Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire
Today's episode is on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and its TV adaptation Game of Thrones. Listen in as we discuss how queer representation changed from page to screen, the ways medieval...
31 Mar 20191h 22min
Marsha P Johnson
Today, we're talking about the life of Marsha P Johnson, a trans activist most famous for her involvement in the Stonewall Riots. We touch on topics including STAR, an organisation supporting homeless...
15 Mar 20191h 16min
Fanny Park and Stella Boulton
Today we are talking about Fanny Park and Stella Boulton, two transfeminine people who were the subject of a sensational trial in Victorian England. Tune in to hear about drag balls, whether pornograp...
28 Feb 20191h 25min
The Handmaiden & Fingersmith
Today's episode of Queer as Fiction covers the 2002 novel Fingersmith, written by famed queer author Sarah Waters (three time nominee for the Man Booker prize), as well as its 2016 film adaptation The...
15 Feb 20191h 9min
Stormé DeLarverie
Today's episode is on queer activist, drag performer, and gay superhero Stormé DeLarverie. Join us to hear your hosts discuss the history of drag performance, Stormé's short-lived career as a circus p...
1 Feb 20191h 6min
Julius Caesar
Today's episode is on Julius Caesar! Join us for a discussion of Caesar's dress sense, old men yelling at clouds, and our theories on what did happen in that bedroom in Bithynia two thousand years ago...
15 Jan 201952min
Bohemian Rhapsody, Colette, and Vita & Virginia
Happy New Year! Today we bring you a very special episode of Queer as Fiction, covering not one, but three queer, historical films from 2018. Join us as we discuss depictions of mental illness in Vita...
31 Des 20181h 27min
Freddie Mercury
Today we are talking about the frontman of Queen, Freddie Mercury! Tune in to learn about Freddie’s college antics, his rise to fame, and his many, many cats. December is AIDS Awareness Month, and Fre...
15 Des 20181h 16min
