Outward: Debating Queer History in Bros and at the Library of Congress

Bryan Lowder is still out on book leave, but hosts Christina
Cauterucci and Jules Gill-Peterson summon him back to discuss Bros,
the gay rom-com of the moment. The film lingers on questions of
queer history, shows what happens when a nerdy podcast guy dates a
beefy gay bro, and is a fascinating meditation on what it means to
be a cis gay man in a time of both progress and prosecution. (This
segment lasts around 31 minutes if you want to skip ahead to avoid
Bros spoilers.) Then they are joined by Meg Metcalf, an LGBTQ
collections specialist at the Library of Congress, to discuss how
the world’s biggest library is surfacing the plentiful LGBTQ
resources that can be found in its building and in cyberspace.
Finally, they add some new items to the gay agenda. Items discussed
in the show: The Problem With Jon Stewart, “The Problem With
Gender”  “Why Jon Stewart’s Humiliation of an Anti-Trans
Official Is So Important,” by Evan Urquhart in Slate A new report
from the Human Rights Campaign and Bowling Green State University
“Billy Eichner’s Curious Claims About Bros,” by J. Bryan
Lowder in Slate “Was Eleanor Roosevelt a Lesbian?” by Heather
Schwedel, in Slate The Library of Congress’ Collections Policy
Statement for LGBTQIA+ studies If you have a question for Meg, or
other Library of Congress librarians, go to ask.loc.gov Chronicling
America, the Library of Congress’ database of historic newspapers
  Gay Agenda Christina: The episode of NPR’s Code Switch in
which Kumari Devarajan profiled comedian and playwright D’Lo, who
has a role in Bros Jules: Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My
Hometown Who Isn’t My Rapist, by Cecilia Gentili   This
podcast was produced by June Thomas. Please send feedback,
topic ideas, and advice questions to outwardpodcast@slate.com.
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