Star Gays: The Queer Astrology Archives Podcast

Star Gays is back to round out Libra season with an episode all about the philosophy and life of theorist and philosopher Michel Foucault. Join host Elly Higgins in uncovering Foucault's ideas around power, sexuality, and knowledge through his Libra Sun, Aquarius Moon, and Scorpio Rising. -------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, ⁠⁠⁠⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠ellyhiggins.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Please consider becoming a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. You can also make a one time donation here! Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bobbie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! --------- Michel Foucault's Chart https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/qa-edmund-white/ https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/theory/newhistoricism/modules/foucaultcarceral.html https://globalsocialtheory.org/concepts/biopower/ https://iep.utm.edu/foucault/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLQL-dvKUWY&list=PLTkoyNwMbXFlatNXRHi6mIaIp12u4uN81&index=2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8MOEcfB7zg (Truth and Subjectivity) Saint Foucault - David Halperin

Virgo season is here so it's time to get into the details! **Eclipse season is upon us which means that eclipse focused readings are back! Schedule via my website or hop on my mailing list to keep up to date with all my offerings!** Host Elly Higgins is joined by astrologer Duna Haller to discuss disco legend Sylvester! Known for his hit song You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) and incredible falsetto singing, Sylvester left an undeniable mark on disco. Elly and Duna talk about Sylvester's gender bending style, the role of his 11th house ascendant ruler in group performances, and the pressures and creativity of planets in fall. Duna created a playlist to accompany this episode. Do you wanna funk? --------------------------- Duna is an astrologer, poet, writer, musician and collagist from Madrid, Spain. You can find her on instagram/threads @dunahaller or on her website! -------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, ⁠⁠⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠ellyhiggins.com⁠⁠⁠. Please consider becoming a ⁠⁠⁠⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠⁠⁠⁠bobbie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ---------------------------------------------------- Sylvester's Chart Sources: John Waters on Sylvester

*September 15, host Elly Higgins will be giving a live talk on astrology as a tool for building out a queer lineage and chosen family. If you want all the details sign up to be on the mailing list! For our Leo season episode, host Elly Higgins discusses novelist, essayist, and civil rights activist James Baldwin! Born 100 years ago, Baldwin’s writing on race and sexuality feels as contemporary today as when it was published. Baldwin exemplified his Leo Sun through his capacity to shine light on his own experiences. ----------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, ⁠⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠ellyhiggins.com⁠⁠. Please consider becoming a ⁠⁠⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠⁠⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠⁠⁠bobbie⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ---------------------------------------------------- James Baldwin’s Chart: https://www.astro-seek.com/birth-chart/james-baldwin-horoscope https://www.thenation.com/article/society/open-letter-born-again/ https://faculty.gordonstate.edu/lsanders-senu/Everybody's%20Protest%20Novel%20by%20James%20Baldwin.pdf http://www.richardgoldsteinonline.com/uploads/2/5/3/2/25321994/richardgoldstein-jamesbaldwininterview.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjGzpVTrOEw (“love has never been a popular movement” and “what have I escaped?”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yzguQXiI6E (“a great many of my co-citizens…”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjeF55kB2Rg (“Are you still in despair?”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PkxmcDY5Jw (“homosexual is not a noun”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jXwWCyMJyc&t=16s (Paris was very important to me)

Happy Capricorn Full Moon! On the eve before a full moon in Capricorn in 1969, the Stonewall Rebellion began in Greenwich Village, NY. Now arguably the most famous moment in queer history, Stonewall would spark major changes for the queer community. This Cancer season episode gets into what happened on the night of June 28th, what are the different stories around Stonewall that get told, and what in the astrology can help us understand the myth and importance of Stonewall as the birth of the gay liberation (or gay rights) movement? This episode only scratches the surface of the astrology of Stonewall but gets into Stonewall's Aries Rising, Mars retrograde as the ascendant ruler and how outer planetary shifts could be the key in understanding why Stonewall became so important. ----------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, ⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠ and ⁠ellyhiggins.com⁠. Please consider becoming a ⁠⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠⁠bobbie⁠⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! -------------------------------------- Stonewall Birth Chart Sources: A Storme Life (Interview with Storme Delarverie and Charles Kaiser and "It was a rebellion, and once they got the hang of it they rebelled quite well") Stonewall Forever (Interviews with Martine Boyce, Wallace Sanders, and Jay Toole) https://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/in-a-stonewall-state-of-mind/ https://www.storme-delarverie.com/ Stonewall - Martin Duberman Stonewall: The Riots That Sparked The Gay Revolution

