It’s long been prumed by historians and folklorists that heroic LGBTQ characters simply didn’t exist. But when one ancient gay fairytale was disvered, one amic has explas they were actually eded out of history as recently as the 1960s.
Contents:
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
- GAY MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
- WHY THIS CHARMG GAY FAIRYTALE HAS BEEN LOST FOR 200 YEARS
- 10 GAY GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
- TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT GAY MEN
20 GAY GREEK GODS
The persistent dream of a "gay utopia" is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years. * mythology gay story *
The Song of Achill tak this story and foc on Achill and his iend/lover Patrocl, fully embracg the homosexualy of their relatnship that so many other retellgs ignore. Please be aware, however, there is some vlence this story, as well as homophobia at some plac.
This list is for LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans) fictn retellgs of classic lerature, fairy tal or mythology. Gay Pri and Prejudice.
The Ltle Homo Sapiens Scientist. bisexual, fairytal, fictn, gay, lbian, lgbt, mythology, queer, retellg, retellgs, trans, transgenr.
THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
Books shelved as gay-mythology: Has & Seph by Eileen Glass, Patron of Mercy by Sam Burns, Open for Bs by Angel Martez, Prisoner of Shadows by S... * mythology gay story *
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.
GAY MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
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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.
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.
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.
WHY THIS CHARMG GAY FAIRYTALE HAS BEEN LOST FOR 200 YEARS
Gay greek mythology books reprents LGBTQ+ aspects of Greek mythology, offerg sights and analys wh ancient Greek society. * mythology gay story *
Ort and PylasThe relatnship between the two men was celebrated by Greek scholars as a tale of the wonr of homoerotic romance.
He lived wh longtime lover Psanias, who was quoted extensively on the subject of homosexual sire Plato's work.
10 GAY GREEK MYTHOLOGY BOOKS
While the Percy Jackson seri didn’t have any explicly queer reprentatn, the Hero of Olymp seri nfirmed that Ni DiAngelo, son of Has, was gay, and the god Apollo is portrayed as bisexual. The persistent dream of a “gay utopia” is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years.
TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT GAY MEN
One place particular attracted the longgs of gays and lbians. This was the world of ancient Greece, a supposed gay paradise which same-sex love flourished whout discrimatn. It was a powerful, ptivatg dream, one which scholars of ancient Greece have started to pull apart, revealg a culture which homosexualy was much more regulated and ntrolled than prevly thought.