59: What’s Gay About Scooby-Doo?

“My Own Private Rodeo (April 28, 2002)

If you listen to this podcast, you’ve probably noticed that Scooby-Doo’s resident brainiac, Velma Dinkley, can read as a little queer. It’s all subtext and implication, really, but what if we told you there is a canonical connection between Velma and lesbian pop culture? Listen as we unmask her, in true Scooby-Doo style, to reveal that Velma is actually Zelda Gilroy, a character on the 1960s teen sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis — and Zelda, in turn, is Sheila Kuehl, all-around badass, a queer trailblazer in California politics and someone who’s still serving Angelenos today.

Check out the Tom of Finland Foundation, the world’s largest repository of erotic art. The foundation is planning events worldwide for Tom’s 100th birthday, and see which events you can check out digitally here. And read Drew’s article about the foundation. (Link is actually SFW!)

Listen to Not Alone, the paranormal podcast that Drew thinks reminds him of himself and Glen, just with more ghosts.

All of Hanna-Barbera’s self-cannibalizations of Scooby Doo. ALL OF THEM — courtesy @johngraywb on Twitter.

The New York Times article about Sheila’s election win: Zelda’s Unwavering Love Is No Longer Unrequited.

An episode of Sheila’s LGBT talk show, Get Used to It.

Buy Glen’s movie, Being Frank.

The episode’s outro track is “The Garden” by ’Lectric Workers.