Exploring the Secret Lesbian World of Interwar Paris

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Note: I’ve been informed that one of my sources, the author of Female Masculinity, goes by Jack Halberstam now! The paper I referenced includes his deadname on it as it was published beforehand. My apologies, I wish I could edit the video itself.
After WW1, a vibrant underground community of Sapphic women found community together in Paris. Come learn with me about the big names, their favorite haunts, and the queer history that led there!
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Seeing Queerly: The Emergence of Lesbian Visual Codes in Interwar Paris by Lowry Martin II
Women together/women apart : portraits of lesbian Paris by Tirza True Latimer
Looking like a lesbian: The sexual politics of portraiture in Paris between the wars by Tirza True Latimer
“A Woman Dressed like a Man”: Gender Trouble at the Sapphic Cabaret, Paris, 1930-1960 by Tamara Chaplin
The modern woman revisited : Paris between the wars by Whitney Chadwick, Tirza True Latimer
No modernism without lesbians by Diana Souhami
Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion by Eleanor Medhurst
‘Our jolly marin wear’: The queer fashionability of the sailor uniform in interwar France and Britain By Andrew Stephenson
Gender, Sexuality, and the City in the Early Twentieth Century by Birgitte Søland
Disruptive Acts: The New Woman in Fin-de-Siecle France by Mary Louise Roberts
Female Masculinity by Jack Halberstam
Beyond the Myth of Lesbian Montmartre: The Case of Chez Palmyre by Leslie Choquette
Histories of French Sexuality: From the Enlightenment to the Present edited by Nina Kushner, Andrew Israel Ross
The frail social body : pornography, homosexuality, and other fantasies in interwar France by Carolyn J. Dean archive.org/details/frailsoci...
Passing Fashions: Reading Female Masculinities in the 1920s by Laura Doan
Who's Afraid of Stephen Gordon?: The Lesbian in the United States Popular Imagination of the 1920s by Sherrie A. Inness
Theorizing Female Inversion: Sexology, Discipline, and Gender at the Fin de Siècle by Heike Bauer
Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun by Jennifer L. Shaw
Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis by Jeffrey H. Jackson
Fashioning Sapphism: The Origins of a Modern English Lesbian Culture by Laura Doan
One is not Born a Woman by Monique Wittig
Banishing the Beast: English Feminism and Sexual Morality 1885-1914 by Lucy Bland

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@LawrenceMiles1972 17 дней назад

1920s newspapers talk about gender as if they're describing Pokemon battles. "In an attempt to compete with effeminate men, the tomboy will evolve into a boyette, and ultimately a lesbian."

@sophie3869 7 дней назад

Omg I love this 😂

@theloverlyladylo9158 17 дней назад

My mom was once sent home from elementary school in the 60s because her mom sent her to school with snow pants on under her dress. The freak outs about girls in pants was long lasting and utterly bizarre.

@varalys 17 дней назад

I'm 50 this year. last time I wore skirts or dresses was when I was about three. Mum kept having to sort out exceptions for me at school so I could stay in trousers lol. I'm also a lesbian who only wears men's clothes, and thanks to Kaz, I have got the confidence to wear what hats I like. Currently a trilby, but damn, I am tempted by a topper like they are wearing in this video. I'd love to larp as a Victorian industrialist.

@calebleland8390 17 дней назад

@@varalys I remember years ago seeing a meme that said "Lesbians don't dress like men. Men dress butch, and they do it poorly". And I am pretty okay with that. 🤣🤣

@seeleunit2000 16 дней назад

Yep, that rule definitely sounds idiotic, but it does demonstrate patriarchal control and ideology at work.

@varalys 16 дней назад

And religion with a small c. Up until the nineties all UK schools were religious schools by default. Although weirdly the least bad about my trouser wearing was my actual CofE juniors school.

@KT-Kaboom 16 дней назад

My grandma and her neighborhood friends sent my mom and their daughters to school in pants on cold days over and over again until the school board had to change their dress code to let "young ladies wear trousers or blue jeans on days under 55 degrees"

@kamilasledz25 17 дней назад

"Huge Good Luck Babe moment for Natalie, im sure" caught me off-guard, i love the Chappel Roanification of the lesbian hivemind

@olivercetus6956 17 дней назад

Hearing that had me spit out my drink 😭😭😭

@ailistere 16 дней назад

Chappell Roan world domination !!

@charlie_spring_kinnie 16 дней назад

I’m hot to go! But are you?

@Ellenmd 15 дней назад

Absolutely!

@miablossom73 15 дней назад

New Chappel Roan fan here. I adore her music.

