The Dot Femme Podcast
@dotfemme.bsky.social
The Dot Femme podcast explores groundbreaking figures, pivotal moments, key locations and technological advances in trans & LGBTQ history.
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana.
Don't be condemned to a loop. New podcast coming April 9.
Don't be condemned to a loop. New podcast coming April 9.
New episode tomorrow, but given the US State Department's recent report, I feel it important to point out that if you haven't yet listened to our episode about the Lavender Scare, now would be a good time to listen... #historyrepeats #lavenderscare
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Episode 24 - The Panic Playbook: Fear, blackmail, and the Lavender Scare
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July 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM
New episode tomorrow, but given the US State Department's recent report, I feel it important to point out that if you haven't yet listened to our episode about the Lavender Scare, now would be a good time to listen... #historyrepeats #lavenderscare
open.spotify.com/episode/5w4l...
open.spotify.com/episode/5w4l...
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ONLINE EVENT - Pride Everlasting
A panel on the history of trans perseverance through adversity, looking at our history for guides on what we can do now to foster actionable hope. Hosted by Ben Greene (Good Queer News), KB Brookins (Trans News That Doesn't Suck), and Dany Gonzalez (Dot Femme).🔗 👇️
A panel on the history of trans perseverance through adversity, looking at our history for guides on what we can do now to foster actionable hope. Hosted by Ben Greene (Good Queer News), KB Brookins (Trans News That Doesn't Suck), and Dany Gonzalez (Dot Femme).🔗 👇️
June 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
ONLINE EVENT - Pride Everlasting
A panel on the history of trans perseverance through adversity, looking at our history for guides on what we can do now to foster actionable hope. Hosted by Ben Greene (Good Queer News), KB Brookins (Trans News That Doesn't Suck), and Dany Gonzalez (Dot Femme).🔗 👇️
A panel on the history of trans perseverance through adversity, looking at our history for guides on what we can do now to foster actionable hope. Hosted by Ben Greene (Good Queer News), KB Brookins (Trans News That Doesn't Suck), and Dany Gonzalez (Dot Femme).🔗 👇️
Me when trying to stay on top of a 125% course load while maintaining a podcast release schedule...
This month we explore the life of We'wha, a cultural ambassador from Zuni Pueblo that captivated Washington DC in the 1800s. New episode is out now! (YouTube version will be up this evening.)
This month we explore the life of We'wha, a cultural ambassador from Zuni Pueblo that captivated Washington DC in the 1800s. New episode is out now! (YouTube version will be up this evening.)
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May 20, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Me when trying to stay on top of a 125% course load while maintaining a podcast release schedule...
This month we explore the life of We'wha, a cultural ambassador from Zuni Pueblo that captivated Washington DC in the 1800s. New episode is out now! (YouTube version will be up this evening.)
This month we explore the life of We'wha, a cultural ambassador from Zuni Pueblo that captivated Washington DC in the 1800s. New episode is out now! (YouTube version will be up this evening.)
This week's episode is delayed. Unfortunately, I've come down with something. Unlike Claire (who sounds more sultry and mysterious when sick), I just sound like the Cryptkeeper, so next episode will release next Wednesday instead, then back to our regular schedule. Sorry, folks!
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April 6, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This week's episode is delayed. Unfortunately, I've come down with something. Unlike Claire (who sounds more sultry and mysterious when sick), I just sound like the Cryptkeeper, so next episode will release next Wednesday instead, then back to our regular schedule. Sorry, folks!
New episode is out now! 💜
This week on Dot Femme, we’re diving into the Lavender Scare — a chapter of Cold War history where the U.S. turned “security concerns” into a purge of queer federal employees.
Huge thanks to @skipintroyt.bsky.social for lending your voice!
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This week on Dot Femme, we’re diving into the Lavender Scare — a chapter of Cold War history where the U.S. turned “security concerns” into a purge of queer federal employees.
Huge thanks to @skipintroyt.bsky.social for lending your voice!
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Dot Femme Podcast • Exploring LGBTQ Stories Across Time
Join Dot Femme Podcast hosts Dany and Claire as they broadcast from across time and space to uncover hidden queer histories.
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March 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
New episode is out now! 💜
This week on Dot Femme, we’re diving into the Lavender Scare — a chapter of Cold War history where the U.S. turned “security concerns” into a purge of queer federal employees.
Huge thanks to @skipintroyt.bsky.social for lending your voice!
dotfemmepodcast.com
This week on Dot Femme, we’re diving into the Lavender Scare — a chapter of Cold War history where the U.S. turned “security concerns” into a purge of queer federal employees.
Huge thanks to @skipintroyt.bsky.social for lending your voice!
dotfemmepodcast.com
We're back for Season 2! Join us in medieval Europe to learn about the rich history of crossdressing peasants and how being queer is class rebellion!
