Bad Gays is a queer history podcast about "evil and complicated queers" in history hosted by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller.
Each episode of Bad Gays explores the story of a complicated queer person in history.
Reception
The Advocate listed Bad Gays in its 2023 list of "Five Gloriously Gay Podcasts You Need To Listen To." Bad Gays was also reviewed by Vice Media, Another Magazine, Vox Media, The Washington Post, and The Boar.
Book
Based on research for the podcast, Lemmey and Miller wrote a book, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, published by Verso Books.Reviews: The book won the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for History and Biography.
Episodes +Season OneEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Ernst RöhmMarch 19, 20192Lord Alfred DouglasMarch 26, 20193T. E. LawrenceApril 2, 20194James VI and IApril 9, 20195Andrew SullivanApril 16, 20196Anthony BluntApril 23, 20197Friedrich RadszuweitApril 30, 20198Ronnie KrayMay 7, 20199Leopold and LoebMay 14, 201910Roy CohnMay 21, 2019BonusAndy WarholJune 24, 2019 +Season TwoEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Alexander the GreatSeptember 24, 20192Andrew CunananOctober 1, 20193Pietro AretinoOctober 8, 20194Frederick the GreatOctober 15, 20195Charles George GordonOctober 22, 20196Pim FortuynOctober 29, 20197Nicky CraneNovember 5, 20198The Stonewall ColonyNovember 12, 20199Piers GavestonNovember 19, 201910J. Edgar HooverNovember 27, 2019BonusVictor BarkerDecember 25, 2019BonusPete ButtigiegJanuary 29, 2020 +Season ThreeEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Nikolai YezhovMarch 24, 20202James BuchananMarch 31, 20203Robert Stewart, Viscount CastlereaghApril 7, 20204Barney FrankApril 14, 20205Elmyr de HoryApril 21, 20206Philip JohnsonApril 28, 20207Roger CasementMay 4, 20208Aileen WuornosMay 11, 20209MorrisseyMay 19, 202010Lisa MillerMay 26, 2020BonusRadclyffe HallJuly 28, 2020BonusJohn Maynard KeynesSeptember 1, 2020 +Season FourEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Cecil RhodesOctober 20, 20202LiberaceOctober 27, 20203Jeremy ThorpeNovember 3, 20204Benjamin BrittenNovember 10, 20205Carl Van VechtenNovember 17, 20206Truman CapoteNovember 24, 20207Prince Albert VictorDecember 1, 20208Gertrude SteinDecember 8, 20209Camilla HallDecember 14, 202010Violette MorrisDecember 22, 2020BonusDennis CooperFebruary 23, 2021BonusArthur Gary BishopApril 13, 2021BonusPacchierotto (15th century sodomite)August 10, 2021 +Season FiveEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Francis Bacon December 24, 20212Joe CarstairsJanuary 4, 20223Ernst vom RathJanuary 11, 20224Philipp, Prince of EulenburgJanuary 18, 20225Anne BonnyJanuary 25, 20226Franco ZeffirelliFebruary 1, 20227Freddie MercuryFebruary 8, 20228Cressida DickFebruary 22, 2022910John WojtowiczMarch 1, 202211Jeffrey DahmerMarch 15, 2022BonusEugen SandowJune 1, 2022BonusMagnus HirschfeldOctober 5, 2022Live ShowJack SaulDecember 25, 2022 +Season SixEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1George SantosMarch 20, 20232Julie d'AubignyMarch 28, 20233Jorge Horacio Ballvé PiñeroApril 4, 20234Mustapha Ben IsmaïlApril 11, 20235André GideApril 25, 20236Griselda BlancoMay 2, 20237Tom DribergMay 9, 20238Dong XianMay 16, 20239Tokugawa IemitsuMay 30, 202310Benedetta CarliniJune 6, 2023Live ShowSimeon Solomon, Sascha SchneiderDecember 25, 2023 +Season SevenEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Karl LagerfeldFebruary 13, 20242Joe Orton and Kenneth HalliwellFebruary 20, 20243Ahebi UgbabeFebruary 27, 20244ElagabalusMarch 5, 20245James LevineMarch 12, 20246John WhitgiftMarch 19, 20247Marthe HanauApril 2, 20248Qutbuddin Mubarak ShahApril 9, 20249Franz Nopcsa von Felső-SzilvásApril 18, 202410Rotha Lintorn-OrmanApril 25, 2024BonusChristopher MarloweJune 25, 2024BonusJerome RobbinsAugust 25, 2024BonusMarianne Woods and Jane PirieOctober 30, 2024 +Season EightEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Olive YangDecember 23, 20242Tom MitfordDecember 30, 20243Elisar von KupfferJanuary 7, 20254Albrecht MuthJanuary 14, 20255Reed EricksonJanuary 20, 20256Abd al-IlahJanuary 29, 20257Larry KramerFebruary 5, 20258Anne ListerFebruary 11, 20259Adele SpitzederFebruary 19, 202510Jacques de MolayMarch 11, 2025BonusAlexander von HumboldtApril 30, 2025BonusGavin ArthurJune 10, 2025BonusCoilAugust 12, 2025 +Season NineEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Little RichardNovember 04, 20252Dorian CoreyNovember 11, 20253Charles HitchenNovember 18, 20254Jacob Israël de HaanNovember 25, 20255Angela CalomirisDecember 01, 20256Tracey WiggintonDecember 16, 20257Captain MoonliteDecember 23, 20258E. M. ForsterDecember 30, 20259William BeckfordFebruary 3, 202610Tom of FinlandFebruary 10, 2026BonusDaniel Dunglas HomeApr 2, 2026 + Season TenEpisode numberTopicRelease dateRef1Peter MandelsonApril 29, 20262May 6, 20263May 13, 20264May 20, 20265May 27, 20266June 3, 2026
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