Contents:
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- SEX SYMBOL: HOW ANTO BEME A GAY CO WORD THE VICTORIAN ERA
- 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
- GREEK MYTHOLOGY AS AN ALLEGORY FOR GAY DATG
20 GAY GREEK GODS
A gay cupbearer on Mount Olymp?
While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's progrs, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be seen wh today's world religns. The LGBT Greek gods and migods prove gay culture is no morn ventn.
SEX SYMBOL: HOW ANTO BEME A GAY CO WORD THE VICTORIAN ERA
While Homer never explicly stat a gay relatnship between Achill and sikick Patrocl, many scholars read a romantic nnectn between the two, as only Patrocl ever drew out a passnate si to the famoly arrogant warrr. Rearcher Johanna Hypatia-Cybelaia wr that lbian and gay vote worshipped her as Artemis Orthia, and that lbian port Pamphilia referred to the godss hymn as Artemis Pergaea.
Above: Athena, center, a mural by John Sger SargentAphrodeWhile the godss of love is not intified promently as lbian herself, the Greek poet Sappho (as sapphic) of Lbos (y, as lbian) told many homoerotic tal and named Aphrode as the greatt patron and ally of lbians and homosexuals wh the Greek pantheon of gods.
'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
Above: Enrique Simo, El Juic Paris (1904)ErosWhile the bt-known myths of Eros pict the son of Aphrode as a fertily god -- the versn that proved spiratnal to the popularized Roman god Cupid -- later Greek myths portrayed Eros as one of several wged erot, and the one regard as a protector of homosexual culture, acrdg to rearch the scholarly book Among Women: From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic the Ancient World.
While tolerance is often prented as a sign of civilizatn's advancement, a readg of Greek mythology reveals greater acceptance of homosexualy ancient Athens than n be boasted wh today's world religns. Such notns have been transplanted to the morn ntext, wh the growg support of gay pri universally monstratg how the diverse members wh the LGBTQ+ muny rally together to regnise differenc, support and celebrate the right to love whomever. Source: & ©: The Llie-Lohman Gay Art Foundatn, 2001.
GREEK MYTHOLOGY AS AN ALLEGORY FOR GAY DATG
After all, Aop creded Dnysos wh the ventn of homosexualy so ’s not surprisg that he’d have a sizable “black book”:.
“But daty Bacch do not blh to sprkle wh perfume his flowg locks, nor his soft hand to brandish the slenr thrys, when wh mcg ga he trails his robe gay wh barbaric gold. Anto The Gay God.
The gentle gay relign of Anto.