Podcast Recommendation

Hi all, I wanted to share a link to a podcast I listened to a few weeks ago that I think is pertinent to our recent class conversations. The podcast gives a brief overview of LGBTQ history in the United States, but the segment I found most interesting was the one on non-binary gender identities in the Old West. For example, the historians on the Pod talk about Mrs. Noonan--the laundress for General Custer's 7th Cavalry. Over the years, she married two men in the unit, but when she passed away everyone discovered that she was actually male. Additionally, the podcasters discuss how some women in the Old West dressed as men to gain access to more profitable lines of employment. I really like how they point out that we never see this side of the Old West in Hollywood movies even though it was a fundamental part of that chapter in American history.

Anyway, give it a listen!

https://www.backstoryradio.org/shows/out-of-the-closet