Matt Baume

Writer & YouTuber, sharing stories of pop culture history. He/him.
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It's my book's birthday! Stop looking at Twitter and look at a gay sitcom instead

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Today’s the day! HI HONEY I’M HOMO is now out in paperback, ebook, & audiobook! The behind the scenes story of queer episodes of iconic sitcoms, and how they helped change America. It’s available now, wherever you get books — I’m so excited for you to read it!!!

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Why do so many 90s sitcoms have a gay marriage episode? We're digging into Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, Friends, Roseanne, Roc, Living Single, and many more in this week's bonus video.

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On this week's Sewers of Paris podcast, I'm chatting with Ricardo Bessa about movies that aren't entirely fantasy and aren't entirely sci-fi ... starting with The Fifth Element. Available now:

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The year is 2008, and you're in charge of a campaign that has to convince voters that gay marriage is good, actually. But you only have a few months to do it. What do you do? This week's Patreon bonus video looks at the TV ads that worked ... and the ones that flopped hard.

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Did you see the DOGE deposition videos of homophobic manchildren explaining their cuts to anything deemed "diverse"? They're oddly similar to anti-gay-marriage depositions many years ago that went very poorly for the bad guys! Full story in this week's bonus video:

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On this week's Sewers of Paris podcast, I'm chatting with creative director David Ayllon about the many medically accurate storylines he remembers from the pro wrestling shows of his youth. Available now wherever you get podcasts

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Just a reminder that I’m not using this site anymore, and the posts on my account are automated. But you can join me in all these other places:

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New bonus video on Patreon! Why is HEATED RIVALRY become such a huge hit? Has anything like it every happened on TV before? And is it a ... good thing? Watch now:

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It's honestly pretty impressive just how THOROUGHLY WRONG this book is about gay sex. We get into the funniest mistakes, misunderstandings, and outright lies in this week's Patreon bonus video!

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Semi-regular automated reminder that I am no longer active here on X, the Everything App that Generates Child Pornography

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Looking for someplace else to spend your time online? Here's where I'm hanging out:

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I was trying to figure out why YouTube added a little music note to the runtime on my Q&A and I think it might be because halfway through the video I sing the theme song to My Mother the Car???? https://t.co/sqQf6t0xAI

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What do we think about Heated Rivalry? What's the most offensive TV show I've ever seen? Am I ever going to do a video about British shows? These & many more topics in this great big tell-all Q&A video, featuring the disembodied voice of James! https://t.co/BCPjFPIKcT

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Some lucky shoppers at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle are about to pick up freshly signed copies of HI HONEY, I'M HOMO!