Two episodes for Gemini season? It is the sign of the twins after all! To celebrate one whole year of Star Gays (and pride!), host Elly Higgins is joined by Jordan and Brook of the gay astro podcast Gemidyke Rising to discuss Dyke TV, a public access television show from the 90s whose motto was to Incite, Subvert, Provoke, and Organize for lesbian visibility and survival. Dyke TV was a variety show about all aspects of lesbian life that grew out of the Lesbian Avengers, with segments like 'Dyke Dish', 'Ann Northrop Mouths Off', and 'I Was A Lesbian Child.' In this episode, Jordan, Brook, and Elly talk about what it was like to watch Dyke TV 30 years later (spoiler: nothing has changed - including the outfits) and then get into Dyke TV's 7th house Gemini Sun, Jupiter in Libra on the MC, and so much more. *The audio for this episode was edited by KJ Jarboe. (Thank you, KJ!) -------------------------------------- Gemidyke Rising is a queer astrology pod for the curious and chaotic. Jordan and Brook navigate monthly transits as they relate to pop culture and the gay agenda. Insta: @gemidykerising -------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, stargaysastrology.ghost.io and ellyhiggins.com. Please consider becoming a ⁠supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ ⁠if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and ⁠bobbie⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ------------------------------------------ You can watch most episodes of Dyke TV through the Sophia Smith archives Dyke TV Chart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIbGdP7MDQ ("We are the lesbian avengers") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmYxQTiqvKk&t=49s (Dyke TV excerpts)

Star Gays is ringing in a beautiful New Moon in Gemini with a very special episode - the one year anniversary of Star Gays. Astrologer Michael J Morris joins host Elly Higgins to discuss trans activist and writer Lou Sullivan. Sullivan is thought to be the first publicly identified gay transgender man and his work and advocacy has helped to define our current understandings of gender and sexuality, removed barriers in accessing transgender medical care, and laid the ground work for trans peer support groups to flourish. In this episode Michael and Elly discuss queer astrology, what it means to have a chosen family lineage, and then using Sullivan's diary as a guide, get into his Gemini Sun, Mercury, and Mars as indicators of the role of communication, writing, and mentorship in his life. Then Michael shares their research on the secondary progressed moon phases with Sullivan's chart! -------------------------------------- Michael J. Morris, PhD, is an astrologer, tarot reader, artist, writer, teacher, and facilitator. They began their consulting practice Co Witchcraft Offerings in 2019 through which they share astrology, tarot, and movement ritual practices for personal and collective healing and liberation.https://www.michaeljmorris.co/ --------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, stargaysastrology.ghost.io and ellyhiggins.com. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ----------------------------------------------- Lou Sullivan's Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Sullivan,_Louis_Graydon Sources: We Both Laughed In Pleasure: The Selected Diaries of Lou Sullivan, edited by Ellis Martin and Zach Ozma Lou Sullivan: Daring to be a Man Among Men - Brice D Smith https://www.glbthistory.org/primary-source-set-lou-sullivan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggb5naOppo&t=348s ("No I would have loved to be promiscuous") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGVDPhGIA7g ("They said I couldn't live as a gay man but looks like I'm going to die as one.") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j_Zqes8Q8Q&t=185s ("I just don't see any reason to hide it.") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxgZNNX-v2g&t=186s (Sexuality and gender as different)

As Taurus season wraps up, Star Gays is back to talk about Barbara Hammer: an important voice in lesbian and experimental filmmaking. Astrologer Elly Higgins talks about Hammer’s relationship to the politics of abstraction, the queerness of experimental form, and the importance actively engaging an audience. We use the work of Dr. Ali Olomi and Kira Ryberg to discuss the bounds and decans of Taurus and get into the details of the fixed earth sign. --------------– Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my websites, stargaysastrology.ghost.io and ellyhiggins.com. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website⁠ if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ------— Barbara Hammer’s Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Hammer,_Barbara Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDDEuWONoj8 (Hammer on Lesbian Filmmaking and Who Makes History) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hc20GmgpVtM (Hammer on all her films really being one film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuigR_vPRo (Nitrate Kisses excerpt) https://www.patreon.com/headonhistory (Dr. Ali Olomi’s Patreon) https://www.kiraryberg.com/guidebooks/p/the36decans (Kira Ryberg’s 36 Decan Guidebook) https://barbarahammer.com/performances/witness-palestine/ https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2020/cteq/nitrate-kisses-barbara-hammer-1992/ https://barbarahammer.com/about/bio/ https://www.queer-art.org/blog/2019/3/20/barbara-hammer-experimental-filmmaker-experimental-lesbian-and-a-mentor-to-all https://www.anothergaze.com/talking-cinema-barbara-hammer-1939-2019/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6250-barbara-hammer-s-legacy

