Queer Qulture
Your one stop shop for quips, queries, and status quo quaking content. Join Cory and Domenica every week for commentary on all things queer, covering everything from history to pop culture and examining their significance then and now.
Episodes
40 episodes
39. Am I The Asshole?: Gay Edition Part 3
We're back with another installment of Am I The Asshole! Cory brought some SERIOUS doozies, yall. We condemn homophobes, encourage amazing ally dads, and introduce a new biblical city in canon: Scissoring and Gomorrah. Also, a grandma tri...
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Episode 39
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38. Queer Saints
Episode 38 is now live! We’re getting a little Irish and Roman Catholic today, by discussing people who may not even be real - Domenica’s laying out the lives of two saints, St. Brigid of Kildare and St. John the Apostle. We learn many valuable...
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Episode 38
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37. The Lavender Scare
Let us welcome Cory back into the real world, from the deep, insurance pit she has been living in! Which also means she is back to hosting after the three-part Hirschfeld saga! She is presenting the Lavender Scare, during the 1940s-1960s when t...
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Episode 37
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36. Magnus Hirschfeld Part 3
FINALLY, we have reached the end of our series on Magnus Hirschfeld. But first we talk about Moulin Rouge: The Musical. And insurance enrollment periods. But we eventually get there! This week we expand more on the Institute for Sexual Research...
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Episode 36
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35. Magnus Hirschfeld Part 2
Part two of THREE is officially out! Please enjoy the chaos of this episode - Domenica is sick and Magnus Hirschfeld continues to be a trip and a half. Today we get more into some of his philosophies, his scandals, his bad takes, and some sland...
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Episode 35
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34. Magnus Hirschfeld Part 1
Queer Qulture is back with episode 34! Sorry for such a long delay, we have had a lot going on so we had to adjust our schedule. We will now be posting every other week for the foreseeable future. Today’s episode is about the multi-level-market...
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Episode 34
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33. Am I The Asshole?: Gay Edition Part 2
Episode 33 is now live! Today we’re coming at you with another installment of our Am I The Asshole segments! This episode is full of stumpers - some of these you can’t tell WHO’S the asshole, but regardless, someone’s acting assholish. Between ...
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Episode 33
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32. Compton's Cafeteria Riot
Welcome to episode 32!! Try not to share your germs when you share this episode, ye a smack cometh your way. This week’s topic is Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in 1966! Does this sound familiar? On a hot summer night, years of police harassment aime...
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Episode 32
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31. Lili Elbe
Welcome to episode 31!! Today we dive into the real life of Lili Ilse Elvenes, otherwise known as Lili Elbe! A famous painter and trans icon of her time, her story gained international attention again when the 2016 film The Danish Girl, based f...
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30. Laws Affecting LGBTQ+ People in the U.S.
Welcome to episode 30 - what a milestone! To celebrate, we’re discussing a non-encompassing list of LGBTQ+ laws that affect people currently in the United States. Recently, new transphobic laws have been put into place and Cory dug further to f...
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Episode 30
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29. The Legend of the Cut Sleeve
Episode 29 is here! We are delivering a promised topic from our podcast’s trailer - today we’re talking about the Legend of the Cut Sleeve and contemporary China! Long before Genghis Khan invaded, China’s history was interwoven with homosexu...
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Episode 29
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28. Harvey Milk
Episode 28 has hit the waves! Today’s topic is Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician on the San Francisco mayor’s board of supervisors. He had a hand in every pot before he finally was drawn to politics, and excelled as the people’s cham...
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Episode 28
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27. The Symbolism of Flowers
Welcome to Episode 27!! What do lavender, green carnations, and the trillium all have in common? Yes they’re all flowers - but these flowers, along with many others, have symbolized (officially or unofficially) queer romance or intentions. ...
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26. Roy and Silo, Gay Penguins
Episode 26 is here! Today’s topic was kept SECRET until we started recording! Cory presents to us the story of Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins from Central Park Zoo who gained international celebrity status when a children’s book was ...
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Episode 26
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25. Queer Books
If it’s about a girl? Who like girls? You got me, bestie, I’m into it! Episode 25 is HERE! As a young queer teen, Domenica dove headfirst into her local library’s LGBT+ YA collection while unraveling the mystery about herself and the world, jud...
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Episode 25
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24. Queer Celebrities
Welcome to our listicle, I mean episode 24 of Queer Qulture! We’re feeling the chill vibes all summer long with these Sunday releases, and it’s been a while since we recorded, so we detract and go on several small rants. Have no fear! We do not...
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23. Big Eden
Welcome to episode 23 on July 23rd, the beginning of Leo season and Domenica’s birthday!!! Our long awaited episode about Big Eden has arrived! Do NOT listen to the straight people who hated this movie, it wasn’t sad enough for their taste unfo...
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Episode 23
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22. Am I The Asshole?: Gay Edition
We’re switching it up today! Cory collected some PRIMO Am I The Asshole? Reddit posts written by or about gay people in their lives. From homophobic mother in laws to misunderstanding boyfriends, we’ve got it all here for ya today. Gasp and mak...
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Episode 22
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21. Stonewall Uprising Part 2
The much anticipated second part to our Stonewall Uprising episode is here! In episode 21 we will be looking at the night of, the nights that followed, and the legacy the Stonewall Uprising left behind. Find out how we feel about fairies and...
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Episode 21
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20. Stonewall Uprising Part 1
Episode 20 has ARRIVED, and to honor the end of Pride Month we are doing our first TWO PARTER episode and talking about the Stonewall Uprising! Leave everything you thought you knew about the events of Stonewall at the door - the history we get...
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Episode 20
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19. Alan Turing
We're over three weeks deep into Pride Month and this is the first time we're mentioning it? EMBARRASSING! This week's topic is the master of all trades - the mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist Alan Tu...
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Episode 19
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18. Ernestine Eckstein
WELCOME to episode 18 - don't forget to turn your listening ears our way! We are knee deep in Pride Month and celebrating an LGBT activist pre-Stonewall, Ernestine Eckstein! Ernestine is the proof in the pudding - if you have a person who histo...
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Episode 18
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17. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Welcome to episode 17! Join us as we take a ride through the Golden Age of Hollywood! This week Cory presents the book The Seven Husbands of Evelyn of Hugo. We know the title doesn’t sound very gay but trust us, it is! This book made hard le...
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Episode 17
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16. Georges Burou
Welcome to jolly old gay France! This week Domenica presents Dr. Georges Burou, a French gynecologist, whose name gets less coherent every time Domenica says it. Dr. Burou is credited with introducing and innovating the penile inversion that...
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Episode 16
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15. 1950's Gay Vacation Spots
Welcome to the beach! We're bringing your toes to the sand today! To celebrate, Cory is presenting to us 3 "safe haven" towns, or vacation spots and towns that were a safe space for the LGBT community pre-Stonewall Riots: Cherry Grove in NY, Pr...
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Episode 15
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