The Untold Gay History Of Bra’s First World War Poets Revealed

ancient gay poetry

The Cambridge History of Gay and Lbian Lerature - November 2014

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THE UNTOLD GAY HISTORY OF BRA’S FIRST WORLD WAR POETS REVEALED

* ancient gay poetry *

Explore the rich tradn of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer poets and poetry by browsg a selectn of poems & d.

But rerds of the LGBT romanc survived homophobic revisnists and still stand as celebratns of the origal Greek (and Roman) love. A seri of poems about Catull' gay love affairs has drawn more attentn ntemporary tim; some of gets outright vulgar.

THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’

One of the reasons we’re able to unrstand, wh such vivid knowledge, what life was like durg WW1 is thanks to some great poetry. But did you know some of the most famo war poets were revere gay, bi and queer? * ancient gay poetry *

Alexanr the Great and HephatnAlexanr III, the famed kg of Macedon, que likely mataed a gay relatnship wh his general Hephatn.

Ined, two of the most famed generals of their day, Epamondas and Pelopidas, were lovers who fought wh this famo band of gay warrrs. Pdar and TheoxenThe most famo love poem wrten by Pdar to clare his love for the young Theoxen was scribed by gay rights scholar Magn Hirschfeld as "one of the most perfect love songs the Greek language. Ort and PylasThe relatnship between the two men was celebrated by Greek scholars as a tale of the wonr of homoerotic romance.

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Male-Male Love Classil Arabic Poetry (Chapter 6) - The Cambridge History of Gay and Lbian Lerature .

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