Queer as Fact

Happy Halloween! Today's episode is on Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula. Join us to discover whether this book is all about Oscar Wilde, what really went down between Jonathan and Dracula in that castle, and pay homage to certified train fiend and greatest character of all time, Mina Harker.

If you would like to listen to our episode on Bram, it can be found here!

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Welcome to the longest episode of Queer as Fact yet! In today’s podcast we’re talking about the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker. Join us to read Bram’s intense fanmail to Walt Whitman, discuss his complex relationship with masculinity, and meet a pet monkey. Also featuring a guest star appearance by Oscar Wilde!

We’ll be following this episode up on the 1st of October with a companion episode on Dracula.

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[Image: Black-and-white photo of Bram Stoker, a bearded man wearing a suit and tie. Source.]

Today's episode is on gendered pronouns in Mandarin! Join us for a journey through thousands of years of Chinese language, featuring paleo-pronouns, neo-pronouns, and the complexities of expressing gender when your phone has a limited character set.

For those of you who would like a visual to go along with the Chinese characters we discuss in this episode, they are 他 (masculine/neutral tā), 她 (feminine tā), 牠 ("cow-tā"), 祂 ("God-tā"), and X也 (gender-neutral tā).

This episode was originally released on our Patreon in 2025. 

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[Image: calligraphy of gender-neutral form of the Mandarin pronoun tā (X也)]

Today's episode is on queer representation in museums - what it looks like, what queer people want it to look like, and how we can get there.

This episode was originally released on our Patreon in 2024. It is based off Alice’s Masters research, which you can read here.

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[Image: The original rainbow flag on display in the GLBT Historical Society Museum and Archive in San Francisco, USA. Source.]

Today's episode is on the Iraqi singer, Masoud El Amaratly. Join us as we visit the unique marshlands of southern Iraq, hear what may be the oldest known recording of a trans person, and learn about mustarjil, the traditional transmasculine identity in Masoud's Ahwari culture.

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[Image: Pencil sketch of Masoud, an Arab man wearing a yashmagh (headscarf) with agal (cord). Source]