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#fuckICE #abolishICE #QueerHistory
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#fuckICE #abolishICE #QueerHistory
Episode 22 - (Gender)F%&#ing Peasant Revolts • The Dot Femme Podcast
It’s festival season in Medieval Europe, and for the first episode of season 2, Dany and Claire take a moment to see how queerness and peasant revolts are inherently linked. Because history shows that...
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February 18, 2026 at 8:56 PM
We're back for Season 2! Join us in medieval Europe to learn about the rich history of crossdressing peasants and how being queer is class rebellion!
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#fuckICE #abolishICE #QueerHistory
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#fuckICE #abolishICE #QueerHistory
Did you know: There's a rich history of peasant revolts led by queer people and people using drag as a political statement. Just something to think about...
We're back on February 18th!
#fuckICE #saytheirnames
We're back on February 18th!
#fuckICE #saytheirnames
January 26, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Did you know: There's a rich history of peasant revolts led by queer people and people using drag as a political statement. Just something to think about...
We're back on February 18th!
#fuckICE #saytheirnames
We're back on February 18th!
#fuckICE #saytheirnames
If anyone needs a pep talk to get inspired to do some ACTing UP, here you go.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:12 AM
If anyone needs a pep talk to get inspired to do some ACTing UP, here you go.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dih...
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Happy New Year! The final part of our deep dive into the AIDS crisis for HIV Awareness Month is out! It's an inspirational exploration into ACT UP and its founder, Larry Kramer.
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#hivawarenessmonth #queerhistory #queerliberation
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#hivawarenessmonth #queerhistory #queerliberation
Episode 21 - Time to ACT UP: The AIDS Crisis (Part 4) • The Dot Femme Podcast
In the final part of our deep dive into the AIDS crisis, Dany & Claire explore the life and legacy of New York activist Larry Kramer and ACT UP—the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—and how direct actio...
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January 1, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Happy New Year! The final part of our deep dive into the AIDS crisis for HIV Awareness Month is out! It's an inspirational exploration into ACT UP and its founder, Larry Kramer.
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#hivawarenessmonth #queerhistory #queerliberation
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#hivawarenessmonth #queerhistory #queerliberation
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Incoming broadcast! Join Dany and Claire as they broadcast from across time and space to explore LGBTQ history @dotfemme.bsky.social 🛸 This month, they interview Dr. Anthony Fauci(!), former director of NIAID (1984-2022) and chief medical advisor to President Biden, on the AIDs crisis.
December 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Incoming broadcast! Join Dany and Claire as they broadcast from across time and space to explore LGBTQ history @dotfemme.bsky.social 🛸 This month, they interview Dr. Anthony Fauci(!), former director of NIAID (1984-2022) and chief medical advisor to President Biden, on the AIDs crisis.
Thank you to all our listeners, especially the international ones. We're still a tiny podcast (and I'm awful with social media) but it's been a great first season, and I can't wait to bring you even more in 2026.
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Thank you to all our listeners, especially the international ones. We're still a tiny podcast (and I'm awful with social media) but it's been a great first season, and I can't wait to bring you even more in 2026.
He cracked the Nazis' code and helped invent the computer. Don't say a gay man never did anything for you. Our first part about the life of Alan Turing is available now.
#LGBTQ #QueerHistory #AlanTuring
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#LGBTQ #QueerHistory #AlanTuring
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Episode 16 - Brains Over Bullets: Alan Turing Part 1 • The Dot Femme Podcast
Dany and Claire travel to Bletchley Park to uncover how Alan Turing’s genius helped crack Nazi Germany’s Enigma code and invent the blueprint for modern computing—long before the world understood what...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
He cracked the Nazis' code and helped invent the computer. Don't say a gay man never did anything for you. Our first part about the life of Alan Turing is available now.
#LGBTQ #QueerHistory #AlanTuring
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#LGBTQ #QueerHistory #AlanTuring
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New episode out today! We’re tracing the history of gender-affirming care — from the first “bottom surgery” in ancient Greece to the birth of puberty blockers in the 1970s.
Hippocrates walked so WPATH could run.
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#DotFemme #TransHistory #LGBTQHistory #GenderAffirmingCare
Hippocrates walked so WPATH could run.
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#DotFemme #TransHistory #LGBTQHistory #GenderAffirmingCare
October 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
New episode out today! We’re tracing the history of gender-affirming care — from the first “bottom surgery” in ancient Greece to the birth of puberty blockers in the 1970s.
Hippocrates walked so WPATH could run.
🎧 dotfemmepodcast.com
#DotFemme #TransHistory #LGBTQHistory #GenderAffirmingCare
Hippocrates walked so WPATH could run.
