Podcasts by Gay of the Day. Profiling notable LGBT people from history.
An amateur historian with a fully stocked bar and a boundless curiosity.
Further podcasts by Frank Howard
Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur
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Gay of the Day 56: "The Misadventures of Tommy Kirk". from 2018-11-24T16:56:06
A Mouseketeer and a Disney movie icon who was fired by Uncle Walt because he liked boys.
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Thanksgiving Special! from 2018-11-20T12:50:51
(Actually, a rerun of episode 16 about a Native American princess who took Washington D.C. by storm)
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Gay of the Day 55: Good Food, Good Sex, Good Life. from 2018-11-16T12:26:18
The world's first television chef and the dean of American cookery, James Beard.
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Gay of the Day 54: It's Hard To Believe It! from 2018-11-09T16:03:47
One of pop music's true oddballs, visionary record producer Joe Meek.
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Gay of the Day 53: All Saints Day from 2018-11-01T14:58
I investigate the cult surrounding Saint Sebastian, plus Saints Sergius and Bacchus and same-sex marriage in the ancient Christian Church.
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Gay of the Day 52: Anthony Perkins Is Not Norman Bates. from 2018-10-25T14:38:05
The life and career of one of the most influential movie actors, Anthony Perkins.
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Gay of the Day 51: Shadow Of the Vampire from 2018-10-21T07:31:54
Author of the first book about vampires, appropriately titled "The Vampyre", John Polidori.
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Gay of the Day 50: Scream Queen. from 2018-10-18T13:50:47
Horror's first, and so far only, male scream queen, actor Mark Patton.
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Gay of the Day 49: When Smokey Sings. from 2018-10-15T13:14:32
A rock music legend, recently rediscovered, who was shamelessly and defiantly gay, John "Smokey" Condon.
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Gay of the Day 48: Anger Issues. from 2018-10-12T04:03:38
Independent film pioneer, inventor of Queer Cinema, and hero to Warhol, Lynch, and Scorsese. Filmmaker Kenneth Anger.
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Gay of the Day 47: Sodomite From Birth. from 2018-09-20T04:39:13
The inventor of porn, Pietro Aretino.
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Gay of the Day 46: Attention Closeted Actors! from 2018-09-17T04:23:45
You can be a leading man while being openly gay. Screen legend Jean Marais.
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Gay of the Day 45: The Girl Can't Help It. from 2018-09-14T04:42:08
Rock & roll architect Little Richard.
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Gay of the Day 44: Gimme A Break. from 2018-09-11T04:37:18
Singer, actress, and t.v. icon Nell Carter.
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Gay of the Day 42: The King Who Was Queen from 2018-09-04T14:10:20
King James I of England. Incidentally, I've been in more motel rooms than the King James Bible.
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Gay of the Day 40: Do You Wanna Bang? from 2018-06-28T00:34:37
A trailblazer who paid the cost for choosing to be out in the 1800s. One hell of a writer, Herman Bang.
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Gay of the Day 39: American Gigolo from 2018-06-24T14:07:49
The most famous (and expensive) male prostitute, Denny Fouts.
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Gay of the Day 38: The Most Famous Unknown in the World from 2018-06-21T23:47:34
The incredible Djuna Barnes.
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Gay of the Day 37: El Greco, El Homo from 2018-06-18T05:02:25
Inside the bedroom of a nonpareil artist who changed art forever.
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Gay of the Day 36: Paradise Found from 2018-06-14T23:53:49
An artist who scanned the globe to find a place where he could be gay in peace.
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Gay of the Day 35: A Girl Called Dusty from 2018-06-10T16:46:47
Music icon Dusty Springfield.
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Gay of the Day 34: The Real Ginger from 2018-06-07T03:39:19
Dance legend Fred Astaire's artistic partner, Hermes Pan.
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Gay of the Day 33: The Slutty Professor from 2018-06-03T22:15:10
Exhaustive sex researcher, the Oscar Wilde of pornography, and grandfather of the tramp stamp.
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Gay of the Day 32: Monty Got a Raw Deal from 2018-05-30T01:28:06
Hollywood legend Montgomery Clift.
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Gay of the Day 31: Sodom on the Hudson from 2018-05-25T04:56:48
Gay sex in 1970's New York, and the man who captured it with his camera.
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Gay of the Day 30: Greece is the Word from 2018-05-21T00:44:24
What made Alexander "Great?" Good lovin'.
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Gay of the Day 28: This Woman's Work from 2018-05-11T05:39:17
She directed one of the greatest achievements in cinema. Please don't make me watch it again.
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Gay of the Day Episode 27: Felix/Felicity from 2018-05-08T00:54:35
A (mostly) gay crossdressing Russian prince responsible for one of history's most famous murders.
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Gay of the Day 26: Wild and Lonely from 2018-05-02T03:54:59
The unique 1980's pop singer you've probably never heard of.
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Gay of the Day 25: The Case of the Husky Homo from 2018-04-28T04:35:24
The dual life of tv's most famous lawyer.
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Gay of the Day 24: Portrait of John Singer Sargent from 2018-04-24T03:50:42
A splendid artist and frenzied bugger.
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Gay of the Day 23: Charming Little Monster from 2018-04-20T04:03:23
Literature's ultimate bad girl.
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Gay of the Day 22: Climax in C Major from 2018-04-16T04:32:28
Get ear fucked by one of history's greatest composers.
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Gay of the Day 21: Nature Boy from 2018-04-11T04:07:34
A studly scientist and one of the greatest minds in history. A man whose influence is felt to this day.
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Gay of the Day 20: Depravity, Ecstasy, and Horror from 2018-04-06T04:31:14
The salacious tale of Anita Berber and Sebastian Droste.
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Gay of the Day 18: Something To Live For from 2018-03-30T04:09:24
A music man with distingué traces.
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Gay of the Day 17: Hail To the Queen from 2018-03-27T03:42:41
The closets of Buckingham Palace.
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Gay of the Day 16: Beads in the Medicine Bag from 2018-03-23T03:47:07
A Native American "princess" civilizes the white man.
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Gay of the Day Episode 15: A Fairy Tale from 2018-03-18T03:29:53
One of Hollywood's best gay clowns.
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Gay of the Day Episode 14: The Boy Who Could Fly from 2018-03-13T03:18:31
A leotarded legend goes nutcrackers.
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Gay of the Day Episode 10: The Phantom Dandy from 2018-02-23T01:02:56
A gay Lothario takes Paris by storm.
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Gay of the Day #7 The Little Old Lesbian Ladies of Llangollen. from 2018-02-12T06:00:43
A lesbian couple becomes a tourist attraction in 18th century Wales.
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Gay of the Day #5 Batting For the Home Team. from 2018-02-05T04:30:19
The rise, fall, and legacy of a gay major leaguer.
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Gay of the Day #4 The Space Between from 2018-02-01T04:40:06
A transgender artist who outfoxed the nazis.
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Gay of the Day # 3 Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy from 2018-01-31T01:06:58
Our first gay president.
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