Queer at Last

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Two pals. One museum artefact. Millennia of queer history unlocked before your very ears 🏳️‍🌈 Podcast episodes released fortnightly ✨ https://queeratlast.com 🔗

Illustrated map of Liverpool city centre with red accents, showing a walking route with 8 stops highlighted and accompanied by small illustrations. Art by Vincent Eynard for Queer at Last.
Black and white photo of Claude Cahun, seated with weights on either side of them, pouting, hearts drawn on their cheeks and the words 'I AM IN TRAINING DON'T KISS ME' written on their top. Photograph by Cahun from the Jersey Heritage Collections.
Pale blue background with 'Episode 18 - CLAUDE CAHUN' written in pink text, and a black and white photo of Claude Cahun with weights on either side of them, pouting, hearts drawn on their cheeks and the words 'I AM IN TRAINING DON'T KISS ME' written on their top
The left half of the image has a light blue background and pink writing saying "Episode 17 Inari and Kitsune." The right half of the image is a Japanese woodblock print of a seated Japanese man in blue blacksmithing a sword. A taller pink haired figure dressed in green robes stands to the side and is helping.
Square graphic reading 'Episode 16 - ELEANOR RYKENER' with an image of a medieval manuscript underneath. The background is pale blue and the text is pink.
"Episode 15 - Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep" with a weathered painting of two Egyptian men from the wall of a tomb. The men are standing nose to nose.
Sound bite from Queer at Last podcast, Episode 14, "Tove Jansson" with an image of a moomin poster illustrated by Tove and subtitles and a soundwave
Image of thigumy and bob from the moomin stories - two small humanoid creatures, one in a red smock with blue hair and the other in a blue smock with ginger hair and a pointy red had. Both have long noses and big round eyes.
mosaic showing a darkhaired armoured man on a horse, on a light blue background with text reading 'Episode 13 ALEXANDER THE GREAT'
Graphic that says 'Episode 12 Gentleman Jack' in pink writing on a light blue background, with the scan of a handwritten document above it
"Episode 11 - MITRA-VARUNA" on a light blue background with an image of a crowned figure riding a crocodile-like creatur. The image depicts Varuna and is an illustration from an Indian folio.
Close up of a painting showing two women embracing, one with a laurel wreath in her hair (Sappho and Erinna by Simeon Solomon) with captions for the audio and a soundwave overlayed on top
Valentines day card showing a carved Mesopotamian relief of two men fighting a third figure, on a pink background with the words "roses are red / violets are blue / I kiss an axe in my dreams / but I'm thinking of you" and "to: / from:" underneath.
Valentines day card showing a carved Mesopotamian relief on a pink background with the words "roses are red / violets are blue / I'd leave my deer herd / to kill god with you" and "to: / from:" underneath
Valentines day card showing a carved Mesopotamian relief of two men photoshopped onto a pink background with the words "roses are red / violets are blue / will you be the Gilgamesh / to my Enkidu" and "to: / from:" underneath
illustration from a medieval manuscript showing a group of men standing around gesturing and scratching their heads. Two men in the middle are in a position suggestive of gay sex. The watching figures have been labelled 'historians' and the central figures have been labelled 'queer figures from history'
Photo of a 1960s vintage telephone toy with two eyes and a cheeky (or creepy!) smile, decorated in rainbow colours
photograph of a white hand holding a book with a bright yellow cover. Queer as Folklore by Sacha Coward
Graphic of a reindeer with a rainbow nose, on a light blue background
Black cat sitting next to a microphone that is resting on a pile of books, on top of a desk with plants in the background.
Meme of two astronauts in front of the earth, one pointing a gun at the other. Text over one says 'wait, Shakespeare's gay as hell?' and the other says 'always has been.'
Graphic showing the front page of Shakespeare's Sonnets on a blue background with the words "Episode 6 SHAKESPEARE"
"spoiler free meme for our latest ep:" meme with a dog and a frisbee but the dog has been edited to have the face of the Public Universal Friend, saying "pls gender? No gender!! Only friend!!!"
Graphic with a blue background and a photoshopped picture of a brown beaver hat and the words 'Episode 5 - Publick Universal Friend' in pink text above
Picture shows the well-known meme of a fireman in a snowy environment holding a large, fluffy, snarling white cat, but the photo has been edited so that the cat is wearing a hat and a wig and holding a sword. The additions are from a black and white illustration of La Maupin by Aubrey Beardsley.
A slightly blurred black cat stares up at the viewer from the back of a chair. A desk with a laptop, microphone, plants, and a canned drink can be seen in the background
On the left hand side of the image is a black and white illustration of a woman wearing a hat with a large feather and an elaborate costume with puffy frilly trousers and exaggerated shoulders. A sword is visible on her belt and she is in the process of removing or putting on a glove. On the right there are the words "Episode 1 LA MAUPIN" in pink on a light blue background.