The Reluctant Historian

The Queer Frontier: The Wild West Was Gayer Than You Think


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This week, Liz and Dakota look at the history of queerness on the wild west's frontier.


Episode Notes


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_homosexuality

Article: Paradise of Bachelors: The Social World of Men in Nineteenth-Century America.”

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-15-la-et-out-west15-2009dec15-story.html

https://hornet.com/stories/wild-west-gay-cowboys-history/

https://truewestmagazine.com/old-west-homosexuality-homos-on-the-range/

http://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/1581066/f18d255fcacf4c1686f54670bf93473d.pdf?1515546270

https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/queer-tales-of-the-old-west

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Drummond_Stewart


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The Reluctant HistorianBy Liz and Dakota Lawson