Episode 9: And They Were Roommates: Queercoded Sherlock

CW: Homophobia, Gunshot Wounds

Just men being friends. Join M, Remy, and Karen for part 2 of our discussion of Sherlock Holmes and the queercoding Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wove into his stories. We’ve got a spicy (for the Victorians) scene to read and plenty of evidence that Sherlock and Watson were much more than just roommates.

Some reading about the night Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde met.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Biography.

A list of Sherlock Holmes retellings that are queer in some way.

Information about the Criterion Bar from a local tour of queer areas.

A little more information about the Criterion and a quote from someone who went during its gay bar days.

Queer London: Perils and Pleasures in the Sexual Metropolis, 1918-1957 (Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society). This is just a very good book if you want further reading on this topic.

Further reading about Reverend John Church, England’s supposedly first gay reverend.

Further Reading about George Cecil Ives, the Gay Rights Activist who created a secret society, the Order of Chaeronea.

Graham Robb’s book Strangers: Homosexual Love in the Nineteenth Century. I pulled a lot of quotes from this for this episode. It’s very good and not dry, and it has further reading on the queer detective trope.