Come for the history; stay for the revolution, gossip, and desire that built it. 🤌

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About Us

Decade by decade, Our Dyke Histories dives deep into the living, breathing past and present of lesbian, queer, trans, & nonbinary communities. Each season traces how we made space for ourselves—sometimes in bars, bookstores, and protests; sometimes in basements, alleyways, and prisons; & always against the odds.

Our Dyke Histories is hosted by historian, geographer, and environmental psychologist Dr. Jack Jen Gieseking, and produced in collaboration with Sinister Wisdom, the oldest lesbian multicultural literary and art journal.

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Season One

Our first season traces the history of dyke bars* - yes, with an asterisk - including lesbian bars, queer parties, & trans hangouts.

Before Pride marches and hashtags, there were bars, parties, and whispered invitations that built whole worlds. Our Dyke Histories uncovers the stories of the women, trans, and nonbinary people who turned repression into resistance and nightlife into liberation.

From the 1920s tearooms of Eve Adams to Harlem rent parties, from the Women’s House of Detention to 1970s consciousness-raising collectives and 1980s synthesizer-lit dance floors, each episode uncovers how we turned danger into joy, censorship into art, & survival into community.

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Join Our Community

Want to be part of our community? We'd love to have you. 😏 Come comment, connect, and get your gayme on!

• Newsletter to your inbox: Jack's Queer Geographies newsletter with detailed takes on each episode, & more about lezbiqueertrans spaces across time
• Instagram for more dyke visuals and stories @ourdykehistories
• Read and follow our co-producer and collaborator, Sinister Wisdom
• Email us at ourdykehistories@gmail.com

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Credits

Producer, Editor, Host, & Creative Director: Jack Gieseking

Co-Producer & Sound Editor: Cade Waldo

Co-Producer: Julie Enszer & Sinister Wisdom

Social Media: Audrey Wilkinson

Interns: Michaela Hayes, Mel Whitesell, Syd Guntharp, Sophie McClain, Paige LeMay, and Sarah Parsons

Consulting Producer: Rachel Fagen

Music:

• Our theme song: "Hot Water" by National Sweetheart
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• 1940s-1960s background:
• 1970s background:
• 1980s background:
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