@DE-GEN-ART 17 дней назад

im a cis male, but i used to frequent this lesbian bar in Dallas Texas called "MR.BIGGS" and i was welcomed with open arms every time i went on 25 cent drink nights. lesbians know how to party, it was some of the most fun ive ever had in a night club.

@calebleland8390 17 дней назад

I passed this on to my daughter. They recently came out to us as non-binary, and is still figuring out other things about their sexuality (made doubly hard because they're Autistic). I thought this might be of some interest to them. Thank you for videos like these that help and entertain not only the LGBTQIA+ community, but CIS-HET people like myself.

@firstlast2636 17 дней назад

The word autistic is pseudo trash

@virgoboi24 17 дней назад

Big hugs from a fellow autistic nonbinary/agender person

@calebleland8390 17 дней назад

@@virgoboi24 I hope you're having a great Pride Month! 💜💜

@memeju1ce 17 дней назад

enby autistic person here- this is so sweet! make sure they are comfortable with words like “daughter”. they may prefer other words (and may not!) ❤ i’m so glad they have you to be there for them. i wish my mum embraced my gender like you

@sassylittleprophet 17 дней назад

Fellow autistic enby here! I'm so happy for your kid, I wish my parents were half as accepting as you. Also, I have a tiny suggestion to ask them if they feel comfortable being called your daughter (instead of your kid or child) because that term might potentially make them feel uncomfortable. I don't mean to be critical or disrespectful, you're doing a great job and your support of your child is something I could only dream of receiving from my parents. 💜

@user-jg8jc1gy2q 17 дней назад

Our local radical queer bar closed recently and this video made me tear up a bit. Our history is vast and beautiful and we will endure like ivy through the cracks

@hjeanmachine 16 дней назад

Chicago too, RIP Berlin

@BoliVic96 16 дней назад

same here, one closed for real bad reasons and the other now became straight, and I'm in the capital city of my country with another 2M people, it's depressing

@mintjaan 17 дней назад

I remember in the 2010s there was this sentiment that you couldn't tell who was queer anymore because in years prior if you saw a woman wearing masc clothes, heavily tattooed with short hair it was assumed she was a lesbian. I don't think it was necessarily the straights coopting queer style but rather clothing becoming more neutral and body mods becoming more normalized. The majority of queer idenitifiers are ment to be able to worn in plain sight and interpret by those who know. In away that often means constantly shifting, if something becomes too well known outside of queer culture or just becomes too common -- we pick something knew. Recently people were talking about "can non lesbians wear carabiners?" And like sure, it's a functional accessory, it's not a sacred object. Queer culture will persist regardless.

@erraticonteuse 17 дней назад

The latest advice I've seen (as an elder Millennial trying to get back into the queer dating scene) has been if you want to advertise that you're queer: just dress however men on Twitter would tell you they hate. That can be super butch, but also hyperfeminine à la Chappell Roan 😂

@halem6580 16 дней назад

This also happened post-2020 as well. Things that were the subtle markers of queerness in the 2010s are now just mainstream fashion. I remember seeing queer people talking about how they were seeing people who registered as queer to them but actually weren't much more frequently then they ever had been before. I think the difference is that with the short hair thing in the 2010s, I remember it being more about straight people not being able to clock queer people, but the more recent version is queer people trying to find other queer people.

@lioedevon4275 16 дней назад

For me it’s the lil eyebrow notch. Hopefully it at least signifies some level of queerness or at the very least art student vibes ;;w;;

@luisaagudelo7782 12 дней назад

The same thing happened with the 'castro clone' look from the 70s. Now the t-shirt and tight jeans combo is a staple in menswear. And to think plenty of guys consider it "gay" to wear anything a little more daring than that lol

@leocoyote6579 17 дней назад

in my own way, i actually really identify with “the inverts”. i am a f*ggot and a d*ke, i am transsexual, and i exist entirely outside of the binary while completely understanding that i will still be boxed in. this approach has deeply alleviated my dysphoria and made me happier than ever. all of kaz’ videos are absolutely ridiculously incredible, but this one takes the cake. i sobbed from the precious beginning to the pix from the 30s & 40s, it’s making me sad that we don’t have basement speakeasies reserved for all of the d*kes of today, but so beautiful that we had those and have the spaces we have now

@nixhixx 17 дней назад

I took my newly hatched trans daughter to Pride, and made her a patchwork purse based on the Trans Flag. Happy Pride, Guys, Gals, and Non-binary pals!

