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Historical Homos

Historical Homos

By: Sebastian Hendra
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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 @historicalhomosSebastian Hendra Social Sciences World
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  • How Lesbians Invented Fashion (And Monocles), feat. Ellie Medhurst
    Jul 2 2026

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    HAVE YOU HEARD OF FASHION?
    HAVE YOU HEARD OF LESBIANS?
    Well then, this might be the episode for you.

    Now, we all know lesbians can chop wood and bring order to almost any situation – that is why they are so highly paid, and why I, personally, feel subservient to them. #GayRights

    And yet, despite their near-total domination of the world order (and my life), fashion is not one of the accomplishments we typically associate with our lesbian overlords.

    This is bigoted and historically wrong, because many lesbian women helped invent Fashion.

    Some of the most notorious lesbian and bisexual women over the last 500 years were known for their bold fashion choices, from King Christina's equestrian menswear to Anne Lister's combinations of lace bonnets and lordly overcoats. (If one is going to extract coal from one's land, one must serve cunt!)

    In the last two centuries, in particular, lesbians got even more experimental. The Sapphic revival in the Victorian Era brought Grecian fabrics to prewar England and France, while the Post-WWI Gender Revolution brought monocles and tailored suits to Berlin, Paris, and Harlem.

    These advances in sartorial lesbian technology didn't just allow women to experiment with fashion. They allowed lesbians to do what they do best: find one another, fall in love, move in together, break up, and then fall in love with each other's exes.

    AND THEY LOOKED FIERCE WHILE THEY DID IT.

    Join Bash and his lesbian fashionista expert guest this week, Eleanor Medhurst, as they uncover and recover the story of what lesbians wore and why we're still talking about it today.

    Florals for spring may be groundbreaking – but lesbian fashion has always been herstory-making. (I'll workshop it...)

    🎧 Listen now on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you pod. Monocle and pantsuit sold separately.

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    Episode Credits

    Written and hosted by Bash
    Edited by Alex Toskas
    Produced by Dani Henion
    Guest: Eleanor Medhurst

    © Sebastian Hendra 2026

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Toxic Boyfriends of Ancient Democracy: Harmodius & Aristogeiton (feat. Harry Tanner)
    Jun 18 2026

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    2,500 years ago, two gay guys and an extremely toxic third inadvertently gave birth to Greek democracy.

    Yes, my proud brethren, long before anyone threw the first brick, we stabbed the first tyrant.

    In typical straight fashion, over the course of two millennia, the straight world forgot about our sacrifice.

    But that stops NOW.

    Harmodius & Aristogeiton are little known to us modern queers, but in antiquity they were notorious. The Ladies Liberty of the ancient world.

    But were they actually gay lovers? Did their boy-on-boy love usher in the world's first radical democracy? Can one top and one bottom really change the world?

    The answers await in the warm, milky hot tub that is queer history – so come on in, the water is...human temperature.

    🎧 Listen now on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you pod. Sandals and olive-scented Gun Oil sold separately.

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    Episode Credits

    Written and hosted by Bash
    Edited by Alex Toskas
    Produced by Dani Henion
    Guest: Harry Tanner

    © Sebastian Hendra 2026

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Edward II: England's Gayest King Ever? (feat. Kit Heyam)
    Jun 4 2026

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    HI GAY! Happy Pride.

    In honour of this year's festivities, we're kicking off the month with one of the more obscure Yesterqueers in the Historical Homos canon. Why? Because we can. Don't like it? You're homophobic.

    King Edward II was not only a massive F-slur, he was also one of the worst kings in English history. AND YEAH YOU CAN BE BOTH. THAT IS EQUALITY.

    Join Bash and his brilliant host, Kit Heyam, who wrote the book on Edward II and is a bestselling author of trans history, to uncover the truth of Edward's very gay ways.

    Why was he obsessed with fitness and DIY projects? Who was he shtupping at court? And how should one allocate wealth and privilege to the nobility when hot people technically deserve them more?

    All will be revealed inside the queer cauldron, so take your filthy peasant slippers off and get ready to dive in. The water is...human temperature.

    🎧 Listen now on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you pod. Hair shirt and crown sold separately.

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    ⭐ Most importantly, if you like what you hear, please leave us a ⭐ FIVE STAR ONLY ⭐ review on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify.

    Episode Credits
    Written and hosted by Bash
    Edited by Alex Toskas
    Produced by Dani Henion
    Guest: Kit Heyam

    © Sebastian Hendra 2026

    ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 12 mins
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