Best Leigh Pfeffer Podcasts (2024)

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0.20. Dialing in to Gender: Tracing Trans Internet History with Avery Dame-Griff 1:02:54

9M ago1:02:54

1:02:54

In this interview episode, Leigh sits down with scholar and creator of the Queer Digital History Project Avery Dame-Griff to discuss his book The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet and all it contains about the magic of the evolution of trans folks on the internet. From BBSes (bulletin board system) to Twitter, we discuss how tr…

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46. A Husband is Unnecessary: Yoshiya Nobuko & Japanese Girls' Culture 1:42:58

10M ago1:42:58

1:42:58

This episode has EVERYTHING: gay haircuts, yearning, rage against the patriarchy, they were *roommates*....let’s talk about the magical world of Yoshiya Nobuko, girls’ culture, and lesbian fiction in Taishō era Japan! Leigh is joined by guest host Erica Friedman, speaker, editor, researcher and an expert on all things Yuri. Yoshiya Nobuko was an ex…

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History is Gay Presents: LGBTQ+ History Trivia Night! 1:17

12M ago1:17

1:17

Hello queerlings! Leigh here with an exciting announcement! | Join us on Sunday, October 1 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time / 8:00 pm Eastern for our first-ever virtual LGBTQ+ History Trivia Night, presented by History is Gay! All listeners and friends are invited to come join the fun, make a team (or get to know new friends), and flex your queer history an…

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0.19. Classical Myths, Monsters, and Ancient Gays: A Conversation with Liz Gloyn 55:03

1y ago55:03

55:03

In this interview episode, Leigh talks with Dr. Elizabeth Gloyn, Reader in Latin Language and Literature at Royal Holloway, the University of London, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research focuses on the intersection between Latin literature, ancient philosophy, and gender studies; as well as topics of classical reception…

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45. There's No Crying in Baseball, But There Are Lesbians! Queer History of the AAGPBL 1:45:22

1y ago1:45:22

1:45:22

An episode Leigh has been dreaming of since the start of the pod is finally here! In this ep, Leigh is joined by guest host Frankie de la Cretaz, sports journalist, queer history buff, and certified Gaylor Swiftie, to discuss the queer history of women’s baseball & softball, in particular the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball Le…

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0.18. Take Me Out to the Ball Gayme: Will Graham Talks "A League of Their Own" 41:10

1+ y ago41:10

41:10

Have you, like our dear host Leigh, gotten totally sucked into the amazing new Amazon Prime adaptation of A League of Their Own? Do you want to hear all about the show, its meticulous research into queer life of the 1940s and how the writers, producers, and cast opened up the scope of the movie to focus on the lives of the All-American Girls Profes…

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0.17. Dip Me in Honey & Throw Me To the Lesbians: Queer Feminist Restaurant History 48:22

1+ y ago48:22

48:22

Anyone remember that pin & bumper sticker with the slogan that serves as the title for this episode? Well, I hope you’re hungry, because we’re talking lesbians and food in this interview with Dr. Alex Ketchum, Director of the Just Feminist Tech and Scholarship Lab, lecturer, and author, whose work integrates food, environmental, technological, and …

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44. Can We Just Title An Episode "F*ck Colonialism"?: Reclaiming Two-Spirit Histories 1:36:22

1+ y ago1:36:22

1:36:22

For this episode, Leigh is joined by guest host Sam Campbell for the pod’s first episode focusing on Indigenous North America, discussing the history behind various Two-Spirit identities and Indigenous cultural norms around gender and sexuality. In this episode, we’ll talk about the pre-colonial significance of Two-Spirit people to Indigenous commu…

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0.16. Undoing Silence: Hugh Ryan & The Women's House of Detention 50:02

1+ y ago50:02

50:02

In this interview episode, Leigh sits down for a conversation with historian and writer Hugh Ryan about his landmark book The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison. The Women's House of Detention is the story of one building: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired. Listen for an …

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0.15. Malinda Lo and Queer YA Historical Fiction 28:48

2y ago28:48

28:48

Another interview episode for you all in the feed today, this time Leigh sat down with author Malinda Lo about her writing, her interest and research into queer history, and the trajectory of queer literature since her first published book in 2009. Her award-winning novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a queer historical fiction coming-of-age …

