Thank you for all of your support over the past year! In part 50 of 50, Jared and Rachel discuss their decision to end the podcast, their highs, their lows, and what the future potentially holds. We love you all!

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This week, Jared says "forget figures from the past!", because we're taking a look at an actual, living prince, who's working to end discrimination and harmful practices against the LGBTQIA+ community... it's Manvendra Singh Gohil! 

However, as stated in the episode, all good things must come to an end... unfortunately, our really good friends, this is our last story-based episode of Historically Really Good Friends. Jared and Rachel will wrap everything up next week in a final conversation-based episode, but for now, enjoy this week's episode!

✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia, conversion therapy, ideations of suicide, disownment, and harmful actions/sayings directed at the LGBTQIA+ community. 

Sources:

• "Pride and Prejudice: Indian royal Manvendra Singh Gohil on being the world’s first openly gay prince" Andrew Bullock
• "India's First Openly Gay Prince Is Working to Make Conversion Therapy Illegal" by Emily Burack
• "First Openly Gay Prince Speaks Out on Mission to End Conversion Therapy: 'I Have to Keep Fighting'" by Stephanie Petit
• "Meet the world's first openly gay prince Manvendra Singh Gohil" by Al Fartukh
• Manvendra Singh Gohil Wikipedia
• LGBT History in India Wikipedia

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In the second to last episode of Season 2, Rachel brings us back to nineteenth-century Cincinnati (and beyond) to talk about the incredibly wealthy, unabashedly queer, and wildly talented Natalie Clifford Barney!

✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia and mentions of war! It's a pretty light episode.

Sources: 

• Queer Portraits in History Profile on Natalie Clifford Barney
• "Amazon, Empress, and Friend: The Life of Natalie Clifford Barney" by Kieran Robertson
• The Legacy Project Nominee Profile for Natalie Clifford Barney
• Natalie Clifford Barney Wikipedia

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Scandal, shame, and secrecy! That's what this episode has to bring to you! This week, Jared tells the tale of Mexico's unlucky number and the event that started the superstition, The Dance of the 41!

✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as general homophobia, forced outting, public shaming, conscription, and war!

Sources:

• "41 Has a Secret Meaning in Mexico, Thanks to a Queer Underground Ball" by Thaddeus Morgan
• "'Dance of the Forty One': Scandalous Mexican drag ball in 1901 at secret club inspired Netflix LGBTQ film" by Yasmin Tinwala
• "Los 41”: The Queer Dance Party That Changed Mexico" by Brendan O’Boyle
• Dance of the Forty One Wikipedia
• LGBT History in Mexico Wikipedia

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She was the muse for Andy Warhol and Lou Reed alike, she was the woman who should've won all the awards. This week, Rachel tells us about the life and legacy of trans, Puerto Rican actress, Holly Woodlawn!

✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homelessness, survival sex work, poverty, drugs, and terminal illness.

Sources:

• "Holly Woodlawn" from Making Queer History
• "Holly Woodlawn was a transgender inspiration. We mustn’t forget her achievements" by Paris Lees
• "Penny Arcade Remembers Holly Woodlawn" from Out
• "The Unforgettable Memorial of Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn" by Diana Tourjée

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The title says it all! And if you don't know what a stag film is, it's another name for the thing people watch that rhymes with corn! 

✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as descriptions of sexual acts, discussions about adult films and entertainment, and a lot of other topics relating to that. Definitely not one to play out loud in the office or in the car with your kids.

Sources:

• "Pleasure by Proxy: A Multimedia Essay" by GVGK Tang -- this is the link where you can see stills of the film!
• "Excavating Material Legacies through Early Queer Film" by GVGK Tang
• "The Surprise of a Knight" Wikipedia
• Stag Films Wikipedia

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Aaaand, we're back from our holiday breaks (kind of)! Buckle up, because it's a new year, a new us, and a new chance for us to talk about the most beautiful woman in the world, almost... Divine!

✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as homophobia, fatphobia, and some descriptions of lewd acts ("method acting").

Sources: 

• Divine's Biography from Queer Portraits in History
• "Divine was America’s first drag superstar" by John Hernandez
• "Drag Herstory: The Wild Life and Untimely Death of Divine, Drag Queen of the Century" by Elyssa Goodman
• Divine's Wikipedia

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Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire, our chimneys are available and accessible for Santa, and all we have are a few more sleeps until the man in red delivers us presents...unless you're going to the Center on Colfax, that is. This week, we're talking about Linda Warren, Denver, Colorado's very own Queer Santa.

✸ Content Warnings: This episode contains adult themes and explicit language, such as discussions about Santa (dear listeners with children, please wear headphones), some naughty curse words, and mentions of homelessness and abandonment.

Sources:

• "'Queer Santa' has been giving Colorado’s LGBTQ youth Christmas presents for 20 years" by Elizabeth Hernandez
• "Rejected by her family, this woman has been ‘Queer Santa’ for 22 years" by Sydney Page
• "‘Queer Santa’ Linda Warren brings gifts and cheer to Denver’s LGBTQ+ youth" by Hannah Metzger
• "‘Queer Santa’ Is On A Mission (This Year With a Face Shield) To Make The Holidays Special For Any Kid Rejected By Their Parents" by Ryan Warner and Hart Van Denburg
• "Meet the 'Queer Santa' who has been giving queer kids rejected by parents presents for 22 years" by Jisha Joseph
• "The Cost of Coming Out: LGBT Youth Homelessness" from Lesley University

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