This episode is all about both/and: both trans and queer history, both kinship and relationships, both the past and the present. Mo Moulton, our illustrious guest this fortnight, is an expert in all of them. Mo is a historian of community, who is particularly interested in nonbinary methods to approach gender nonconforming figures of the past. In this episode, Mo talks about a queer and trans desire for kinship with the past, about chosen families, and (my favorite bit) about dogs and the trans experience. If I were you, I would listen right now and follow @queerlitpodcast and @movin_on_out on IG.

References:

Moulton, Mo. Mutual Admiration Society: How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women . Hachette UK, 2019.

Moulton, Mo. ““Both Your Sexes”: A Non-Binary Approach to Gender History, Trans Studies and the Making of the Self in Modern Britain.” History Workshop Journal 95 (Spring 2023)

Moulton, Mo. “Dogs in the Picture: Restoring the Queer History of the Irish Family.” History of the Family (forthcoming 2024)

Getting Curious

Harlan Weaver, Bad Dog: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021)

“Queer Pets” with Sarah Parker and Hannah Roche

https://www.spreaker. com/episode/queer-pets-with-sarah-parker-and-hannah-roche--47535404

Dorothy Stokes

Jules Gill-Peterson

C. Riley Snorton

Hil Malatino

Dorothy L. Sayers

Muriel St Clare Byrne

Edward Carpenter's The Intermediate Sex

Urning

Deadloch

Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:

1. What constitutes a nonbinary approach to history?
2. Which three scholars does Mo refer to when they talk about beginning their research on the history of gender?
3. Mo explains that historians often apply the category of gender while speaking about the past while, at the same time, being very careful about not anachronistically using terms such as lesbian or trans. What does Mo think about this? Do you agree?
4. We use two terms that you may or may not be familiar with: 'rainbow washing' and the 'pink pound.' Please look them up and think about whether you have ever encountered an example of one of them.
5. What does Mo say about the perception of radical or transgressive identities? Do you agree? What are your thoughts on this?