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0.14. A Pod Meets BROS Love Story: Making Queer (Romcom) History! 18:57

2y ago18:57

18:57

While Leigh is working on putting together the next regular History is Gay episode for you, we've got a special treat in the form of a minisode, all about the new film BROS, making history as the first romantic comedy from a major film studio about two gay men and featuring an all LGBTQ+ principal cast! It's uproariously funny, filled with queer hi…

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0.13. Before We Were Trans: A Convo with Kit Heyam 35:44

2y ago35:44

35:44

For this bonus episode, Leigh sat down with Dr. Kit Heyam, university lecturer, queer history activist, and trans awareness trainer, about their new book, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender. We talked about gender diversity throughout the world, the importance of getting into “messy” or not easily-categorized gender variance in queer his…

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43. Rainbow Rising: Homo-Feels About Homophiles, Part 2 1:25:58

2y ago1:25:58

1:25:58

For this episode, Leigh is joined again by guest host Tyler Albertario, as we continue diving into the history of the Homophile movement. In this second and final part of this discussion, Leigh and Tyler cover the rise of East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), its restructuring as the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO)…

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42. Rainbow Rising: Homo-Feels about Homophiles, Part 1 1:34:46

2y ago1:34:46

1:34:46

By Leigh Pfeffer

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0.12. Florine Stettheimer's Gay Salon (An Interview with Barbara Bloemink) 53:22

2+ y ago53:22

53:22

For this bonus episode, we're bringing you an interview with esteemed art historian, art director, and curator Barbara Bloemink about her recently published comprehensive biography of turn-of-the-century Modernist painter Florine Stettheimer. Stettheimer, a cousin of Natalie Clifford Barney's, painted the vibrant world of New York between the two w…

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41. Send in the Clowns: Anita Bryant, the Briggs Initiative, and the Rise of the Anti-Gay Right 1:36:04

2+ y ago1:36:04

1:36:04

Buckle up, folks – this episode contains your hosts doing a lot of swears and yelling at the general AAAAAAAAAHHHHH of the world right now. For this episode, Leigh is joined once again by guest host Aubree Calvin, for a crossover episode with Southern Queeries talking about the rise of the anti-gay Christian right movement and homophobic legislatio…

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40. Real-Life Xenas: Warrior Women Across the World 1:42:28

2+ y ago1:42:28

1:42:28

Happy 2022 and welcome to another episode of History is Gay! This time, we’re picking up where we left off with Meghan Rose and S.C. Lucier in our discussion of Amazons and real-life warrior women in history! It’s not just the Greco-Roman world that marveled at fierce, strong female fighters, but all over the world! This episode, we’re visiting Ben…

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39. The Amazons: Stoner Horse Girl Warriors of Antiquity 1:50:59

2+ y ago1:50:59

1:50:59

Today’s episode brings you not one, but two, wonderful guest hosts – Meghan Rose and S.C. Lucier, (known collectively as Lucier&Rose), the creators of Xena: Warrior Musical - The Lost Scroll, joining Leigh to talk about everyone’s favorite badass warrior women of antiquity, Amazons! In this first part of a two-part episode examining warrior women t…

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38. Trans-sister Radio: Synth Icon Wendy Carlos 1:35:40

3y ago1:35:40

1:35:40

If you’ve ever enjoyed disco, EDM, changed your voice with auto-tune, or danced along to Daft Punk, you’ve got the subject of today’s episode to thank! In this episode of History is Gay, Leigh is joined by guest host Hannah van Rhee (they/them) of the QueerSounds Podcast to talk about Wendy Carlos, electronic music pioneer, synthesizer queen, film …

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37. The Life of Pauli Murray: My Gender is Imp, Part 2 1:26:07

3y ago1:26:07

1:26:07

In this episode of History is Gay, Leigh and guest host Aubree Calvin return to the story of Pauli Murray, an important African American lawyer, and activist who is finally getting the historical attention they deserve. In their time, Murray was a labor rights, civil rights, and women’s rights activist, and broke significant barriers all while faci…

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0.11. "I Need You to Lick Bush in '92": Whitney Skauge and The Beauty President 32:54

