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Queer as Fact

Dr James Barry: Part 1

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4.8 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

This week, Queer as Fact is talking about the 19th-century British military surgeon, Dr James Barry. Join us to hear about anatomy classes in the 1800s, James' scandalous relationship with the governor of Cape Town, and two bonus James Barrys! Check out our website, where you can find out everything there is to know about Queer as Fact.  If you enjoy our content, consider supporting us on Patreon, checking out our merch, and following us on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Queer as Fact, the podcast bringing you queer history from around the world

0:04.2

and throughout time.

0:05.3

My name is Eli.

0:06.2

I'm Alice.

0:07.1

And today we're talking about the 19th century British military surgeon, Dr. James Barry.

0:20.3

I'd like to acknowledge the Wawandari warrior-run people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional

0:24.9

owners of the land on which we record this podcast and pay respects to their elders past and

0:29.7

present.

0:30.3

We recognize them as the custodians of an oral history tradition far older than this podcast.

0:35.0

We also have some content warnings before we start this episode.

0:38.0

This episode contains, I would say, fairly mild discussions of general periodical misogyny,

0:44.0

homophobia, transphobia, racism and colonialism. It will also contain misgendering in quotes,

0:49.6

and there will also be brief mentions of imprisonment, dissection of human remains, and

0:53.9

grave robbery, death

0:55.3

in childbirth, gun violence, and sex. If any of that sounds like something that you don't want

1:00.0

to listen to, please feel free to skip this episode and listen to one of our other episodes.

1:04.3

Lastly, I wanted to just say a few brief words about our sources before we get started.

1:10.2

There have been a few biographies of James written over the last few decades.

1:14.2

The one that I relied on the most was the most recent one.

1:17.1

Michael DePries and Jeremy Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Brunfield's 2016 biography, Dr. James Barry,

1:21.5

a woman ahead of her time.

1:23.5

After a great start with that title.

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