Queer Up with Lily & Melody

Queer Up with Lily & Melody

Lily & Melody

Episodes 22
Avg. Duration 1h 25m
Activity Highly Active
Since May 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
33%
Hosting
feeds.acast.com

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About This Podcast

The podcast where we find crumbs of queerness and turn them into big gay cakes. Each episode, we queer up media by analysing it from an LGBTQ perspective to see how it would work with a rainbow coating.

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Recent Episodes

S1E22 Little Shop of Horrors (with Hamish Steele)

Apr 06, 2026 1h 24m

This time around, we're very excited to be joined by Hamish Steele, creator of the comics Deadendia and Go-man!, as well as the Netflix animated series Dead End: Paranormal Park. Hamish has brought…

S1E21 KPop Demon Hunters (with Holly Amareta)

Mar 02, 2026 2h 5m

In this episode we do a fit check for our napalm era, as Holly Amareta joins us to discuss the barely-subtextual queerness of KPop Demon Hunters. Is KPop Demon Hunters a trans allegory? Is Jinu…

S1E20 Queer in Review 2025

Feb 09, 2026 1h 41m

It's time for our only-slightly-delayed Queer in Review! As we did last year, we run down some of the queer media we enjoyed and discovered in 2025.Music by Goshdarn Rabbit:…

S1E19 Bonus: The episodes we didn't make

Jan 26, 2026 26m

We're back! Kinda! To celebrate that we're once again able to record, we had a quick talk about some episodes we decided not to make, and why. CW: Discussions of transphobia, homophobia, ableism,…

S1E18 Wings of Desire

Nov 05, 2025 1h 7m

The heavens over Berlin is beautiful, but they could definitely stand to contain more gays. This time, we discuss Wim Wenders' classic Wings of Desire (as well as its sequel and American remake), why…

S1E17 Gattaca

Sep 22, 2025 1h 29m

In this episode, we discuss the ableist dystopia of Gattaca, where perfection is everything and the scope of what counts as acceptable human variation is narrowing. What place does such a world have…

S1E16 Your Name (with Raptor)

Aug 04, 2025 2h 2m

Your Name is a film about the first ever cis T4T relationship, and we are joined once again by Raptor to talk about it. It's an incredible film that touches on gender, grief, human connections, and…

S1E15 Ocean's 8/Ocean's Eleven

Jun 23, 2025 1h 28m

What couple possibly be more gay than to plan and execute a multi-million dollar heist with your homies? And yet, neither of the crews from the all-male or all-female spend literally any time kissing…

S1E14 Aquamarine (The 1 Year Anniversary Episode)

May 12, 2025 1h 3m

Queer Up is a year old and we celebrate by revisiting our underwater roots. After celebrating you, our amazing listeners, we look at the largely forgotten mermaid movie Aquamarine. It's what happens…

S1E13 The Venom Trilogy (with Pim's Crypt)

Apr 14, 2025 1h 35m

This episode is a true Venominomenon! Along with our guest Pim, from the excellent Youtube channel Pim's Crypt, we dig into the entire Venom trilogy of films. Besides fangirling out about these…

S1E12 Robots

Mar 24, 2025 1h 7m

What would a world built and inhabited entirely by robots be like? It turns out, very much like the one we live in now - gender roles included. In this episode, we dive into the strange, undercooked…

S1E11 Let The Right One In

Mar 10, 2025 1h 28m

Two decades after its release, Let The Right One In continues to be one of the most beloved vampire love stories of all time. And yet, it seems many have forgotten, or completely missed, the inherent…

S1E10 Cool Runnings

Feb 10, 2025 1h 15m

One of the most beloved live-action Disney films from the 90s gets a queering up in this episode. We specifically examine two characters and their joint journey towards self-acceptance, while…

S1E9 Queer in Review 2024

Jan 27, 2025 1h 13m

In our first episode of the year, we're taking a break from queering up to instead talk about some existing queer media that we enjoy. We'll be recommending some of our favourite queer films, books,…

S1E8 Pleasantville

Dec 23, 2024 1h 30m

Everything is pleasant in Pleasantville - until it isn't. In this episode, we watch a film that feels out of time in many ways, but still manages to be strangely prescient. We dig into the many mixed…

S1E7 Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes

Nov 25, 2024 1h 13m

Robert Downey Jr really wanted to play a gay Sherlock Holmes and he so nearly did. In this episode, we look at the somewhat maligned Sherlock Holmes films directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Downey Jr…

S1E6 Batman Returns (with Raptor)

Sep 02, 2024 1h 30m

In a shocking twist to our usual formula, we are compelled to say many nice things about a Tim Burton film. You see, once upon a time, Burton truly had the juice and made a messy masterpiece that's…

S1E5 Equilibrium

Jul 31, 2024 1h 45m

Equilibrium is a film that we have a lot of feelings about, which is perfectly fitting. We take a look at this unfairly maligned flop from the post-Matrix era of philosophical action films, and…

S1E4 Corpse Bride

Jul 01, 2024 1h 9m

Well, we've had a good run, so it was about time we watched something mediocre. In this episode, we take a look at Tim Burton's mostly failed attempt to recapture the magic of The Nightmare Before…

S1E3 Bend It Like Beckham

Jun 17, 2024 1h 34m

In this episode we learn why Bend It Like Beckham is a modern classic and why it has such a massive queer fanbase. We had to take our own shot at queering up this delightful coming-of-age classic -…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Queer Up with Lily & Melody have?

Queer Up with Lily & Melody has published 22 episodes since May 2024, covering topics in Film History, Film Reviews.

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Queer Up with Lily & Melody is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 1h 25m.

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