History Is Gay: Fucking Superb, You Funky Little Lesbian

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4.7 • 545 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 102 minutes

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We are officially coming up on the end of our summer hiatus! Before we dive into Season 7, we have one more LGBTQ+ podcast to share with you all, this time from our friend Leigh over at History Is Gay. It's time to go all the way back to the start and learn about the absolute legend that is Sappho! ... At long last, hosts Gretchen and Leigh are going back to the beginning, to the OG lesbian: Sappho herself. Despite the dearth of information about her life and history, your hosts still find plenty to say about Sappho, her poetry, her legacy, and all the debate that’s circled around her for years. Find out what Leigh and Gretchen think about the many questions about Sappho and listen to fragmentary poetry filled with queer longing and other relatable feels like fire burning beneath flesh, wind crashing through mountain oaks, and…celery. Outline 0:00 – Introduction 4:57 – Main Topic: The OG Lesbian Sappho 5:08 – Socio-Historical Context 13:02 – Who were they? Bio Time. 23:42 – Sappho’s Poetry 56:12 – Fun Segment: Word of the Week 1:16:40 – Why do we think they're gay? 1:30:12 – How Gay were They? 1:33:48 – Closing and Where to Find us Online Find a full list of sources and bonus content at www.historyisgaypodcast.com. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe to History Is Gay wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's hang out.
0:03.2	And let's talk about what lessons are found.
0:06.8	Let's hang out.
0:07.7	And let's listen to two heads me and shout.
0:10.4	Let's hang out.
0:14.7	Hey, out.
0:16.3	It's our last week of our summer hiatus.
0:19.6	That's right.
0:20.3	Season 7 is just around the corner.
0:23.2	And to introduce our last summer spotlight, I get to tell one of my favorite stories
0:27.3	about the time that I went to a Winona Earp watch party at a bar in San Francisco.
0:34.1	I walk in.
0:35.1	I knew no one there.
0:36.1	Then one of the first people that I met was another pretty small gay who was also named Lee. And over the course of the night, we learned that we were both about to launch queer podcasts. We were born in the same year. We lived within about two miles of each other, and we drove nearly identical cars.
0:55.9	And that doppelgayer that I met that night is Lee, who is the host of History is Gay.
1:01.6	So enjoy this episode where they are taking us way back to the OG lesbian Sappho herself.
1:08.8	That's right.
1:09.9	Enjoy this episode.
1:12.9	We'll see you for our season seven launch next week. Hello and welcome to History is Gay, a podcast that examines the underappreciated
1:20.1	and overlooked queer ladies, gents, and gentle enbies that have always been there in the
1:25.3	unexplored corners of history, because history has never
1:28.7	been as straight as you think.
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