Dot Femme
Danielle Gonzalez
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About This Podcast
Incoming broadcast! Join two best friends as they broadcast across time and space and explore LGBTQ history. From profiling groundbreaking figures, pivotal moments, key locations, and technological advances in trans and queer history, Dot Femme is a deep dive into our queer past to learn the lessons and messages our elders left for us. Smart, sharp, and unapologetically bold—this is the podcast where history meets identity and resistance fuels innovation.
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Recent Episodes
Episode 26 - A Word We Don't Have
In 1886, a Zuni lhamana named We'wha shook hands with President Grover Cleveland, performed a sacred solstice ceremony on the National Mall, and charmed Washington society for six months — and not…
Episode 25 - The Complete History of Trans Olympians
BREAKING NEWS: The IOC has restricted transgender athletes from future competition, citing a longstanding crisis of fairness. To explore how deep this crisis goes, we explore an exhaustive list of…
Episode 24 - The Panic Playbook: Fear, blackmail, and the Lavender Scare
Dany and Claire spend some time in the Washington D.C. of the 1950s and take a long, hard look at the Cold War’s other social panic: The Lavender Scare.
Episode 23 - 404: Straight Not Found
It's the 90's, baby! And the queer community is evolving thanks to a little thing called "The Internet." Join Dany and Claire in a corner internet cafe as they learn all about the (queer) history of…
Episode 22 - (Gender)Fucking Peasant Revolts
It’s festival season in Medieval Europe, and for the first episode of season 2, Dany and Claire take a moment to see how queerness and class struggle are inherently linked. Because history shows that…
Episode 21 - Time to ACT UP: The AIDS Crisis (Part 4)
In the final part of our deep dive into the AIDS crisis, Dany & Claire explore the life and legacy of New York activist Larry Kramer and ACT UP—the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—and how direct…
Episode 20 - Organize to Survive: The AIDS Crisis (Part 3)
Dany and Claire explore how queer communities became caregivers, researchers, pharmacists, smugglers, lawyers, activists, and even nuns to survive a global plague in an era of political apathy and…
Episode 19 - From Mystery to Breakthrough: The AIDS Crisis (Part 2)
In part two of this four-part miniseries, Dany and Claire step into the chaotic early 1980s to uncover how doctors like Anthony Fauci unraveled one of the most mysterious medical crises in modern…
Episode 18 - Making a Silent Massacre: The AIDS Crisis (Part 1)
On a stormy afternoon in 1982, Dany and Claire take an overarching look at the AIDS Crisis of the 1980s and the political environment that created a silent massacre in the first part of this…
Episode 17 - The Enigma of Alan Turing (Part 2)
In the aftermath of World War II, Alan Turing pioneered artificial intelligence and modern biology—only to be persecuted for being gay. Dany and Claire explore his final years, his tragic death, and…
Episode 16 - Brains Over Bullets: Alan Turing (Part 1)
Dany and Claire travel to Bletchley Park to uncover how Alan Turing’s genius helped crack Nazi Germany’s Enigma code and invent the blueprint for modern computing—long before the world understood…
Episode 15 - Portrait of a Rebirth: The Lili Elbe Story
In this episode, Dany and Claire travel to 1930s Paris and Dresden to uncover the story of Lili Elbe — the pioneering transgender woman whose courage and tragedy reshaped the early history of…
S1E14 Episode 14 - A Prescription for Authenticity: The Story of Gender-Affirming Healthcare
Gender-affirming healthcare isn’t new — it’s ancient. From Hippocrates to hormones, Dany and Claire uncover the long lineage of trans medicine, busting modern myths about puberty blockers, surgeries,…
S1E13 Episode 13 – A Fence In Laramie: The Case of Matthew Shepard
In this difficult episode, Dany and Claire spend a long night in Laramie Wyoming to learn about Matthew Shepard and the case that could no longer be ignored.
S1E12 Episode 12 – Masks, Magazines, and a Movement: Mattachine, the Daughters of Bilitis, and the Homophile Era
Claire and Dany are in 1950s California to explore the founders of the early homophile movement: The Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis, and the lasting impact they left on the fight for…
S1E11 Episode 11 – I'm Here to Recruit You: Harvey Milk, Part 2
Still in 1970s San Francisco, Dany and Claire return to the Castro to explore the conclusion of Harvey Milk’s story—from his political victories to his untimely assassination and the legacy that…
S1E10 Episode 10 – The Mayor of Castro Street: Harvey Milk, Part 1
Dany and Claire head to San Francisco's Castro District in the late 70s to learn about Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in the US.
S1E9 Episode 9 – From Closet to Cable: Queer TV ft. Matt Baume
Dany and Claire are on set in the early 2000s with special guest Matt Baume to explore the long, winding history of queerness on television — and how representation shaped a movement.
S1E8 Episode 8 – Kicklines & Cop Cars: The Stonewall Uprising
Dany and Claire spend a summer evening in 1969 New York to discuss the Stonewall Uprising, bust some myths, and explore the Gay Liberation Front that came from it.
S1E7 Episode 7 – Sylvia, Marsha, and STAR
Dany and Claire travel to New York City, circa 1973 to uncover the story of the short-lived but crucial Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR).
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Dot Femme has published 26 episodes since April 2025, covering topics in Documentary, History.
Dot Femme is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 40m.
