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If bumbledick snumbersnatch could do it so could he...

Are we right that Hans Christian Andersen - messy, dramatic bisexual with no game - would have done numbers on 2012 Tumblr? Look at that face and tell us we're wrong.

Further relatable behavior - outstayed his welcome when visiting Charles Dickens, lay face down on the lawn crying after he got a bad review and further annoyed his host by "[cutting] paper into all sorts of patterns and [gathering] the strangest little nosegays in the woods." Their friendship did not survive the visit...

To hear more about this iconic guy and the many queer resonances of his fairytale the Little Mermaid, check out Episode 9 now!

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Shalalalalala go on and kiss the... boy? In Episode 8 of Queer at Last we dive into the queer significance of The Little Mermaid, from the iconic Disney film to Hans Anderson's original fairytale - trust us, you will learn more than you ever wanted to about Hans' personal life 👀

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts!

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The first person to design us "does before hoes" merch gets our undying gratitude.

Catch up on Episode 7 of Queer at Last where we chat about the 4,000 year old love story between King Gilgamesh and Enkidu the wild man created by the gods to be his other half. But first he has to stop walking stark naked on all fours and eating grass with his deer family...

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From Gilgamesh and Enkidu to Achilles and Patroclus and then David and Jonathan the most prevalent thing in human history we have been warned about are homoerotic codependent friendships and yet you keep talking to the guy you met at 19

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When he heard the death rattle, Gilgamesh moaned like a dove. His face grew dark. "Beloved, wait, don't leave me. Dearest of men, don't die, don't let them take you from me."

-Epic of Gilgamesh

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Herbert Mason, Gilgamesh : A Verse Narrative

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I have a real soft spot for the Andrew George translation as well!

*booktok voice* Do you want to read a gay story about two guys who speedrun enemies to lovers, go against their designed nature by being together, who become unstoppable fighting side by side to much dismay of the gods who created them? Do you want to see one of them eaten alive by the grief for his lover when he dies from a godsent sickness? A book about someone fighting so hard for a chance at eternal life that he doesn't notice he is throwing away the precious time he has got, filling it with agony? Well, in the  2100 BCE poem of Gilgamesh-

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polite notice - emailing us to your old professor is ALWAYS encouraged, in fact you should all be doing it right now

We're back babyyyyy! Our first episode of 2025 is out, and this time we're talking about one of the oldest stories ever told, which has at its core two men, equal and opposite, who share a profound love for one another - Gilgamesh and Enkidu 👑⚔️🦌

These two really have it all: fated to be together, enemies to lovers, "I can fix him" "-i can make him worse", gay power couple so powerful they were nerfed by the gods themselves, a tragic ending and outpouring of grief from the one left behind... the list goes on

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We're back babyyyyy! Our first episode of 2025 is out, and this time we're talking about one of the oldest stories ever told, which has at its core two men, equal and opposite, who share a profound love for one another - Gilgamesh and Enkidu 👑⚔️🦌

These two really have it all: fated to be together, enemies to lovers, "I can fix him" "-i can make him worse", gay power couple so powerful they were nerfed by the gods themselves, a tragic ending and outpouring of grief from the one left behind... the list goes on

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Ok we know "the real story you DIDN'T learn at school" is overused, but in this case... what else can you say??

For more queer Shakespeare revelations listen to Episode 6 of Queer at Last wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

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Pisses me off how good Shakespeare actually is. Like yeah he's actually that good. People hype him up like he's the best English writer ever, and yeah he's actually an S+ tier writer.

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IYKYK

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Episode 6 is out now!

✨If laughter be the food of love, pod on!✨

Open thine ears to our tale of the illustrious bard himself, William Shakespeare - who is way gayer than the British school system ever led us to believe...

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dionysus big naturals

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RIP Public Universal Friend you would have done numbers on tumblr