did she also give it? And to whom / with what degree of relish?In this week’s episode, Bash is joined by bestselling author and royal dirt-digger Eleanor Herman (Sex with Kings, Off With Her Head) to untangle the messy myth and

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01:08:38

Gay Marriage Was The Gayest Love Story Ever Told...

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2025/07/02

Once upon a time—aka the 90s, when I bravely decided to be born—gay marriage was the only thing we queers could talk about. But why? Why were we so hell-bent on getting married? And how did the fight for marriage equality impact real people on the ground?In this episode, Bash is joined by writer and memoirist Jeremy Atherton Lin, author of Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told, to explore the long, messy, and horny history of gay marriage in America—from deportation threats in the 1950s to a

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01:23:34

Tchaikovsky Comes Out To Mother Russia (feat. Simon...

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2025/06/26

Imagine a world where you're Russian, gay, and happy about it.No this is not propaganda from the ultra-secret "Pinko" department of the Kremlin (they def have one of those).This is the very real story of the magnificent Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of the world's greatest composers and a big old homosexual.He wrote the 1812 Overture, The Nutcracker, and the world’s gayest violin concerto (because it's "exuberant"). He also did Swan Lake, by the way, so perhaps most

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01:05:40

A Queer History of Food (feat. Rachel Cleves)

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2025/06/19

What's so gay about food? (Besides the fact that you use your mouth for it.)The answer, OF COURSE, lies in 18th century France.In fact, food's sexy origins go even further back, all the way to the ancients: from Eve's naughty apple to Ancient Roman oysters (they made their orgasms more intense!).But it was the invention of the restaurant in 18th century Paris that made food sexy, dangerous, and ultimately, gay.By the 20th century, figures like Oscar Wilde and the Bloomsbury Set had made

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01:10:34

Toxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology: Part II (feat....

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2025/06/12

Why do bottoms always die in Greek mythology?If you're a fan of Greek myth, you know the gods love to act like humans: they love, they fuck, they fight...they throw dinner parties.But they also love to kill us. When gods show up on Earth, it typically means someone's about to get pregnant or dead, real quick. (Or both.)And the pattern holds for the gay Greek myths. (With admittedly fewer pregnancies carried to term.)Zeus and Apollo never seem able to keep their mortal boyfriends alive, while

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01:02:28

Eleanor Rykener: Trans Sex Worker of Medieval London?...

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2025/06/05

The year is 1395. The city: London. The crime: an "unmentionable, ignominious vice" commonly known as sodomy.And the perp? A rascally, resourceful enigma named John Rykener, who enters the court records "calling herself Eleanor," wearing women's clothes, and defying gravity / everything we know about medieval gender.But John/Eleanor Rykener – or Jeleanor, as they shall henceforth be known to scholars – doesn't map easily onto our modern categories of "trans,"

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00:54:43

The Future of Queer Communism (feat. Eman Abdelhadi)

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2025/06/03

What comes after the collapse of capitalism? Mass famine? Global war? Environmental destruction? Oh wait, all of that's already happening!It seems like, as a species, we're at a bit of a breaking point. Which means revolution is afoot, and we have to wonder: what the hell happens when it gets here? For most of us, though, it's not easy to project what life looks like after the next economic revolution.It's even more complex to wonder what happens to queer life: do we keep all our

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00:51:59

A History of Gay Communism (feat. Josh Rivers)

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2025/05/29

What if it's actually your butthole that will lead the revolution? This week, we're getting penetratingly political with writer and podcaster Josh Rivers (⁠Busy Being Black⁠), as we explore the radical legacy of Mario Mieli's ⁠Towards a Gay Communism⁠.Here's the thing: Capitalism doesn't just steal your time and money—it also reinforces the gender binary, nuclear families, and heterosexual urges (which are totally normal to have!).It turns out Capitalism is extremely tied up in our sex lives,

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00:03:37

Historical Homos: Season 4 Trailer

Historical Homos ·

2025/05/27

We're back my little Hormones! Join Bash and his heavy flow of genius guests this season for another no-fucks-given romp through humanity's Big Gay Past. (We all have one!) Come for the history, stay for the laughs, and if you're lucky, leave with a boner. Please note: Erectile Gift With Purchase (EGWP) not guaranteed. First cum, first served.We'll be penetrating your tight little earholes – with consent – on May 29, 2025. Hit that follow/subscribe button, so you don't miss a

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01:11:59

A Queer History of Sluts (feat. Coco)

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2024/12/26

Happy Hole-idays, my little Hormones!For our last episode of the year, we welcome Coco, the Time Traveling Slut, into your tight little earholes to answer some eternally pressing questions: Where do sluts come from? Have gay men always been promiscuous? Have lesbians not? Who were the greatest skanks in history? And why can't women f*ck in peace, for once, generally speaking, like ever? From the original Biblical temptress, (St)Eve, to Julius Caesar, Charles II, and Marie Antoinette,

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01:02:36

American Teenager: The History of Trans Youth (feat....

