Welcome to Queer Story Podcast! This is our PREMIERE episode: exploring the origins of the word Queer.

Music: "We're Queer" by Lorena and the Bobbits.

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Episode 1 - Queering the Word

Today’s episode: Magnus Hirschfeld and his life’s work.

Guest Host: Jaz @hotdogjazmin on tumblr & instagram

Today’s featured song: Wenn die beste fraudin- Marlene Dietrich and Margo Lion Berlin (1921).

First heard in the caberet ‘Es Liegt in Der Luft’ ( It’s In The Air) written by Marcellus Schiffer and Micha Spoliansky. The caberet premiered at The Comedy on The Kurfüstendam on 15 May 1928, a revue featuring 24 short acts all taking place in a  Berlin department store. Our featured song is about two best girlfriends. The song became a hit in Berlin lesbian communities of the time. Tune in to hear Jaz and I fumble through it in an English translation!

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Episode 2- The Godfather of Gays

Today’s episode: The Stonewall Riots, as  learned from the testemonies of the Queer Folks of Color who lived it.

Guest Host: Colin of B/\GG/\E

Today’s featured song: This is My Life by Dame Shirley Bassey, a performance recording from 1968.

I don’t know what music was played in the Stonewall Inn, but knowing what a fabulous Queen Dame Shirely Bassey was and noticing the song was out in 1968- I couldn’t help but picture this song holding this story. 

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