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20 GAY GREEK GODS
A gay cupbearer on Mount Olymp? 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. The LGBT Greek gods and migods prove gay culture is no morn ventn.
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. 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.
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In November, a heartbreakg letter om a gay boy to Santa went viral after was shared on Twter.
"Dear Santa, do you support the LGBTQ muny and if you n speak to God, n you tell him I love him, and if he lov me for beg gay[? Wh mut I had texted a dozen or so of my fay, chosen and blood, and we were off to the rac to make the biggt, gayt, love-filled Christmas he hopefully will remember forever! Morators:Bob, CelloBello Morator, CelloBello Webmasteryour gay elf name here your gay elf name here Dec 23, 2012#12012-12-23T20:30Dec 23, 2012#22012-12-23T21:30oh Bob, you are such a good sport to post this.
do the elf have to be gay? Illtratn by Mars ChWas I the only gay man of a certa mo who experienced a flicker of annoyance the way the media treated Jason Colls as some kd of baby panda who need to be honored and praised and nsoled and--y--fantilized by his g out on thever of Sports Illtrated? Wh the tyrannil homophobia of the sports world, that any man would e out as gay (let alone a black man) is not only an LGBT triumph but also a triumph for pranksters everywhere who thrilled to the ia that what should be nsired jt another ntral fact that is nobody's bs was stead a shock heard around the world, one that add another jolt of transparency to an creasgly transparent pla.