Queer Lit is a podcast about LGBTQIA+* literature and culture. In each episode, literary studies researcher Lena Mattheis talks to an expert in the field of queer studies. Topics include lesbian literature, inclusive pronouns and language, gay history, trans and non-binary novels, intersectionality and favourite queer films, series or poems. <br /><br />New episode every other week!<br /><br />Recent transcripts here: https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queer-lit-transcripts/ <br /><br />queerlitpodcast@gmail.com<br /><a href="https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queerlit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queerlit</a><br />Twitter and Instagram: @queerlitpodcast<br /><br />Music by geovanebruny from Pixabay
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Queer Lit is a podcast about LGBTQIA+* literature and culture. In each episode, literary studies researcher Lena Mattheis talks to an expert in the field of queer studies. Topics include lesbian literature, inclusive pronouns and language, gay history, trans and non-binary novels, intersectionality and favourite queer films, series or poems. <br /><br />New episode every other week!<br /><br />Recent transcripts here: https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queer-lit-transcripts/ <br /><br />queerlitpodcast@gmail.com<br /><a href="https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queerlit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://lenamattheis.wordpress.com/queerlit</a><br />Twitter and Instagram: @queerlitpodcast<br /><br />Music by geovanebruny from Pixabay
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Recent Episodes
July 7, 2026
“Queer Wales” with Emily Garside
From popstars to rugby players, this episode has all the Welsh queer icons you could want. Emily Garside teaches me about H from Steps, Russel T. Davies, the Ladies of Llangollen and so many other fascinating LGBTQIA+ people from Wales. We talk about whether wondering if you’re queer enough is similar to wondering if you’re Welsh enough and how the prejudice against ‘sounding gay’ relates to sounding Welsh. <br /><b></b><br /><b>Books by Emily Garside:</b><br />Rainbow Wales: Queer Icons Past and Present (Calon, May 2026)<br />Out of the Box: Queer TV through the Decades (Manchester University Press, January 2027)<br />Gay Aliens and Queer Folks: How Russell T Davies Changed TV (Calon, 2023)<br />Seasons of Love: Why Rent Matters (Applause)<br />You Are My Happy Ending: Schitt’s Creek and the Legacy of Queer TV (Applause)<br />Angels in America at the British National Theatre (McFarland)<br />Love that Journey for me: The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek (404 Ink) <br /><b></b><br /><b>Other References:</b><br />Russel T Davies<br />Ladies of Llangollen<br />Edward II.<br />Piers Gaveston<br />Steps<br />Ian ‘H’ Watkins<br />Elliot Page<br />Luke Evans<br />Eisteddfod<br />Cymru<br />Marquess of Anglesey<br />Viscount Tredegar<br />Norena Shopland<br />Jan Morris’ Conundrum<br />Ivor Novello<br />Colin Jackson<br />Connie Orff<br />Alun Saunders<br />Natha Wyburn<br />Queer As Folk<br />It’s A Sin<br />Lisa Power<br />Section 28<br />@emigarside (IG)<br /><a href="https://thenerdynotebook.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://thenerdynotebook.substack.com/</a><br /><a href="https://emilygarside.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://emilygarside.com/</a><br />Surrey Rainbow Choir <br /><a href="https://www.rainbowchoir.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.rainbowchoir.co.uk/</a> <br /><b></b><br /><b>Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:</b><br /><ol><li> Is there such a thing as a cohesive Welsh queer identity? What are Emily’s thoughts on this and what is her approach?</li><li> Emily speaks about parallels between attitudes towards Welsh and queer identities. Which one does she discuss? Is there a facet of your identity that feels similar yet different from your queerness?</li><li> What is an eisteddfod? Please look it up if you’re not familiar because we forgot to explain the term in the episode.</li><li> Have you ever askes yourself whether you are queer or trans enough? How do we speak about this question in this episode?</li><li> Who was your favourite person to learn about in the episode?</li></ol>
June 22, 2026
“A Black Queer History” with C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost
If you have not read A Black Queer History of the United States yet, you are so lucky to have this fantastic book in your future! And lucky for me that this is also an excellent opportunity to speak to two dream guests: C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost speak about gender trouble in the Black queer archives, how Black and queer histories need to be thought together and why grounding oneself in community is part of what it means to survive. <br /><b></b><br /><b>References:</b><br />C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost’s A Black Queer History of the United States (2026)<br />C. Riley Snorton’s Nobody is Supposed to Know: Black Sexuality on the Down Low (U of Minnesota Press, 2014)<br />C. Riley Snorton’s Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity (U of Minnesota Press, 2017)<br />Darius Bost’s Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence (U of Chicago Press, 2019)<br />Cathy J. Cohen “Deviance as Resistance: A New Research Agenda for the Study of Black Politics” (2014)<br />William Cathay/Cathay Williams<br />Phil Black<br />The Funmakers Ball<br />Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman<br />Erica R. Edwards<br />Marsha P. Johnson<br />Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR)<br />Combahee River Collective<br />National Black Justice Coalition<br />“Black Lesbian Thought” with Briona Simone Jones<br />@c.rileysnorton<br />dbost@uic.edu<br />@windycitybq<br />Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman’s Neptune Frost<br />Jellicle Ball<br />Essex Hemphill’s Ceremonies: Prose and Poetry <br /><b></b><br /><b>Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:</b><br /><ol><li> Why do Black and queer history need to be thought of together? How are they sometimes separated?</li><li> Darius speaks about the book having two parts. What is each about?</li><li> Riley speaks about gender and sexual deviance as forms of survival or escape. What does this mean? Can you name an example?</li><li> What does Darius say about the relationship between civil rights ideology and non-normative gender?</li><li> Why is it important to speak about collectives as well as individuals when engaging with Black queer history?</li></ol>
June 9, 2026
“Rainbow Trap” with Kevin Guyan
Who designs the rules of inclusion? Kevin Guyan has given a lot of thought to this question in his excellent book Rainbow Trap, which thinks through the many categories that fall under the rainbow umbrella and how they might include, exclude, limit, and even harm the people they are supposed to benefit. Listen now to learn more about why our future might hold fewer boxes to tick and how we can break boundaries to get there. <br /><b></b><br /><b>References: </b><br />Kevin Guyan’s Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion (2025)<br />Kevin Guyan’s Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action (2022)<br /><a href="https://kevinguyan.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://kevinguyan.com/</a> <br />@kevin.guyan on Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kevin.guyan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.instagram.com/kevin.guyan/</a>)<br />kguyan on LinkedIn (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kguyan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kguyan/</a>)<br />Gender Recognition Reform Bill<br />Gender Recognition Act<br />Kit Heyam<br />Geoffrey Bowker and Susan Leigh Star – in particular, Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences (1999)<br />Ian Hacking<br />Looping effect<br />Sara Ahmed – in particular, On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (2012)<br />A Black Queer History of the United States (2026, C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost)<br />Gender and Sexuality Data Lab (<a href="https://gensexdatalab.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://gensexdatalab.com/</a>)<br />Queer Data Showcase<br />Mystika Glamoor<br />Dean Spade’s Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law (2011) <br /><b></b><br /><b>Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:</b><br /><ol><li> What is a rainbow trap? Have you ever been trapped in one?</li><li> Kevin speaks about ‘the dark sides of being included’. What does this mean? Have you experienced this form of categorisation?</li><li> What does Kevin think about in the chapter on health and fitness?</li><li> How are labels multidirectional? What are ‘looping effects’ in this context?</li><li> What is a box breaker? Are you one?</li></ol>
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