Bad Gays
Bad Gays is a queer history podcast about "evil and complicated queers" in history hosted by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller.
About
Each episode of Bad Gays explores the story of a complicated queer person in history.Lemmy and Miller also wrote a book, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History based on the podcast. It is available in hardcover, paperback, e-book, and audiobook and is published by Verso Books.
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.Episodes
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
| 1 | Alexander the Great | September 24, 2019 | |
| 2 | Andrew Cunanan | October 1, 2019 | |
| 3 | Pietro Aretino | October 8, 2019 | |
| 4 | Frederick the Great | October 15, 2019 | |
| 5 | Charles George Gordon | October 22, 2019 | |
| 6 | Pim Fortuyn | October 29, 2019 | |
| 7 | Nicky Crane | November 5, 2019 | |
| 8 | The Stonewall Colony | November 12, 2019 | |
| 9 | Piers Gaveston | November 19, 2019 | |
| 10 | J. Edgar Hoover | November 27, 2019 | |
| Bonus | Victor Barker | December 25, 2019 | |
| Bonus | Pete Buttigieg | January 29, 2020 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
| 1 | Cecil Rhodes | October 20, 2020 | |
| 2 | Liberace | October 27, 2020 | |
| 3 | Jeremy Thorpe | November 3, 2020 | |
| 4 | Benjamin Britten | November 10, 2020 | |
| 5 | Carl Van Vechten | November 17, 2020 | |
| 6 | Truman Capote | November 24, 2020 | |
| 7 | Prince Albert Victor | December 1, 2020 | |
| 8 | Gertrude Stein | December 8, 2020 | |
| 9 | Camilla Hall | December 14, 2020 | |
| 10 | Violette Morris | December 22, 2020 | |
| Bonus | Dennis Cooper | February 23, 2021 | |
| Bonus | Arthur Gary Bishop | April 13, 2021 | |
| Bonus | Pacchierotto | August 10, 2021 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
| 1 | George Santos | March 20, 2023 | |
| 2 | Julie d'Aubigny | March 28, 2023 | |
| 3 | Jorge Horacio Ballvé Piñero | April 4, 2023 | |
| 4 | Mustapha Ben Ismaïl | April 11, 2023 | |
| 5 | André Gide | April 25, 2023 | |
| 6 | Griselda Blanco | May 2, 2023 | |
| 7 | Tom Driberg | May 9, 2023 | |
| 8 | Dong Xian | May 16, 2023 | |
| 9 | Tokugawa Iemitsu | May 30, 2023 | |
| 10 | Benedetta Carlini | June 6, 2023 | |
| Live Show | Simeon Solomon, Sascha Schneider | December 25, 2023 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
| 1 | Olive Yang | December 23, 2024 | |
| 2 | Tom Mitford | December 30, 2024 | |
| 3 | Elisar von Kupffer | January 7, 2025 | |
| 4 | Albrecht Muth | January 14, 2025 | |
| 5 | Reed Erickson | January 20, 2025 | |
| 6 | Abd al-Ilah | January 29, 2025 | |
| 7 | Larry Kramer | February 5, 2025 | |
| 8 | Anne Lister | February 11, 2025 | |
| 9 | Adele Spitzeder | February 19, 2025 | |
| 10 | Jacques de Molay | March 11, 2025 | |
| Bonus | Alexander von Humboldt | April 30, 2025 | |
| Bonus | Gavin Arthur | June 10, 2025 | |
| Bonus | Coil | August 12, 2025 |