Nellie Small

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🗓️ 1 June 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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We're back! Today's episode is on the Australian singer and male impersonator, Nellie Small. Join us to hear about the experiences of people of colour in 20th-century Australia, Nellie's extensive and stylish suit collection, and an unfortunate reminder that, regardless of your gender presentation, your boss will always try to steal your wages. Check out our website, where you can find our sources, as well as 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 Instagram, Tumblr and Bluesky.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Queer as FACT, the podcast bringing you queer history from around the world and throughout time.
0:05.3	My name is Alice.
0:06.5	I'm Irene.
0:07.6	And I'm Eli.
0:08.5	And today we're talking about the Australian entertainer and male impersonator Nelly Small.
0:25.0	Before we begin, I'd like to acknowledge the Bonarong-Bunurang people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners of the land on which we record this podcast, and pay my respects to
0:29.4	their elders past and present.
0:31.2	They are the custodians of an oral history tradition far older than this podcast.
0:35.3	We have some content warnings for this episode.
0:37.2	This episode will include discussions of historical racism and the use of outdated language far older than this podcast. We have some content warnings for this episode.
0:41.2	This episode will include discussions of historical racism and the use of outdated language in quotes.
0:42.7	It will also include mentions of historical queer phobia and a brief mention of modern
0:46.6	day sexism.
0:47.8	There'll also be a brief mention of a serious head injury in a motorbike accident.
0:52.4	If any of that sounds like something you don't want to listen to, feel free just skip this
0:55.5	episode and check out our other content.
0:59.2	Before we get started on this episode, I just want to say, welcome back to us and to all of you.
1:04.9	As some of you may be aware, we've been on hiatus for several months, but we are now back.
1:09.9	And I just want to say thank you to all of you who have sent us messages of support throughout on hiatus for several months, but we are now back. And I just want to say thank you to
1:11.2	all of you who have sent us messages of support throughout our hiatus. And also welcome to those of you
1:16.5	who have found our podcast during our hiatus. We are now back from our break and back to our regular
1:21.2	schedule of episodes with our next episode coming out two weeks from this one. Nellie Small was born
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