23. Bury the Hays Code
History is Gay
Leigh Pfeffer
4.6 • 536 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
It's that time of year again, time for the second annual live episode of History is Gay, live-recorded at TGIFemslash, the convention that birthed our little podcast! Join Leigh, Gretchen, and special guest host Morgan as they discuss the origins of queer censorship in the 20th century. They dive into the Hays Code, lesbian pulp fiction, and briefly discuss Patricia Highsmith, author of The Price of Salt---the lesbian pulp fiction novel from 1952 that became the 2015 blockbuster Carol. And don't worry, this story has a happy ending!
Outline
0:00 – Introduction
2:58 – The Hays Code
22:39 – Lesbian Pulp Fiction
35:32 – Patricia Highsmith and The Price of Salt
41:56 – Closing and Where to Find us Online
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to History is Gay, a podcast that examines the underappreciated and overlooked queer ladies, gents, and gentle NBs that have always been there in the unexplored corners of history, because history has never been as straight as you think. My name is Gretchen. |
| 0:31.3 | And I'm Lee. |
| 0:32.7 | And I'm Morgan. |
| 0:34.0 | Hey, we've got a new, that's a new voice. |
| 0:36.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:37.5 | We have a special guest. And not just Yeah. Yeah. We have a special guest. |
| 0:38.7 | Not just a special guest. |
| 0:40.2 | We have a special room full of guests today. |
| 0:44.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:45.2 | We are live at our second TGI Femnslache con. |
| 0:50.2 | Everybody say hi. |
| 0:54.7 | For those of you who may not be aware, this is the con where history is gay was born. |
| 0:58.6 | Yes. |
| 0:58.9 | Burthed. |
| 0:59.4 | Yeah, we were birthed at this con. |
| 1:01.0 | Birthed from the party room late at night. |
| 1:05.5 | Like, hey! |
| 1:07.4 | Do you order to do this thing? |
| 1:09.4 | Like two in the morning. |
| 1:10.5 | Two in the morning? Do you like history, do you like do this thing? Like, two in the morning. Two in the morning? |
| 1:11.3 | Yeah. |
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