@fugitive_ 14 дней назад

Absolutely love the way you said ‘newly hatched’ 😭❤️ it gives the vibe of like a flower blooming and as a 25 year old trans man who just started transitioning, it made me feel like this is my rebirth. Just made me really happy plus got a little laugh out of it!

@user-uq1cp1nz6k 17 дней назад

OH MY GOD THE CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THIS VIDEO HHAH THIS IS SO COOL 😭

@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 17 дней назад

the intro is pure genius! I was hoping for a cameo by Antonella "Nella" Insera of Nostalgia Chik fame.

@rrrrrrin 17 дней назад

Yesss, it is amazing!!

@spadinacat 17 дней назад

There she goes, raising the bar for all of us and doing it flawlessly!

@rowangrisez9553 16 дней назад

@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 did you see that Lindsay met up with Cinema Snob on one of her book tour stops? I had war flashbacks upon seeing them in the same room together 😂

@Zombie_Trooper 16 дней назад

@@rowangrisez9553I'm so disappointed I couldn't attend. Say what you will about everything that happened, I love them both so much.

@portablegoose 17 дней назад

I'm literally 25 seconds in and WOW PRODUCTION VALUE HELLO???!!

@ElicBehexan 16 дней назад

I went to a woman's university. I started there in the fall of 1973. I was told my students and a few employees who had been there stories. For example, it was sometime shortly before I started that girls were not allowed of of the dorm if they did not wear a dress. If roommates in the dorm, one could not wear a nightgown if the other was wearing pajamas. Girls who had gym classes, had to wear a dress to the gym before they could change into gym clothes and then had to change back after class. I have ALWAYS been glad I did not have to endure these rules! I turned 70 last year. Putting on a pretty dress isn't the worst thing I've ever done, but it sure isn't my favorite thing!

@qetoun 17 дней назад

I came for the top hat and monocle...I stayed for the documentary.

@asternautica 16 дней назад

i'm not out and i don't know if i can ever be out while my parents are alive. but learning about and knowing about queers of yesteryear who couldnt either makes me feel less like a failure for not coming out. thanks so much, kaz.

@piaonomata9220 16 дней назад

You are the only one who can decide when or whether to come out. You are NOT a failure.

@apcolleen 16 дней назад

I have more than a few friends in your situation. Some because of religious reasons with their parents and some because of cultural reasons. It always takes a little piece of your soul to have to hide that.

@starlightriri 16 дней назад

you're a wonderful person no matter if you're out or not. you are not a failure. happy pride month, pal!

@ASKSer79 16 дней назад

You have no obligation to come out, that’s only between you and yourself as only you know your circumstances especially in this day and age. You’re only obligated to be exactly who you are, even if it’s currently closeted. I wish you peace and happiness. Happy Pride 🌈❤

@zz12233 15 дней назад

We accept you and you're valid!

@TickTockTimeTraveler 17 дней назад

truly an eye popping number of monocles featured in this vid!! love it

@piaonomata9220 16 дней назад

My town recently witnessed the launch of a queer-centered antifascist bookstore/cooperative shop, and WOW has it been successful. Finally, finally, finally, local queer folx have a venue (crucially: not a bar) where they can gather, bond, and build community. My daughter has found her people there, and I have never seen her happier or more at ease with herself. Even in this era of ubiquitous parasocial/online friendships and communities, as Kaz very aptly pointed out, meeting up with others of your tribe in actual physical spaces where being your authentic self is safe and celebrated is so incredibly important. On a different note...Kaz, I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see you do a biography of Tove Jansson at some point. She was a fiery and complex and fascinating person by all accounts, and I can't think of anyone better suited to completing a review of her life and work.

@m.c.lizard9838 15 дней назад

So much of this is so great and I definitely agree on the Tove point!!! I’ve been reading Moomin and wondering about what a great and impactful person and author she must’ve been!!

@hungrylikealoup 11 дней назад

Completely agree about a biography on Tove Jansson! We really do need more queer spaces that are not centered around alcohol and party culture. I understand the significance in terms of queer history of these places, but as an ace person who chooses not to drink alcohol and is not comfortable with party culture (because it's centered around alcohol and sex), it's really hard to enjoy a lot of currently available queer spaces, or even Pride events.