Aries Season came in swinging with eclipses and a Mercury retrograde but science fiction writer and literary/social critic Samuel Delany is an excellent example of embodying Aries boldness and urgency that we can look to in this astro mess. Astrologer Elly Higgins discusses Delany’s Aries Sun and Rising, his Mars in Gemini, and Moon in Libra using Delany’s conception of Contact and Networking as a guide. Then we use annual profections and solar return charts to assess some important high points and low points in Delany’s life. ----------------------– Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website, stargaysastrology.ghost.io. Read my blog post on the Lunar Eclipse in Libra Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I’m doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie. Thanks so much for listening! --------------— Samuel Delany’s Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Delany,_Samuel_R. Sources Used: https://www.publicbooks.org/samuel-delany-on-capitalism-racism-and-science-fiction/ https://www.novembermag.com/content/samuel-r-delany https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/articles/issues/31/figuring-territory/88705/on-making-contact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ7qoN7jaT8 (outWrite 1993 “lets get this started” quote) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRx-ZWM6vlk&pp=ygUNc2FtdWVsIGRlbGFueQ%3D%3D (Stars in His Pocket - On being a “sex radical”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DnKnU7-zt8&pp=ygUNc2FtdWVsIGRlbGFueQ%3D%3D (Delany reads introduction to Times Square Red, TImes Square Blue) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6kc-0Qg6oQ (Delany on growing up in Harlem, Delany on Dhalgren) https://www.samueldelany.com/new-yorker-profile https://www.samueldelany.com/timeline

Pisces season is coming to a close but Star Gays is back to discuss the astrology of Pisces Prince: Pier Paolo Pasolini! Host Elly Higgins discusses the prominence of the filmmaker and writer's Venus in Pisces as well as his Moon in Taurus. Examining themes around language and place through the third house, this episode dives deep into the Piscean ocean. This episode is meant to be listened to in tandem with the bonus episode on Italian culture and language so be sure to check that one out before you listen to this one! -------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website stargaysastrology.ghost.io. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I'm doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie. Thanks so much for listening! ------------------------------------------------------------- Pasolini's Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Pasolini,_Pier_Paolo Sources Used: https://www.ilcenacolosf.org/italian_culture/pier-paolo-pasolini/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1088-pasolini-mamma-roma-and-la-ricotta https://www.proquest.com/openview/9970b92c39433097679d72b51c3ff7ea/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y https://academic.oup.com/screen/article/63/2/182/6632954 https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/pasolini-and-homosexuality/ https://www.e-flux.com/journal/126/458846/pasolini-and-the-queer-revolution-in-beirut/ https://www.artforum.com/features/a-cinema-of-poetry-the-films-of-pier-paolo-pasolini-214625/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/512-salo-a-cinema-of-poetry https://matthewsalomon.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/pasolini-supplica-a-mia-madre-prayer-to-my-mother/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eirKFZBkUA0 (Love Meetings Trailer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElSfBz8kreQ (Mama Roma clip)

For Pisces season, student of cultural history and language Gabriella Higgins joins host Elly Higgins to discuss Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini was a gay, Catholic, Marxist who was committed to the preservation of Italian regional dialects. In our conversation, Gabriella provides critical context for understanding Pasolini in the cultural and political context of mid 20th-Century Italy. This bonus episode of the podcast dives deep into the relationship between regional dialects, culture, and language politics. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss the next episode of Star Gays which will dive deep into Pasolini's birth chart! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review, and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrology, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website stargaysastrology.ghost.io. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I'm doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by Elly Higgins and bobbie. Thanks so much for listening! ---------------------------------------- The first audio clip is from Teorema and the second audio clip is from Accattone to demonstrate different Italian dialects.

Aquarius season is here and in this episode of Star Gays, film critic Caden Mark Gardener joins host Elly Higgins to talk about filmmaker Kenneth Anger. Anger's 1947 film Fireworks is thought to be the first narrative gay film in the United States. Anger made almost 40 short films, exploring themes of desire, homoeroticism, and the occult. He was a follower of Aleister Crowley, an outsider in Hollywood, and he was born on an Aquarius New Moon. ---------------------------------------------------------- You can preorder Caden's book here! Caden's instagram: @corpsesfoolsandmonsters / @corpsesfoolsandmonstersthebook bluesky: @cadenmarkgardner ---------------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrolgy, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website ⁠⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠⁠. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I'm doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by myself and ⁠⁠bobbie⁠⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ---------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Anger's Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Anger,_Kenneth Sources: https://vestoj.com/a-conversation-with-kenneth-anger/ https://glreview.org/article/kenneth-anger-director-fireworks-at-sixty/ https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8165-kenneth-anger-magic-is-what-you-make-it https://hyperallergic.com/824326/kenneth-anger-trailblazing-experimental-filmmaker-dies-at-96/ https://www.bentclouds.com/films/kustom.html https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/3567/kenneth-anger-on-the-occult https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsjMYcKPux8&t=262s (Kenneth Anger Interview)