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#DotFemme #TransHistory #LGBTQHistory #GenderAffirmingCare
“Take two estrogens and call me in the morning” — Hippocrates, probably.
We're back tomorrow at our regular time with a history of gender-affirming medicine, from the first known phalloplasty in ancient Greece to the modern WPATH era.
We're back tomorrow at our regular time with a history of gender-affirming medicine, from the first known phalloplasty in ancient Greece to the modern WPATH era.
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“Take two estrogens and call me in the morning” — Hippocrates, probably.
We're back tomorrow at our regular time with a history of gender-affirming medicine, from the first known phalloplasty in ancient Greece to the modern WPATH era.
We're back tomorrow at our regular time with a history of gender-affirming medicine, from the first known phalloplasty in ancient Greece to the modern WPATH era.
In tomorrow's episode, my nose gets audibly stuffier as the episode goes on.
For anyone with the stomach for it, join us for this very special episode as we review the story of Matt Shepard and the tragic events of One Night In Laramie.
#MatthewShepard #LGBTQHistory #ProtectQueerYouth
For anyone with the stomach for it, join us for this very special episode as we review the story of Matt Shepard and the tragic events of One Night In Laramie.
#MatthewShepard #LGBTQHistory #ProtectQueerYouth
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August 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In tomorrow's episode, my nose gets audibly stuffier as the episode goes on.
For anyone with the stomach for it, join us for this very special episode as we review the story of Matt Shepard and the tragic events of One Night In Laramie.
#MatthewShepard #LGBTQHistory #ProtectQueerYouth
For anyone with the stomach for it, join us for this very special episode as we review the story of Matt Shepard and the tragic events of One Night In Laramie.
#MatthewShepard #LGBTQHistory #ProtectQueerYouth
New ep just dropped! This week on Dot Femme we explore the second half of Harvey Milk's story and why Pride is political.
Twinkies. Riots. Queer rage.
You want history? We’ve got receipts.
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#LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory #HarveyMilk #LGBTQPodcasts #QueerMedia #TransVoices
Twinkies. Riots. Queer rage.
You want history? We’ve got receipts.
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#LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory #HarveyMilk #LGBTQPodcasts #QueerMedia #TransVoices
July 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
New ep just dropped! This week on Dot Femme we explore the second half of Harvey Milk's story and why Pride is political.
Twinkies. Riots. Queer rage.
You want history? We’ve got receipts.
🎧 dotfemmepodcast.com
#LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory #HarveyMilk #LGBTQPodcasts #QueerMedia #TransVoices
Twinkies. Riots. Queer rage.
You want history? We’ve got receipts.
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#LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory #HarveyMilk #LGBTQPodcasts #QueerMedia #TransVoices
🌈✨ New episode drops tomorrow! ✨🌈
Before he was a civil rights icon, Harvey Milk was just a gay shop owner with a camera, a boyfriend, and a LOT of opinions.
We’re heading to 1970s San Francisco to meet the Mayor of Castro Street.
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#HarveyMilk #LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory
Before he was a civil rights icon, Harvey Milk was just a gay shop owner with a camera, a boyfriend, and a LOT of opinions.
We’re heading to 1970s San Francisco to meet the Mayor of Castro Street.
→ dotfemmepodcast.com
#HarveyMilk #LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory
July 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
🌈✨ New episode drops tomorrow! ✨🌈
Before he was a civil rights icon, Harvey Milk was just a gay shop owner with a camera, a boyfriend, and a LOT of opinions.
We’re heading to 1970s San Francisco to meet the Mayor of Castro Street.
→ dotfemmepodcast.com
#HarveyMilk #LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory
Before he was a civil rights icon, Harvey Milk was just a gay shop owner with a camera, a boyfriend, and a LOT of opinions.
We’re heading to 1970s San Francisco to meet the Mayor of Castro Street.
→ dotfemmepodcast.com
#HarveyMilk #LGBTQHistory #QueerHistory
This Wednesday! New Episode! The history of queerness on television and the importance of queer visibility featuring friend of the pod @mattbaume.bsky.social! Join us as we explore the journey from Closet to Cable.
#LGBTQ #queerhistory #transgender #pridemonth #Will&Grace #startrek
#LGBTQ #queerhistory #transgender #pridemonth #Will&Grace #startrek
July 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This Wednesday! New Episode! The history of queerness on television and the importance of queer visibility featuring friend of the pod @mattbaume.bsky.social! Join us as we explore the journey from Closet to Cable.
#LGBTQ #queerhistory #transgender #pridemonth #Will&Grace #startrek
#LGBTQ #queerhistory #transgender #pridemonth #Will&Grace #startrek
🎉 Happy Pride Month, babes.
