Our Dyke Histories

About Our Dyke Histories

Come for the history; stay for the revolution, gossip, and desire that built it. 🤌 About Us :: Decade by decade, Our Dyke Histories dives deep into the living, breathing past and present of lesbian, queer, bisexual, trans, & nonbinary communities. Each season traces how we made space for ourselves—sometimes in bars, bookstores, and protests; sometimes in basements, alleyways, and prisons; & always against the odds. Host :: Our Dyke Histories is hosted by historian, geographer, and environmental psychologist Dr. Jack Jen Gieseking (https://queergeographies.com), and produced in collaboration with Sinister Wisdom (https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/podcast), the oldest lesbian multicultural literary and art journal. Season One :: Our first season traces the history of dyke bars* - yes, with an asterisk - including lesbian bars, queer parties, & trans hangouts. Before Pride marches and hashtags, there were bars, parties, and whispered invitations that built whole worlds. Our Dyke Histories uncovers the stories of the women, trans, and nonbinary people who turned repression into resistance and nightlife into liberation. Join Our Community :: Want to be part of our community? We'd love to have you. 😏 Come comment, connect, and get your gayme on! Newsletter to your inbox: Jack's Queer Geographies newsletter (https://queergeographies.ghost.io/) with detailed takes on each episode, & more about lezbiqueertrans spaces across time Instagram for more dyke visuals and stories @ourdykehistories (https://www.instagram.com/ourdykehistories) Read and follow our co-producer and collaborator, Sinister Wisdom (https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/podcast) Email us at ourdykehistories@gmail.com (mailto:ourdykehistories@gmail.com) Donate <3 :: Subscribe and/or donate to the fabulous, in-print Sinister Wisdom (https://www.sinisterwisdom.org/donate), a multicultural lesbian literary & art journal founded in 1976. Sinister Wisdom recognizes the power of language and art to create radical, empowering, resilient, and joyous sanctuaries that build and sustain vibrant lesbian futures. What Does Our Tarot Reading Say about What's Next? :: In future seasons, we will move decade by decade through other defining places, objects, and ideas in lesbian, bi, queer, and trans history—mapping the worlds we’ve made and the futures we’re still imagining. Funny and fierce, sexy and smart, and full of dyke spirit, this podcast isn’t nostalgia—it’s a survival guide disguised as a love letter.

Publisher

Jack Gieseking with Sinister Wisdom

Category

history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

23 Oct 2025

Latest episode

26 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

10 of 26 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   206 to 43: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Lesbian Bars

   Host Jack Gieseking interviews sociologist Greggor Mattson about the historical rise, fall, and revival of lesbian bars, revealing how community needs shape queer spaces.

2. 

   11 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Bar Is Just the Beginning, 2010s-2020s with Krista Burton, Theo Greene & Greggor Mattson

   Host Jack Gieseking interviews Krista Burton, Theo Greene, and Greggor Mattson about the evolving landscape and community needs of dyke bars beyond just alcohol.

3. 

   4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Pulse, Trump, and the Politics of Queer Space, 2010s-2025 with Krista Burton, Theo Greene & Greggor Mattson

   Host Jack Gieseking interviews Krista Burton, Theo Greene, and Greggor Mattson about the evolving politics and community of queer spaces, from nightlife to mutual aid.

Inside a recent episode

206 to 43: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Lesbian Bars

Published 26 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So there was this anti-capitalist focus back then. This around 1990 is the beginnings of Queer Nation and the rise of a destabilizing anti-binary queer identity. Yes. Mm-hmm. It's also the peak of lesbian solidarity with gay men dying of HIV AIDS. And so there was a lot more playing together. Yeah. And one of the things I found out and I'll have on queer geographies dot com soon is is the trends of how many organizations were happening when that you have so many people. in solidarity together, doing activism, hanging out together, not just in bars, but hanging out in so many different ways and having conversations that you might not be able to have in a bar with music playing or, you know, whatever kind of milieu that is, that then you're getting to know one another and you're like, oh, you're drinking too much too. […]

Who has been a guest on Our Dyke Histories

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Greggor Mattson
• Krista Burton
• Theo Greene
• Kemi Adeyemi
• Nikki Lane

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

22 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

26 ratings

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Books guests

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