Historical Homos

"All male, all-whale orgies"...need I say more?We're back with another extra special episode for Pride Month 2024! And this one is a DOOZY, my little Hormones.First of all, let me just say..."You know you're gay right?"That's my impression of me talking to every living animal on this good, green Earth.Because it turns out animals have been gay for millennia (stop copying me, guys!)

"Gay didn't always exist, but 'bottom' kind of did!"How did people douche back in the day? Did they have lube? And how'd they find other gays to get off with?In a turn of events that will shock absolutely no one, history is FULL of queer men doing the deed.We boinked, we douched, we lubed, we bathed, and we cruised – long before today's modern luxuries, like running water...or Gu

"And what we have to get into our heads, although it is difficult, is that [the] glamour of love, odd as it may sound, is just as much present between two homosexuals as it is between a man and a woman."- Lord Brabazon of Tara, House of Lords, December 1957What was it like to be a (practicing) gay man in London after the Second World War? I thought you'd never ask...The short answe

PERIOD PIECE is back!Lucy returns, with her flow in tow, for another historical film that I mansplain to her because education 👏 never 👏 stops.This month, we're digging into MAESTRO, Bradley Cooper's biopic about the glorious, complicated, and very gay star conductor of the 20th century: Leonard Bernstein.Lenny was so much more than Gigi Hadid's boyfriend shows us. His life w

"Saint Sebastian is really just a Bored Office Twink." – R. Eric Thomas (April 2024)Welcome to the wildly erotic, superheroic world of Saint Sebastian, who was initially martyred as a rugged Roman soldier before he blossomed into the lithe, Lana-Del-Rey-loving twink we cherish today.Scientists now know it was the extremely gay Italian Renaissance that decided Saint Sebastian shou

"And it is well-known that the King of England f*cks the Duke of Buckingham." – Theophile de Viau (1628)If you've been watching Mary & George on STARZ, then you must be desperate to know how much of it is true. And the answer, my curious queers, is: a lot!George Villiers, the scheming twink who dominated King James I's court, was hot and 100% DTF. He won titles, land, and mon

Long live Queen James I of England!James, as our guest Guy Branum notes this week, was always a little “dyke-y”.Obsessed with love and relationships, she ruled Scotland and England entirely from her heart – and through her loins. James was known above all for promoting his male favourites to intolerable positions of power and wealth.The rest of the court loathed these schemin

Welcome to our queer book club! Here's your cat and gluten-free martini, please have a seat.This week we're discussing Virginia Woolf's suicide (it's my Roman Empire), giant red leather dildos, and the realization that sex between women may be the greatest threat to masculinity in 10,000 years.You'll find it all and more, you greedy guts, in our hilarious and fascinating interview

Historical Homos is back! This week we cover George Sand, who was, get this, a woman! And a writer! And queer!George wrote over 70 novels and plays between 1804 and 1876, during which she witnessed the rise and fall of SEVEN political regimes in France. When she wasn't busy writing about women's oppression and worker's rights, she was actively rubbing shoulders (and genitals) with

While Lucy is off gallivanting in Europe this week, spreading hetero cheer to the needy, we invited our dear friend, Rachel Joravsky, to talk about a fascinating, but oft-overlooked group: Ancient. Jewish. Lesbians.Rachel is a TV writer, comedian, activist, educator, and self-acclaimed power Jewess, so naturally we took a gay look together at The Book of Ruth (shout out to all the