Carnations and Carabiners

Strap on as we frolic through the 1950s Lavender Scare, a time when most artists remained closeted due to dangerous repercussions.Featuring: Johnny Mathis, Charlie & Ray, Esquerita, Little Richard, Bobby Short, Johnnie Ray, Chris Connor, Bernard Hardison, Bobby Marchan, Big Mama Thornton, Bobby Short, Billy Wright, Nina Simone, Eartha Kitt, Willie Dixon,

Travel through music history and explore the 1940s, when WWII created many same sex spaces, diverse gender roles and opportunities for connection, crafting the decade known as "America's coming out" period.

Strap on as we frolic through the 1930s Pansy Craze with Friends of Dorothy and secret sewing circles.Featuring: Billie Holiday, Marlene Deitrich, Joan Crawford, Billy Banks, Noel Coward, Cole Porter, Bricktop Ada Smith, Josephine Baker & Lucille Bogan

Strap on as we climb through the garden of Pansies and Bulldaggers and ankle through the 1920s queer scene with your host DJ Anya.Feat: Louis PowellGladys BentleyGwen Farrar & Norah BlaneySophie TuckerMa RaineyBessie SmithClara SmithDouglas ByngEthel WatersFrankie “Half‑Pint” JaxonAlberta HunterJinx Monsoon Thank you to Christy Augustine & Dennis Maher from Redwood Community Radio for helping voice this show and much appreciation to J.D. Doyle from Queer Music Heritage for the extensive research and contributions of archiving and entertaining us with Queer Music History.References:David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music Book by Darryl Bullockwww.queermusicheritage.comBefore Stonewall Documentary from 1984Word is OUT Documentary from 1977Hamilton Lodgehttps://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/catalog?f%5Bdta_other_subject_ssim%5D%5B%5D=Annual+Masquerade+and+Civic+Ball+of+Hamilton+Lodgehttps://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/b8515n57gClothing & Accessorieshttps://dressingdykes.com/2021/02/19/was-the-1920s-monocle-really-a-lesbian-symbol/https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/queens-and-queers-rise-drag-ball-culture-1920sThe Link Classifieds:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/uncovering-lgbtq-lives-in-the-archive/the-link-transcript/https://aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com/2020/01/03/performing-the-archive-queer-classified-adverts-from-the-1920s-vicky-iglikowski-broad/