Amelio Robles Ávila was a trans man who fought in the Mexican Revolution who lived as himself for over seventy years and was a total badass! Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  | Discord | E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.com Music: Cabaret by Kai Engel Links: Oral history compiled by Olga Cárdenas Trueba Mexican Secretary of Culture history on Amelio Lydia Zárate's article in Pikara Magazine Maria's thread reflecting on trans identity and stuff, you don't actually have to follow her, unless you want to ..read more

Doing history can be tough, especially when it comes to addressing LGBTQIA+ topics! In this episode, we talk about some of the challenges we face, how we overcome them, and how our perspectives can color our view of history. Also we have a spirited discussion on technical jargon, and why we hate it with a passion! Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  | Discord | E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.com Music: Cabaret by Kai Engel Links: "The New Unhistoricism in Queer Studies" by Valerie Traub Examples of erotic murals in Pompeii (NSFW...obviously)   ..read more

In this episode we talk about how gender influences the way people speak and communicate. We start with a study on the differences between men and women using signed languages like ASL, then talk about a few studies examining the differences in word choice between cis-men and cis-women, and end with an article on trans men and what people perceive as “gay sounding” speech in men. Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  | Discord E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.comMusic: Cabaret by Kai Engel Sources: Turn-Taking, Fingerspelling, and Contact in Signed ..read more

Cyberpunk 2077 is out and it sure is a video game! In this episode, Maria takes off her historian hat, puts on the gamer socks, and talks about what the game did right, what the game did wrong, and why QA teams are highly undervalued in video game development! All without any meaningful spoilers!CW: Transphobia (15:04-15:23)Homophobia (20:54-22:12) Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  | Discord  E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.com Music: Cabaret by Kai EngelLinks: Bella Blondeau’s article at The Gamer Interview with Kasia Redesuik at Eurogame ..read more

We’ve had two episodes about gay animals, now it’s time for an episode about animals that have more than two genders. These animals move beyond the gender binary that so many people think is set in stone and easily defined. Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  | Discord  E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.comMusic: Cabaret by Kai EngelLinks: 1980 paper about female mimicry in bluegill sunfish 2003 paper about hormones and behavior in tree lizards Evolution’s Rainbow (link to book on Goodreads)     ..read more

We are going on a brief hiatus until January 7th! Happy holidays! Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.com Music: Cabaret by Kai Engel ..read more

"One-Eyed" Charlie Parkhurst was a stagecoach driver and (probably) a trans man who led an awesome, cool life in the early days of California's statehood. Locally famous during his life, and then nationally afterwards, Charley's story is one very familiar to many: moving out to California and living your best life as your true self. Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.com Music: Cabaret by Kai Engel Sources Reggie Sigal. ”the old west.” Karen lindsey, et al. Women: A Journal of Liberation, vol. 1, no. 3, 1970. H ..read more

This episode discusses Edward Carpenter and his book The Intermediate Sex: A Study of Some Transitional Types of Men and Women. Edward Carpenter was a pretty cool guy overall, although (as you’ll learn) not quite as progressive as Alyssa first thought when she found this book. Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.com Links: Edward and George’s gravestone Wikipedia article with pictures of Edward being stylish Wikipedia article on Ulrichs’ classification of sexual preferences   Music: Cabaret by Kai Engel ..read more

More gay animals! This time we talk about genetic mutations that cause same-sex attraction in fruit flies as well as two examples of gayness in birds that might be even cooler than gayness in penguins.  Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.com   Sources: 1996 study with fruitless mutations in male flies 2005 study with fruitless mutations in female flies Courtship Behavior in Flies Female-Female Pairing in Western Gulls in Southern California News article with more context on the lesbian seagulls and co ..read more

An intersex person, born in England, moves to America and finds out how shitty people can be. Includes a ridiculous court case that ruled T Hall had to dress as both a man and a woman at all times. Trigger warning: Really shitty behavior by colonial Virginians.  Patreon  |  Ko-Fi  |  Twitter  |  Facebook  |  E-mail us! lgbtcliffnotes@gmail.com Sources: "Minutes of the Council and General Court, 1622-1629 (Continued)." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 31, no. 3 (1923): 207-14. Norton, Mary Beth, "Communal Definitions of Gendered Id ..read more