Who Are you?
We often get asked about the details of our personal biographies, especially our pronouns and academic backgrounds.
- Alice (she/her): Alice completed an undergraduate degree in Arts, majoring in Ancient World Studies and alongside a Diploma of Language in Latin. She has since completed a Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies, and is currently studying a Masters in Cultural Heritage, where she has written a thesis on queer representation in museums.
- Eli (he/him): Eli completed an undergraduate degree in Arts with Honours, majoring in Ancient World Studies and Classics. His Honours thesis looked at the works of the ancient Greek poet Sappho.
- Irene (she/her or any ungendered pronouns): Irene completed an undergraduate degree in Arts with Honours, majoring in History and alongside a Diploma of Language in Mandarin. Their Honours thesis was on the ways women navigated their gender and sexuality during the Cultural Revolution era in China.
- Jas (they/them): Jas completed an undergraduate degree in Arts, majoring in Politics & International Studies and Media & Communication. They then completed a Masters in Advertising, where they produced a thesis on YouTube's function as a public sphere in the wake of marriage equality laws passing in the United States.
Which episode should i start with?
Aside from the two-part episodes we have published, there is no set order in which to listen to episodes of Queer as Fact. However, here is a shortlist of episodes we are particularly proud of.
- Frontman of Queen, Freddie Mercury.
- Creator of Moomins Tove Jansson
- Zuni craftsperson and ambassador We'Wha
- Mesopotamian poem The Epic of Gilgamesh
- Activist and lawyer Pauli Murray
Can I Suggest An Episode Topic?
Absolutely! We welcome all audience suggestions for episode topics. While we usually cover the lives of individual people, we also discuss groups of people, places and even objects that have a specific relevance to queer history. We are particularly interested in suggestions which cover pre-19th century history and/or involve societies outside of North America and Western Europe.
Please note that our podcast does not cover people who are still living, and that we have an extensive backlog of suggestions which we are working through.
Please note that our podcast does not cover people who are still living, and that we have an extensive backlog of suggestions which we are working through.
How Can I JOIN YOUR Queer PEN-PAL Club?
1. Fill out this form.
2. We use your info to match you up with a pen-pal.
3. We email you your pen-pal's name, age, bio and email address, and vice versa. We won't be collecting and sharing postal addresses, but we'll try and match up people who are interested in getting snail-mail, and you are welcome to exchange them yourselves.
4. You write queer letters!
2. We use your info to match you up with a pen-pal.
3. We email you your pen-pal's name, age, bio and email address, and vice versa. We won't be collecting and sharing postal addresses, but we'll try and match up people who are interested in getting snail-mail, and you are welcome to exchange them yourselves.
4. You write queer letters!