@m.c.lizard9838 9 дней назад

@@hungrylikealoup omg this is So So unbelievably real and I’m glad someone said it like I wish the club wasn’t my only option to hang out in gay spaces

@piaonomata9220 День назад

@@hungrylikealoup Exactly. Having alcohol-/party-centered venues for queer people is great, but it excludes an AWFUL lot of queer people...not least of which being those who don't drink or are not looking for sexual contacts. The other big group that gets excluded are young queer adults, ages 18-20, who are legally barred from those venues. I think that's one of the reasons the bookstore/queerspace in our town has taken off like it has--the younger queer community was starved for a place to come together. In other news...I stopped by there earlier today, and THEY HAD KAZ'S BOOK!! They have one less now, and I have new reading material. 😀 🏳‍🌈

@amandabear64 17 дней назад

so what I learned is that i need to start keeping my receipts and sow them together into a blanket for easy hrt

@PurelyCoincidental 17 дней назад

I'm a woman with a very unbalanced prescription (one eye is barely nearsighted, the other significantly more so), so that wearing a monocle would actually work well for me. I was chatting with a guy friend of mine a few months ago about it, and I referred to it offhand as going for that 1920s lesbian chic. My friend had no idea what I was talking about and was completely confused, lol. Btw, amazing video, and the top hat and tux look amazing on you. :)

@craneculture1045 14 дней назад

You can still get prescriptions for them!

@mfuentes4961 17 дней назад

Hope everybody’s having a great Pride month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

@NotDrDre 17 дней назад

I hope you are too! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914 17 дней назад

Peace and love to all. First year as a self admitted "platonic pansexual" living a heterosexual lovelife. I'm just currently incarnated as a cisman who prefers female presenting humanoids for carnal love. With a poetic license I now understand I am a platonic pansexual, a being or spirit as others who can't be known before we meet them. The Doctor (Eccleston & Capaldi) were so amazing as beings. More

@calebleland8390 17 дней назад

@@througtonsheirs_doctorwhol5914Ncuti is amazing in the role! I've been waiting Doctor Who since the late 70s (Tom will always be my Doctor), but Ncuti's performance is absolutely brilliant.

@Maybe-A-Demon 17 дней назад

Shout out to…. The gays 🏳️‍🌈

@amylou22snowhite 17 дней назад

Happy Pride to you!

@alexandrad3158 17 дней назад

Fun fact: In my former communist country (and i imagine it would have been the same in all communist countries), being gay/lesbian was considered a thing of ”the decadent West”. And in the ”West” being gay/lesbian would have one seen as communist.......

@sonkeschluter3654 13 дней назад

All the others are easily thrown into the same basket. Makes life very easy and you don’t hurt your head to much through thinking.

@katwitanruna 17 дней назад

I told my children the best thing to do was not to worry about labels but just love who they love.

@ardenalexa94 17 дней назад

I love this. ❤

@RebaMcImTired 17 дней назад

You’re a diva.

@calebleland8390 17 дней назад

My son recently said to me "I know I'm straight. I'm pretty sure. But...there are some men who are just beautiful." I thought that was pretty good.

@Chaosbean-1443 15 дней назад

One of my favorites is "I may or may not be attracted to you, I just have functioning eyes." Like, man, some people are just freaking beautiful.

@creepycutiecrafty 17 дней назад

I remember an old comedy from the 90s called You Rang M’Lord, set in a pre-WWI town house. It was a loose exploration of the upstairs/downstairs divide, and I mention it because one of the characters was the daughter of the lord of the house. She always wore “men’s” clothes and had her hair slicked down at Kaz described. She wasn’t the butt of the joke, but more the confusion of the older (male) family members who were confused by her. It’s only hitting me now how accurate that may have been. Fantastic video, and I love the deep investigation here. Beautifully done

@meredith5879 17 дней назад

Omg, Cissy Meldrum! *iconic*

@creepycutiecrafty 17 дней назад

@@meredith5879 that’s the one! I could not remember their name! 🤣

@bobguy3939 17 дней назад

Yep this video brought to mind that character for me too.

@BadCatInHat 17 дней назад

and if Cissy wasn't on socialist rallies, she was always somewhere with her "chum" Penelope

@meredith5879 16 дней назад

@@BadCatInHat I remember that the show ends with her turning the family fortune into a workers' cooperative or something.

@sharonkaczorowski8690 17 дней назад

What a beautifully made video. As someone who has spent most of her 73 years studying oppression, this is one of best presentations I have seen on both that period and its similarity to what’s happening today among groups who have enjoyed privilege and are terrified of losing it (a psychologically complex situation). I concluded long ago that bigotry is a mental health issue as it prevents those who have it from seeing the world as it is in all its extraordinary complexity and, yes, beauty. This video should be presented in schools…which won’t happen, alas.

@spameranne 16 дней назад

I really like idea of conceptualizing bigotry as a mental health problem.