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2024/12/12

“Being transgender is the least important thing about me. I’m a person. I’m just a person”– Conner, 18, college student from Ohio Ever wondered what it’s like to be a trans kid in America today? (Hint: it f*cking sucks.) Groups on the right and their politicians use trans kids as pawns in the political game of vote and media attention. And they love to act like trans kids are an anomaly of modern woke leftists. But actually trans youth have been around for centuries in America. And when you

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01:23:22

Abraham Lincoln: Lover of Men (feat. Shaun Peterson)

Historical Homos ·

2024/11/28

Quit playing with your Lincoln log and listen up, because President Abraham Lincoln is here, he's queer, and we all better get used to it!Lincoln is commonly called the greatest president in American history: but what if he was also frequently in love with men? What if he slept with them in bed for years of his life? What if he had moved to Fire Island, fallen in love with Bowen Yang, and roamed the beaches like a giant gay giraffe? Shaun Peterson is the director, writer, and producer of a

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01:08:17

Tamara de Lempicka: Bisexual Baroness of Art Deco...

Historical Homos ·

2024/11/14

"I live life in the margins of society. And the rules of normal society don't apply in the margins."Welcome to the saucy, scandalous slag-paradise that is Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)! Tamara was a Polish-born aristocrat, bisexual painter, and Art Deco diva who took Paris by storm in the 1920s after escaping the Russian Revolution. She was known for her hunger, a deep yearning to become a great artist and gobble up anything and everyone who stood in her path. (Including her husband! Move out

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01:11:52

A Queer History of Mermaids (feat. Sacha Coward)

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2024/10/31

Wait, why are mermaids so gay?It turns out everyone’s favorite sea-gals have been floating around for millennia, from ancient Syrian mer-goddesses to medieval water witches, all the way up to Princess Ariel. But how did these dangerous divas of the deep become the sympathetic heroines we love and cherish today? What is it about mermaids that makes them such magnets for LGBTQ+ symbolism? Join me and Sacha Coward, author of Queer As Folklore, as we unpack the myth, the magic, and the mer-MAN of it

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00:56:40

A Queer Renaissance In Harlem (feat. George M. Johnson)

Historical Homos ·

2024/10/17

How do you start a renaissance?The one woman who knows - Beyoncé - was unavailable to answer my questions. So instead, we've gone back to 1920s Harlem this week, to figure out the good gay truth. It turns out the Harlem Renaissance was a lot more queer than we learned in school. And half of its greatest luminaries, who represented a major step forward in Black queer history, have been largely forgotten today. Three of them are the focus of this week's episode: Alain LeRoy Locke, Gladys

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01:19:33

Thom Gunn: Poet Laureate of the AIDS Epidemic (feat....

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2024/10/03

“I wake up cold, I whoProspered through dreams of heat Wake to their residue, Sweat, and a clinging sheet.” (The Man with Night Sweats, Thom Gunn, 1992) Never heard of Thom Gunn? Me neither! That's because straight people want to destroy us. Thom was one of the great poets of the 20th century, up there with Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes. But he's scarcely remembered in the 21st century, because he was: gay. (end of list) Join us as we explore Thom's leather-harnessed and LSD-fueled

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01:34:25

"Kinaidoi," Forgotten F*ggots of Classical Antiquity?...

Historical Homos ·

2024/09/19

"'Cosmus is a great big cinaedus. He keeps his legs apart and sucks d!ck.' ... I believe that's almost a direct paraphrase."– Professor Tom Sapsford, quoting Ancient Roman graffiti about my biological ancestorsKinaidos (or cinaedus in Latin) was the Ancient Greek word for a depraved, unmanly man who liked to get railed. (LIKE MEEEEE.)Since then, the kinaidos has been used and abused by scholars of classical antiquity for centuries. (LIKE MEEEEE.)Some say he never existed and is more akin to the

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1:11:29

Samurai Sissies: Getting Railed In Medieval Japan...

Historical Homos ·

2024/09/05

“Who knows how many holes actually started wars in Japan…I’m sure many.”– Dylan Adler, Japanese-Jewish comedian to the stars!Join us this week on a rip-roaring ride through Japan's hole-tighteningly gay history.From Buddhist pederasts to sissy samurais and beyond, we explore the kimonos, the scroll paintings, and yes, the hemorrhoidal humor that sustained Japanese homosexuality for over 1,000 years.My guest and I will also – because everyone keeps asking! – give you a full run-down on how to get

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57:41

Virginia Woolf Invented Lesbian Love Letters (Summer...

Historical Homos ·

2024/08/22

I've been talking about gay men for FAR too many episodes recently, so please enjoy this summer repeat of one of my favorite episodes ever from Season 1, with my former co-host Donal Brophy.Virginia Woolf is the more famous author today, but back in the 1920s and 30s, it was her lover and socialite-best-friend (God I need one of those), Vita Sackville-West, who was the celebrity.Virginia and Vita fell in love quickly, and throughout their long friendship – THEY WERE ROOMMATES – they wrote intense,

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1:29:24

Hadrian & Antinous: Toxic Boyfriends of the Roman...

Historical Homos ·

2024/08/08

Is it toxic for a Roman emperor to steal a child from his home, give him all the riches of the world, groom him, and then maybe ask him to kill himself so that he can live?That is what we seek to uncover.The Emperor Hadrian (AD 76 - 138) was one of the not-too-f*cked-up emperors. He liked soldiering but not war, astrology, being gay, hunting, and doing architecture. Trust me, there were a lot worse before him.But how are we to understand the notorious tale of his beloved Antinous, whom he whisked

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