Hold Up!

Hudson (Instagram: @nonboynary) and Grace (Twitter: @hifromgrace) discuss the 2005 blockbuster Brokeback Mountain and see if the Oscar nominated film holds up. They discuss the film's mainstream appeal, tropes of gay drama films and go on a tangent or two.

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Hudson (Instagram: @nonboynary) and Grace (Twitter: @hifromgrace) explore the world of procedural episodic dramas, this week in the form of CSI's "The Lying Game", an episode in which Candis Cayne plays a "female impersonator" who is murdered. Hudson and Grace examine the episode to see if it holds up while of course, heading on multiple tangents.

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Morgan P. Page performance art:

Advocate Arrive:

Study on trans people and bathrooms

Hudson (Instagram: @nonboynary) and Grace (@hifromgrace) discuss one of the most groundbreaking episodes of television for the LGBTQ+ community, Ellen's The Puppy Episode. The episode details the lead character, Ellen Morgan's, coming out story. The hosts discuss the episodes place in LGBTQ+ media history, while also discussing Ellen's place as an LGBTQ+ icon despite recent controversy.

Hudson (Instagram: @nonboynary) and Grace (Twitter: @hifromgrace) delve into the first episode of the 2008 reality dating series Transamerican Love Story. The show saw 8 bachelors pursue Calpernia Addams, a trans woman and advocate. Grace and Hudson discuss the groundbreaking nature of the show, the questionable casting of the 8 men and of course, whether the episode holds up.

Episode 1 is available here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7wkp2f

Episodes 2-8 are available on Amazon, but if you would prefer not to support Amazon, please send us a DM of a donation to a black trans charity and we will DM you the other episodes.

GLITS: https://www.glitsinc.org/donations

Black Trans COVID-19 Fund Community Response: https://blacktrans.org/

Black Lives Matter resources: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Calpernia's Vlog: https://youtu.be/M3CSIB5yWJc

Article on Jim: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3618450/Trans-not-make-great-parents-Married-couple-transgender-share-dream-starting-family-desperately-search-child-adopt.html

Hudson (Instagram: @nonboynary) and Grace (Twitter: @hifromgrace) explore the world of professional wreslting with a deep dive in the 90s wrestler Goldust. They give a deep dive of the character and discuss why homophobia was so prevalent in the history of professional wrestling. 

Goldust’s Debut - October 22, 1995: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j9KFh_5cDs (watch just until 1:15 or so)

Goldust plays mind games with Razor Ramon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGphWX0-lGU

Goldust vs Razor Ramon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyGpy3D-Hbg

Join Hudson Krakowski and Grace Leeder for the maiden voyage of Hold Up!, a podcast that explores queer media to see how it, well, holds up.  This week, they explore The Simpsons' Season 16, Episode 10 episode "There's Something About Marrying" where Springfield legalizes gay marriage in order to boost tourism. Hudson and Grace examine whether this episode, which originally aired in 2005, still holds up.

Hudson Krakowski - Instagram - @nonboynary