@sharonkaczorowski8690 16 дней назад

@@spameranne Thank you. It’s been generally accepted in the psych community for some time. When I proposed it 40 years ago, there was a significant absence of acceptance in academia and other circles. I suspect it hit some nerves. It’s hard to admit one has prejudices even though that’s part of being human. To be able to recognize one’s prejudices is a hard road to travel in any culture/society but so worth it in the end. When initially studying all the horrors of human prejudice, I walked around in a state of grief and I certainly have many, many images which are very painful to this day. As I continued, I realized that pain was necessary both to honor those who suffered and suffer, and to my becoming a decent human being.

@roundabout4727 11 дней назад

Although I understand your idea, I am also not in favor of it Bigotry is a mindset It is a choice, it can be controlled, and you can stop being a bigot, it may seem like a disorder others because of how uncontrollable it looks on the outside It's also letting people off the hook in a way you didn't mean to, the phrase "sorry it's my ADHD" may now be equal to "sorry my bigotry" if you choose to continue believing in your idea

@roundabout4727 11 дней назад

I wish I could cite people more but please talk and listen to more neurodivergent and disabled people I could only cite Imani_Barbarin as an example of disagreeing that bigotry is an illness because of the harm it would cause

@liberality 11 дней назад

@@sharonkaczorowski8690 "generally accepted in the psych community" is not only unreferenced, it's no evidence of anything. What medication do you prescribe for bigotry? And in my lived experience, accusing others of being mentally ill is frequently a projection.

@dumoulin11 14 дней назад

Your comment about the disappearing Lesbian bars made me realize that here in Montreal we used to have several such places. Sad to think about their passing.

@lvl11717 6 дней назад

There are only 31 or so in the US. For all 50 states. Very unfortunate and I wish we had more 😞

@Rebellum1 16 дней назад

EXCELLENT video. I have a degree in sexuality studies, and I sometimes find videos that discuss late 19th century/early 20th century sexuality that leave out a lot of key information, or which spread misinformation. I was so happy to see this wasn't one of those videos! You actually mentioned inverts, and the way that sexuality must be understood through the lens of contemporary expectations of gender and sexuality as do-ing rather than be-ing! I see a lot of stuff has had to be left out, but I think you did a really good job of focusing on specific things to make sure the video is too long (if I try, I end up talking way too long about the role of eugenics and early psychology, lol). Great video ❤

@Nova-jj6ov 15 дней назад

I'm so glad that you still finish off your videos encouraging people to wear a mask. As a high risk disabled person this gesture means a lot to me.

@spinstercatlady 17 дней назад

What I wouldn't give if i could go back in time and have a night out at La Monocle! Amazing research and accompanying photos as always, Kaz!

@AleisterCrowleyMagus 17 дней назад

Gorgeous video! I love how the tweet screeching about Barbie starts going off on Ryan Reynolds when Ryan Gosling is the *dude* playing Ken…but of course reality is never a barrier…

@obliviouscandybar 16 дней назад

Those people appear to be losing their grip on reality.

@littlesecret8213 17 дней назад

The setting, the music, THE FREAKING CINEMATOGRAPHY omg 👏🏽

@hjeanmachine 17 дней назад

WE LOOK SO GOOD

@jenniferannechampion 17 дней назад

First time commenter but long time subscriber. Listening to your video while furiously hand-dyeing embroidery floss in variations of Pride flags and the Palestinian flag colours for a craft pop-up this weekend (my first one!) with portions of proceeds going to queer and mutual aid communities, and the Municipality of Gaza respectively. I hope I do good. And I hope you are having a great day!

@Bugg...0_o 17 дней назад

Also (again, lol) it always makes me laugh during your sponsor segment about shady info brokers finding out who my relatives are. I always think "Lol, jokes on them, my family disowned me years ago." I just imagine my mother getting one of those messages where they spoof your voice, and my mom just hangs up, not because she knows it's fake, but because she thinks it's real! I imagine their surprise as she shouts "Good!" before hanging up. But I guess my sense of humor is a bit messed up, lol.

@TaraHisakata 17 дней назад

Im a simple man. I see kaz Rowe I up thumb and bell ding.