Happy new year! In 2024, Star Gays will be following the sun as it transits through the signs of the zodiac. Each month I will feature a Star Gay who has their sun in the sign of the season and to start us off we're going to talk about Capricorn goat Susan Sontag. Sontag was a novelist, cultural critic, and public intellectual. Sontag embodied Capricorn's serious, determined, and melancholic nature. Her Capricorn and Virgo stelliums worked together to give her a sharp tongue and biting wit. In this episode we really break down the archetypes of Capricorn and Virgo. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrolgy, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website ⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I'm doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by myself and ⁠bobbie⁠. Thanks so much for listening! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Susan Sontag's Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Sontag,_Susan Sources: Sontag Interview with Chris Lydon (all audio clips from this interview) Reborn, Journals and Notebooks: 1947-1963 - Susan Sontag Against Interpretation - Susan Sontag Notes On Camp - Susan Sontag Regarding the Pain of Others - Susan Sontag Finding Fact From Fiction How Susan Sontag Taught Me to Think Notes on Sontag ⁠Misunderstanding Susan Sontag⁠ Remembering Susan Sontag's Final Days Sontag Timeline

In this special bonus video episode of Star Gays, I walk through my process for rectifying Susan Sontag's chart and make an argument for her rising sign and birth time! Using Zodiacal Releasing, a Hellenistic timing technique, to divide her life into chapters, we analyze a couple possibilities for rising signs for Capricorn Susan Sontag. This episode is an addendum to the main episode on Sontag's life and work! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrolgy, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website ⁠stargaysastrology.ghost.io⁠. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I'm doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by myself and ⁠bobbie⁠. Thanks so much for listening! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

On today's episode of Star Gays: The Queer Astrology Archives Podcast, we are going to do a deep dive into the chart of Marxist feminist scholar/activist Angela Davis. Davis has been a life-long activist and scholar, drawing connections between racism, capitalism, sexism, and abolition. We look to her Taurus rising as well as her Aquarius Sun and Moon to understand Davis' relationship to communism, capitalism, and the structures that create the conditions for oppression and liberation. Then we use Secondary Progressions to map out the chapters of her life. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please like, rate, review and subscribe to Star Gays. You can find me on twitter @ehastrolgy, instagram @ellyhigginsastro, and on my website stargaysastrology.ghost.io. Please consider becoming a supporting member of the podcast via my website if you appreciate the work I'm doing. Your support would allow me to dedicate more time to the podcast. Theme music written and produced by myself and bobbie. Thanks so much for listening! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Angela's Chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Davis,_Angela Sources: https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654517 (Grief Beyond Language - Nicki Kattoura and Nada Abuasi) Davis - Freedom Is a Constant Struggle Davis - Angela Davis: An Autobiography https://www.advocate.com/books/2022/7/29/angela-davis-abolition-capitalism-politics-coming-out#toggle-gdpr ​​https://reasonandmeaning.com/2015/09/01/marx-video-about-work/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/05/angela-davis-on-the-power-of-protest-we-cant-do-anything-without-optimism https://www.huffpost.com/entry/angela-davis-i-dont-see-m_b_3332913 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/15/18589458.php Complexity, Activism, Optimism: An Interview with Angela Y. Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS3-MCf-q6I (1971 Interview, What is A Revolutionary?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIVxooM5kG8&t=144s (2023 Interview, June Jordan/Nelson Mandela, and 'It Takes Time and Hope')

***Hey, I have a website now! Check it out at stargaysastrology.ghost.io and if you like the work I’m doing with this podcast, you can become a supporting member through the donate page. Your support would mean a lot to me and allow me to spend more time on this podcast in a sustainable way. Thanks so much!*** Welcome back to Star Gays! Today’s episode is part two on the Compton Cafeteria Riots. We dive into the astrology of August 1966 to try to narrow down an exact date for the riots. In part one we looked at the astrology of the July 18th picket that proceeded the riots but in today’s episode we dive into that Uranus Pluto conjunction more and talk about Venus Mars and Jupiter’s collective movement through Cancer. Please subscribe to and rate the podcast. Thanks so much for listening! You can find me on Instagram @ellyhigginsastro and Twitter @ehastrology and my website, stargaysastrology.ghost.io Sources Used: https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/q237hr95t http://www.vanguard1965.com/ https://vanguardrevisited.blogspot.com/p/archive.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=182&v=xvJxyD9jTB4&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fvanguardrevisited.blogspot.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo (two audio clips used in episode found from this source, oral interviews with Vanguard members)