Tomorrow on Dot Femme:
✨ Drag queens
✨ Gay Power
✨ Trans revolutionaries with zero budget and infinite nerve
It's the story of STAR.
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#PrideMonth #TransHistory #SylviaRivera #MarshaPJohnson #QueerLiberation #LGBTQHistory #STARHouse
Tomorrow on Dot Femme:
✨ Drag queens
✨ Gay Power
✨ Trans revolutionaries with zero budget and infinite nerve
It's the story of STAR.
dotfemmepodcast.com
#PrideMonth #TransHistory #SylviaRivera #MarshaPJohnson #QueerLiberation #LGBTQHistory #STARHouse
June 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
🎉 Happy Pride Month, babes.
Tomorrow on Dot Femme:
✨ Drag queens
✨ Gay Power
✨ Trans revolutionaries with zero budget and infinite nerve
It's the story of STAR.
dotfemmepodcast.com
#PrideMonth #TransHistory #SylviaRivera #MarshaPJohnson #QueerLiberation #LGBTQHistory #STARHouse
Tomorrow on Dot Femme:
✨ Drag queens
✨ Gay Power
✨ Trans revolutionaries with zero budget and infinite nerve
It's the story of STAR.
dotfemmepodcast.com
#PrideMonth #TransHistory #SylviaRivera #MarshaPJohnson #QueerLiberation #LGBTQHistory #STARHouse
Just thinking about that time Sappho wrote a poem asking her best friend Aphrodite to come down and help her woo a woman she had a crush on. Girl, I see you.
New episode this Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
#sapphic #lesbian #LGBTQHistory #queericon
New episode this Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
#sapphic #lesbian #LGBTQHistory #queericon
May 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Just thinking about that time Sappho wrote a poem asking her best friend Aphrodite to come down and help her woo a woman she had a crush on. Girl, I see you.
New episode this Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
#sapphic #lesbian #LGBTQHistory #queericon
New episode this Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
#sapphic #lesbian #LGBTQHistory #queericon
Did you know a trans man helped win the Mexican Revolution? Colonel Amelio Robles may have been a colonel by rank, but he was a hero and an icon by choice. Check out Episode 5 of Dot Femme wherever you get your podcasts. #transgender #LGBTQhistory #MexicanHistory
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May 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Did you know a trans man helped win the Mexican Revolution? Colonel Amelio Robles may have been a colonel by rank, but he was a hero and an icon by choice. Check out Episode 5 of Dot Femme wherever you get your podcasts. #transgender #LGBTQhistory #MexicanHistory
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Ancient intersex gods. Peasant revolts. Revolutionary communists. New episode of Dot Femme out tomorrow at dotfemmepodcast.com and wherever you get your podcasts.
#LGBTQhistory #pride #LeslieFeinberg
#LGBTQhistory #pride #LeslieFeinberg
Dot Femme Podcast - LGBTQ History, Unapologetically Queer
The Dot Femme podcast explores groundbreaking figures, pivotal moments, key locations and technological advances in trans & LGBTQ history.
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April 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Ancient intersex gods. Peasant revolts. Revolutionary communists. New episode of Dot Femme out tomorrow at dotfemmepodcast.com and wherever you get your podcasts.
#LGBTQhistory #pride #LeslieFeinberg
#LGBTQhistory #pride #LeslieFeinberg
Before we threw bricks, we threw coffee.
The first three episodes of Dot Femme are available tomorrow!
#lgbtqhistory #transgender #lgbtq #existenceisresistance
The first three episodes of Dot Femme are available tomorrow!
#lgbtqhistory #transgender #lgbtq #existenceisresistance
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Before we threw bricks, we threw coffee.
The first three episodes of Dot Femme are available tomorrow!
#lgbtqhistory #transgender #lgbtq #existenceisresistance
The first three episodes of Dot Femme are available tomorrow!
#lgbtqhistory #transgender #lgbtq #existenceisresistance
Our elders fought for our rights and *we* are their legacy. Learn their stories on April 9th.
#queerhistory #lqbtq #pride #history
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#queerhistory #lqbtq #pride #history
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Coming Soon - Dot Femme Podcast
Dot Femme is a brand new podcast that profiles groundbreaking figures, pivotal moments, key locations and technological advances in trans history. Smart,
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April 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Our elders fought for our rights and *we* are their legacy. Learn their stories on April 9th.
#queerhistory #lqbtq #pride #history
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#queerhistory #lqbtq #pride #history
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana.
Don't be condemned to a loop. New podcast coming April 9.
Don't be condemned to a loop. New podcast coming April 9.
March 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” - George Santayana.
Don't be condemned to a loop. New podcast coming April 9.
Don't be condemned to a loop. New podcast coming April 9.