@Ce13stialBunny 17 дней назад

Here in Dallas, Texas, we have one of the last remaining Lesbian bars in the country! Sue Ellen’s

@kategoss5454 17 дней назад

Just a head's up that Halberstam now goes by Jack! They've had a journey since Female Masculinities:)

@KazRowe 17 дней назад

Ohh thank you for the heads up! I’ll edit the description list

@bluecore7 17 дней назад

I just wanted to say thanks for these videos. I'm in my 40s now and I'm always learning new things about our community thanks to video essays like yours. When I was young, I took what I could get, browsing the "Womens' Studies" sections of used bookstores and libraries (in a red state, so no LGBT+ content there), or my city's one queer bookstore, so I'm very grateful for the abundance of info about our history that is freely available now. ❤

@thatoneweebinthebackofthec2960 17 дней назад

LETS GO LESBIANS

@2nd3rd1st 15 дней назад

It's crazy to read such a modern seeming term as "ultra-tomboyish" in an article from 1927!

@LunaVee3435 17 дней назад

The way i OOOOH-ed like a middleaged dad when this video popped into my notifs

@adamkassemtv 17 дней назад

Love learning the queer unspoken side of history.

@peri_gee 16 дней назад

5:44 just fyi the author of "Female Masculinity" now goes by Jack Halberstam, and you may see newer editions of the book with that name :) Great read btw!

@marykayryan7891 16 дней назад

I'm 70 and when I was going to high school (in Chicago where it gets mighty cold in the winter), girls were not allowed to wear pants to school. If you wore them under a skirt or in place of one, you had to change as soon as you got there. GUESS WHO WORE PANTS TO SCHOOL ANYWAY?! And refused to change out of them. Yup, me, and I have no doubt other girls in the country. (Of course, I got sent home...more than once.) Y'all, you're welcome 'cause we did that so you could wear clothing appropriate to the season and your own inclinations.

@kaiady8086 16 дней назад

I swear you always manage to bring a tear to my eyes when it’s comes to our history. That photo you used of Magnus Hirschfeld is actually the same one I used in my one person show. It was on trans identity as a Floridian over the events of last summer. Just seeming that picture makes me emotional, how connected we are, we’ve never truly been alone ♥️

@DomyTheMad420 17 дней назад

18:10 this is a bit under half the reason why i intentionally mix & mash my style as a straight white guy i've got green colored hair, an 8 inch beard and viking braids. It's weirdly a lot of fun watching assholes figure out if they need to / want to risk harassing me i've genuinely had to point out to strangers that "i am not gay or lgbtq-whatever bro." and then watch them claim "that was not the problem" before suddenly no longer being agressive towards me it's my subtle way of fucking with bigots lol

@wareforcoin5780 16 дней назад

This is what allyship looks like

@onbearfeet 16 дней назад

As an LGBTQ woman who dresses fairly straight, I would kill to go out for an evening with you. I might actually die laughing.

@fugitive_ 14 дней назад

I feel you! I’m a trans guy and recently started transitioning and I love to dress very ‘boyish’ and then put on super pretty makeup. My goal is to look like an androgynous anime man and wear cute femme outfits but for now my body still looks very feminine and so wearing masculine clothing to cover my body and putting on pretty makeup is the best I can do to make people as confused as possible.

@shampooslurper 17 дней назад

YES HOLY SHIT YES THANK YOU FOR THIS I NEEDED THIS

@shampooslurper 17 дней назад

I THINK ABOUT THIS TOPIC NONSTOP HELP

@emmoesen3988 17 дней назад

This topic being lesbians? Same

@shampooslurper 17 дней назад

@@emmoesen3988 Lmaooooo i suppose. I’m just all over queer history in general. It scratches an itch

@ClaireLeslie-eu4tl 17 дней назад

My new elderly room mates love all this content!

@apcolleen 16 дней назад

As a Floridian who is pale with wide shoulders and who is naturally strong, I've never been much for sartorial involvement. I travel in very LGBT friendly circles and someone recently thought that despite being in a committed relationship with my boyfriend for 9 years he thought that I was bi because I wear t-shirts and tank tops and khaki style but colorful but not golf course style shorts. I have a lot of leg edema so I can't wear short shorts because of chub rub. I've always felt more masculine than most women because I refused to hide my strength. I even used to do taekwondo with grown men because the women said I hit too hard. Also I didn't get diagnosed with autism till I was in menopause. I've never really fit in with any group I guess. Too straight for lesbians and not lady like enough for most men until I met my boyfriend who isn't worried about that sort of thing. I'm glad things are changing, maybe my niece will have a better time in life with it, she looks like she's going to follow in my footsteps pretty closely.

@hazaubel6532 17 дней назад

i cant believe this was an hour long , such an entertaining and informative content

@lupus-daemonis7 17 дней назад

the vibes the production the costumes the everything 👨🏼‍🍳🤌🏼🌈

@kategoldner877 17 дней назад

so excited.. it's my day off, food is on the way and my edible is kicking in so this is perfect timing!!

