A History of Homophobia

About this episode

This episode explores the history of homophobia and its fluctuations in relation to societal inequality.

Has there ever been a time when homophobia did not exist? And what causes it to rise and fall? Kate is joined by Dr. Harry Tanner, author of 'The Queer Thing About Sin: Why the West Came to Hate Queer Love'. Harry has been exploring ancient and biblical sources to find out where homophobia began, and why it seems to intensify in times of inequality. This episode was edited by Tim Arstall. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Kate

Guest: Dr. Harry Tanner

Topics covered

• homophobia
• history
• inequality
• queer love
• ancient sources
• biblical sources

Keywords

• homophobia
• history of homophobia
• queer love
• inequality
• ancient sources
• biblical sources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Epidemic Sounds, Acast

Books & works: The Queer Thing About Sin: Why the West Came to Hate Queer Love

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