3y ago32:54

32:54

We're bringing you a bonus episode as a post-Pride gift! Back in April, Leigh sat down with filmmaker Whitney Skauge (they/them) to talk about their new documentary short, The Beauty President. The Beauty President offers a glimpse into the story of Terence Alan Smith. In 1992, Smith, also known by his drag name, Joan Jett Blakk, made a historic bi…

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36. The Life of Pauli Murray: Confrontation by Typewriter, Part 1 1:31:57

3y ago1:31:57

1:31:57

In this episode of History is Gay, Leigh and guest host Aubree Calvin discuss Pauli Murray, an important African American lawyer, and activist who is finally getting the historical attention they deserve. In their time, Murray was a labor rights, civil rights, and women’s rights activist, and broke significant barriers all while facing sexism and r…

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35. Claim to Flame: Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis and her Harem Scarem 1:32:11

3+ y ago1:32:11

1:32:11

In this episode of History is Gay Leigh and guest host Amanda Helton discuss Mary Edmonia “Wildfire” Lewis, the first internationally recognized African American and indigenous artist in the United States. Join us while we ponder how exactly a literal 2-ton sculpture goes missing, discuss the merits of lesbian drama in 1800s Rome, and did you know …

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34. Queers in the Civil Rights Movement 1:38:29

3+ y ago1:38:29

1:38:29

For today’s episode, Leigh is joined by return guest host, Aubree Calvin, to commemorate Black History Month by telling the stories of some folks who made contributions to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s whose queerness has been overlooked or erased, and the ways in which the tremendous work done by Black activists was absolutely essential t…

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0.10. More on the OG Lesbian and Exploring Sappho with Sweetbitter Podcast 36:45

3+ y ago36:45

36:45

It's been one heck of a year, huh queerlings? This month, while we're not able to bring you a regular episode of History is Gay, we are treating you to a special delight in the form of our fantastic conversation with the wonderful minds and gayness behind the brand new (or at least it was when we recorded this) Sweetbitter Podcast, all about Sappho…

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0.20. Dialing in to Gender: Tracing Trans Internet History with Avery Dame-Griff 1:02:54

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46. A Husband is Unnecessary: Yoshiya Nobuko & Japanese Girls' Culture 1:42:58

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History is Gay Presents: LGBTQ+ History Trivia Night! 1:17

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0.19. Classical Myths, Monsters, and Ancient Gays: A Conversation with Liz Gloyn 55:03

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45. There's No Crying in Baseball, But There Are Lesbians! Queer History of the AAGPBL 1:45:22

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0.18. Take Me Out to the Ball Gayme: Will Graham Talks "A League of Their Own" 41:10

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0.17. Dip Me in Honey & Throw Me To the Lesbians: Queer Feminist Restaurant History 48:22

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44. Can We Just Title An Episode "F*ck Colonialism"?: Reclaiming Two-Spirit Histories 1:36:22

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0.16. Undoing Silence: Hugh Ryan & The Women's House of Detention 50:02

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0.15. Malinda Lo and Queer YA Historical Fiction 28:48

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0.14. A Pod Meets BROS Love Story: Making Queer (Romcom) History! 18:57

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0.13. Before We Were Trans: A Convo with Kit Heyam 35:44

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43. Rainbow Rising: Homo-Feels About Homophiles, Part 2 1:25:58

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42. Rainbow Rising: Homo-Feels about Homophiles, Part 1 1:34:46

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0.12. Florine Stettheimer's Gay Salon (An Interview with Barbara Bloemink) 53:22

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41. Send in the Clowns: Anita Bryant, the Briggs Initiative, and the Rise of the Anti-Gay Right 1:36:04

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40. Real-Life Xenas: Warrior Women Across the World 1:42:28

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39. The Amazons: Stoner Horse Girl Warriors of Antiquity 1:50:59

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38. Trans-sister Radio: Synth Icon Wendy Carlos 1:35:40

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37. The Life of Pauli Murray: My Gender is Imp, Part 2 1:26:07

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0.11. "I Need You to Lick Bush in '92": Whitney Skauge and The Beauty President 32:54

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36. The Life of Pauli Murray: Confrontation by Typewriter, Part 1 1:31:57

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35. Claim to Flame: Edmonia "Wildfire" Lewis and her Harem Scarem 1:32:11

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34. Queers in the Civil Rights Movement 1:38:29

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0.10. More on the OG Lesbian and Exploring Sappho with Sweetbitter Podcast 36:45

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