@jking2889 17 дней назад

Thank u for existing and all the work that must go into your content. Litteraly my favourite youtuber, everything from the way you talk and the aesthetics of your videos, to the topics you explore and how much nuance you manage to include. We're all lucky to have you. It's wonderful to have easy access to amazing queer history. I seriously dont have the words for how much I appreciate you and what you do.

@davidfisher6528 15 дней назад

I don’t leave enough comments, and I really felt like I needed to let you know how wonderful it is to watch your content. You make me so comfortable to be me. I love sharing these facts with my other friends… Our arms are forever wrapped around you here in Kennewick Washington, Washington state on the mighty Columbia river keep up the good fight.

@boringzilla 17 дней назад

Love the cinematography of the intro scene! Also MILLA SWEEP!!

@Simon.K7885 16 дней назад

This video dropping after the lastest IWTV episode is just too perfect.

@blegevant4720 17 дней назад

Here within 20 minutes of release?? Hell yeah!

@thaisvasconcellos3528 16 дней назад

god this video is a piece of art. the beginning was so beautiful it moved me, and i love how in depth the subject went. kaz really outdid themselves 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@1cornicon679 17 дней назад

i would do anything to be a fly on the wall in some of these gathering places. this video was so great i almost cried! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

@lifenolonger 17 дней назад

Literally so cool oh my lord and the decor and the quality of this video 😢😊❤

@mayaanderson6313 17 дней назад

Seeing a new Kaz video pop up on my feed is a feeling like no other

@Linnea929 17 дней назад

It’s always a good day when there’s a new Kaz video

@christabelle__ 9 дней назад

I love that when America basically ran out Eartha Kitt, she ended up working at Carroll's! "Her name was Fred - one of the most beautiful women you ever want to see in your life, always dressed as a man." Eartha went on to meet Orson Welles there, and work closely with him, as well! I love Eartha Kitt so much, but so few know much about her beyond 'Santa Baby' or her time acting in the 60s Batman show. As an outcast, and an outspoken woman, I love that she accepted anyone else society saw as an outcast - I love that lesbians in France gave her a safe place to not just exist, but thrive!

@worrywort27 17 дней назад

I bought your novel a while back and it is so beautiful and transcendent! Thank you for the passion you've shared with the world through your videos and written works 💜💜💜

@NFry 17 дней назад

This period and group of people are my pet research topic right now. Thanks so much!!

@thenolanmaggio 16 дней назад

I would love to hear you talk about the life and legacy of Tamara de Lempicka one day. Love your videos!

@LaJokanan 17 дней назад

I love your work, I'm always so happy when a new video comes around. Thank you for this amazing education.

@PizzaPredator 13 дней назад

I am always a bit distracted by all the cool antiques in the background and all the awesome costumes Kaz has every video. What a great channel. Everything is always so interesting.

@Josephine224 17 дней назад

Gorgeous cinematography and wonderful topic, Kaz Rowe truly always deliver.

@user-st4xz1zs5h 8 дней назад

So happy to open this video and immediately recognize the Dorothy! Wonderful video and thanks for shouting out such a wonderful local staple

@dingle_danglee 17 дней назад

THE INTRO IS EVERYTHING OMG

@Jay_D_Generate 13 дней назад

I'm always interested in your history topics but I definitely also come to see your outfits. You're always killing it in the wardrobe department.

@blissgirl9052 15 дней назад

Kaz I am so grateful for your content, your wonderful sense of perspective, empathy and humor. I rarely comment but just wanted to pop in because this was such an engaging post, and educational for someone who isn't hugely familiar with this bit of history. Thank you as always! ❤

@noodlesauce2553 17 дней назад

the aesthetic and CINNAMONTOPOGRAPHY!!!! ❤❤❤❤ Kaz time is the best time

@rayne4134 16 дней назад

kaz your videos get better and better and more amazing than the last,, eACH UPLOAD! the time and planning they must take is much appreciated. they’re beautiful, informative and explorative. i’ve been subbed for a while and watching your quality and growth has been amazing. thank you thank you for being my fav queer historian !!

@daughterofbastet 17 дней назад

Thank you for the gorgeous setting, the lovely cameos, the history info, and of course the kitty 😙

@HNF1294 8 дней назад

Holy shit! It was really cool to see my local sapphic bar in the intro to this video!!! Love your videos, thanks as always for putting them out :D

@b.c4440 15 дней назад

I just love learning about this stuff and you do it so well in these videos. It’s like history is a coloring book and every video is a new crayon. The world is just so interesting and sparkly after learning about old timey Paris girlfriends.