On today’s episode of Star Gays we are doing something a little different. We are going to look at the astrology of an event in queer history - the Compton Cafeteria Riots in San Francisco in 1966. The Compton Cafeteria Riots were an early instance of queer and trans radical response to police harassment and discrimination. They were largely forgotten until historian Susan Stryker found a pamphlet referencing them in the early 2000s. In this episode we look at the larger planetary cycles that correspond with the riots and the events that led up to them. This episode is part one. Part two coming soon! Please subscribe to the podcast and give it a rating! Thanks so much for listening! You can find me on social media. On Instagram @ellyhigginsastro and on Twitter @ehastrology! Chart for July 18 Picket: https://ibb.co/g7cfjpv Sources used: Screaming Queens - Susan Stryker Transgender History - Susan Stryker ‘Street Power’ and the Claiming of Public Space: San Francisco’s ‘Vanguard’ and Pre-Stonewall Queer Radicalism - Jennifer Worley (in Captive Genders) Cosmos and Psyche - Richard Tarnas Liberationschool.org/Compton-cafeteria-riot/

Happy Cancer Season! On this episode of Star Gays we are going to do a deep dive into the chart of activist Sylvia Rivera. Rivera was a gay liberation and transgender rights activist as well as community organizer in New York City in the years immediately following the Stonewall riots. We talk about Sylvia’s Cancer Sun and the archetype of the mother, we look at her Sun Uranus conjunction as both revolutionary and divisive, and we explore how that Mars-Saturn-Chiron T-square tells a painful but important story. (And more!!) Please subscribe to and rate the show! Thanks for listening! You can find me on Instagram @ellyhigginsastro and Twitter @ehastrology. Link to Sylvia Rivera’s chart: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Rivera,_Sylvia Links to sources used: https://transreads.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2021-07-15_60f0aa51e7765_sylvia-rivera-sylvia-riveras-talk-at-lgmny-june-2001-lesbian-and-gay-community-services-center-new-york-city-3.pdf https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/gay-power-is-trans-history-street-transvestite-action-revolutionaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Liberation_Front https://makinggayhistory.com/podcast/sylvia-rivera-part-2/ https://gaycitynews.com/exploding-the-myths-of-stonewall/ https://znetwork.org/zmagazine/sylvia-rivera-1951-2002-by-michael-bronski/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Transvestite_Action_Revolutionaries https://www.workers.org/2006/us/lavender-red-73/ https://www.queerbible.com/queerbible/2017/10/8/interview-sylvia-rivera-by-leslie-feinberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Rivera https://www.biography.com/activists/marsha-p-johnson-sylvia-rivera-friendship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWwD_D0Guhs (Sylvia Rivera 20 min doc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI2bxUSRF7I (”I gave them their pride”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb-JIOWUw1o (Y'all better quiet down) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_Non-Discrimination_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_Act_(United_States) https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/transy-house/ https://zagria.blogspot.com/2015/10/bebe-scarpinato-1951-activist-teacher.html https://zagria.blogspot.com/2017/03/bubbles-rose-lee-194-activist.html#.XRGJndNKhE4 Dean Spade - Normal Life Dean Spade - Mutual Aid

David Wojnarowicz was one of the most influential artists of his generation. He was a painter, photographer, writer, and HIV/AIDS activist who lived and worked in the East Village until his death from AIDSrelated complications in 1992. In this episode we’ll look at David’s astrology to see how his 12th house Sun, Libra rising, and exalted Jupiter created the conditions for his passionate, righteous art to thrive while his Aries Moon and Capricorn Mars caused some problems in his personal life. David’s Birth Chart to follow along: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Wojnarowicz,_David Sources: Weight of the Earth: The Tape Journals of David Wojnarowicz Fire In the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz - Cynthia Carr "Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid": The "Dignity of Queer Shame" - Margaret Morrison https://actupny.org/diva/synAshes.html https://artistarchives.hosting.nyu.edu/DavidWojnarowicz/KnowledgeBase/index.php/Main_Page.html https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/angels-of-history-a-biography-of-david-wojnarowicz/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILTzXBa3R6Q (3 teens kill 4 - Desire) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T47ijn0aHzg (David reading “All I can feel is the pressure”) You can find me on instagram @ellyhigginsastro or twitter @ehastrology. Thanks for listening!