@Helux1957 17 дней назад

Your work is always so thoughtful and well-researched. Thank you.

@britlizha 16 дней назад

Thank you so much for making this video!!!! It's soo informative! Happy Pride!!🌈🌈

@AM-sw9di 17 дней назад

Omg THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS I LOVE THIS ERA OF SAPPHIC HISTORY!!!! You look DAPPER 😍

@thataotperson 14 дней назад

I binge your videos while I crochet and a few days ago I watched the last one I hadn't seen and I was so sad because I love how you talk about history and the different topics you pick. The topics you pick are some that interest me and some that I haven't heard of, and I love learning about history through your videos. Thank you

@nicoteop175 17 дней назад

Your book came in this week. So excited to read it!

@joachimlewandowski9229 15 дней назад

As a bi trans man I do usually forget how much the history of my identity is tied to the lesbian community. Since I've been passing for the past 3 years now, I haven't felt a sense of belonging to either the gay men community nor the lesbian community. So learning the history of these communities is really a reminder that once all of this was in the same boat. Anyway great video, I just needed to rant about this haha

@irishalchemy 16 дней назад

This was a work of art; Thank you Kaz!

@katyt234 11 дней назад

This video came up on my recommended feed and I was like oh, how interesting! And then I lost my mind at how much queer history content has been out here this whole time. I’m starting a masters program in queer history this fall and watching all your videos has been such an incredible inspiration and reminder of why I love what I study! From one queer historian to another, thank you!!!

@PretendeerStreams 12 дней назад

Thank you for making these videos, it makes me feel a little less alone knowing about those who came and struggled before us

@mumplaysthesims8396 14 дней назад

This was absolutely fascinating, thankyou so much for all the hardwork you put into your videos

@frayacinth 17 дней назад

aaa I remember posting a comment about Natalie Barney on one of your other videos, I'm so glad to see you talking about her here!! you really out here hitting every one of my hyperfixations 💖💖

@idamagnusdotterganeteg7497 16 дней назад

OBSESSED! Thank you so much for putting in so much effort and love into these videos. It is the highlight of any day when you post something. This is probably my new favourite video of yours 10/10

@Toobzer 16 дней назад

I HAVE BEEN SO EXCITED FOR THIS VIDEO YEAAAAAA

@dinahfromkabalor День назад

Wow. Fantastic job on this one! Possibly your best yet. Thank you for your work.

@Pepperz543 17 дней назад

You literally never miss! 🙌

@evilspacezombie9 16 дней назад

This is beautiful timing for this video and my personal life because I'm going to Paris the day after tomorrow! So glad that I'll now be going there with plenty of interesting new (to me) knowledge.

@Rose-pk6ss 7 дней назад

I came here to find something to listen to while I clean my room. I left realising that I’m a ragging homosexual (I already knew). I loved the focus on Lesbian historical figures. Not many people take women’s sexuality into account even within the modern more accepting queer community. The part where you mentioned that women’s sexual “deviance” was not criminalised is incredibly accurate. Even in homophobic countries right now, people are more focused on hating on gay men than they are on lesbians. I have observed it in the homophobic community where I grew up too. People saw my lack of interest in men as something “all teenage girls go through” and that I would “grow out” of it. These words were limiting and freeing at the same time. Even though it was hard for me to find someone who is accepting of my sexuality, it meant that I could also “stay under the radar” and be queer safely.

@amylou22snowhite 17 дней назад

Great video, Kaz. Excellent research. I’ve had a great Pride Month. Saturday, we had the FIRST EVER Pride in my tiny hometown, complete with a drag show! King and Queens! Also went to the huge celebration in New Orleans earlier this month with my friends. I got to paint a man for drag for the first time!

@PD-hv3my 17 дней назад

Excellent video as always Kaz

@AmaanHasanDilawar 17 дней назад

Awesome presentation as always.

@yensid4294 16 дней назад

Your style is always on point, Kaz & so are your videos. Best wishes & success with your graphic novel ❤

@Yuyu99000 16 дней назад

ahhhhhh the intro?! Divine 🙏 Obsessed with all the outfits and makeup,you all look sooo good

@GraceGrimoire 16 дней назад

Thank you Kaz, I really appreciate this. I’ve been watching your videos since before I even accepted that I was in fact, queer myself and your work has gone a long way to help me heal my internal homophobia and given me so many cool glimpses into a past I never knew even existed. Thank you!