20 Gay Greek Gods

Contents:

• INTERVIEW-GREECE'S FIRST GAY MISTER HOP APPOTMENT HELPS ERO HOMOPHOBIA
• GREEK CONSERVATIVE MP LATOPOULOU: “GAY MARRIAGE IS UNNATURRAL AND AGAST OUR RELIGN!”BY HELLENISPE - JULY 30, 20222812FACEBOOK TWTER PTERT EMAIL PRT SOURCE – LATOPOULOU ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: “IT’S UNNATURAL AND AGAST OUR RELIGN”
• MILO YIANNOPOULOS PROPOSED A GAY-CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCE AND THE PRO-TMP CROWD LOVED IT
• THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’
• 20 GAY GREEK GODS
• THE ANTI-INTY POLICS OF GAY NSERVATIV
• AS A GAY REPUBLIN, I CANNOT DEFEND THE GOP PLATFORM
• A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.
• SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT
• TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY

INTERVIEW-GREECE'S FIRST GAY MISTER HOP APPOTMENT HELPS ERO HOMOPHOBIA

LONDON, Jan 11 (Thomson Rters Foundatn) - Greece’s first openly gay mister said enunterg homophobia public life was “a given”, but hoped his appotment to the nservative ernment would make easier for LGBT+ people to tackle discrimatn. And you have to do what you believe is the right thg, ” he said, addg that he had sometim been mistaken for a LGBT+ activist if he spoke about gay, Yatromanolakis said he would discs LGBT+ issu wh lleagu the bet - at least one of whom voted agast a law allowg same-sex civil partnerships five years ago, sayg he would “not shy away om if up”. Yatromanolakis said he was fortable beg ernment wh Interr Mister Makis Voridis - who opposed gay civil unns - and was nfint of Msotakis’s support for LGBT+ rights.

Voridis has been quoted as sayg he supports gay people spe votg agast the 2015 an opposn lawmaker, Msotakis - whose chief enomic advisor is also gay - backed the civil partnerships law spe opposn om some members of his New Democracy party and the powerful Greek Orthodox the legislatn was hailed as a landmark for LGBT+ rights Greece, gay and lbian upl are still not allowed to marry, adopt children together or adopt the blogil children of their partners. (RNS) — A uple of weeks ago, Elpidophoros, the Greek Orthodox archbishop of Ameri, showed up a seasi rort near Athens and baptized the son and dghter of a proment gay uple, actor Evangelo Bois and fashn signer Peter Dundas.

GREEK CONSERVATIVE MP LATOPOULOU: “GAY MARRIAGE IS UNNATURRAL AND AGAST OUR RELIGN!”BY HELLENISPE - JULY 30, 20222812FACEBOOK TWTER PTERT EMAIL PRT SOURCE – LATOPOULOU ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: “IT’S UNNATURAL AND AGAST OUR RELIGN”

As Orthodox protol requir, Elpidophoros had rmed the lol metropolan bishop that he would be performg a baptism his dce — but not that would be on behalf of a gay uple. At least that’s what the metropolan, Antons of Glyfada, claimed after news of the event ocsned an “uproar” over what was thought to be “the first openly gay baptism” Greece.

The worst thg is that she said this to actually fort me, " Albatros year, Albatros (their artistic name) published 'Flty Boy', a book scribg the challeng that genr queer children face Greece, a largely nservative untry where the fluential Orthodox Church teach that beg gay is a s. "Of urse I felt the prsure to change, " said Albatros, g an artistic name and wearg a sparkly black face mask to ensure the book is not lked to a certa this month banned so-lled nversn therapy for mors, practic aimed at supprsg a person’s sexual orientatn or genr inty and which health experts and the lbian, gay, bisexual and trans muny worldwi have nmned as psychologilly harmful and, New Zealand and France crimalised nversn therapy earlier this year, jog a growg number of untri to outlaw the Mister Msokakis, who is tryg to break away om the tradnal image of a nservative lear and fac electns 2023, last year appoted a mtee to draft a natnal strategy for improvg LGBTQI+ rights. "I know that much remas to be done, " he said on May 17, the ternatnal day agast homophobia and transphobia.

MILO YIANNOPOULOS PROPOSED A GAY-CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCE AND THE PRO-TMP CROWD LOVED IT

"The ernment has also repelled a ban on blood donatns by gay men and has been trag civil servants on LGBTQI issu, said Msotakis's chief enomic adviser Alexis Greek LGBTQI+ muny has weled the reforms over the past , cludg allowg civil partnership among same-sex upl 2015 and the legal regnn of genr inty 2017. In the nearly six years that had elapsed sce ECRI’s last asssment, was noted that good practic had been ma a number of centre-right Greek ernment, followg groundbreakg legislatn implemented by s leftwg precsor – cludg civil unns for same-sex upl – had announced a 2021-25 natnal strategy for LGBTQI+ equaly and, for the first time, placed openly gay dividuals official posts. Siarly, a natnal actn plan agast racism and tolerance was adopted as one of Europe’s most socially nservative societi, the Mederranean untry has faced cricism for s failure to properly implement polici and root out ep-seated homophobia poed by leadg members of the Greek Orthodox church.

Bishops have publicly nounced homosexualy as a killg of Zak Kostopoulos, a gay activist and drag performer, broad daylight Athens four years ago, did much to highlight a culture of abe and impuny the untry’s police force. Republin and LGBTThe Republin Party platform may not be as embracg of LGBT equaly as many would like — many would say 's embracg of equaly — but gay Republins see progrs party clivens. Silin Valley billnaire Peter Thiel, a gay man, gets a prime time speakg slot Thursday, markg the first time 16 years that an openly gay man tak the stage at the GOP’s granst party.

THE MYTH OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ‘GAY UTOPIA’

You might not have expected the crowd at a rally outsi the Republin Natnal Conventn to cheer an out-and-proud gay man who bragged about his good looks and sex life. "The left do not own homosexuals anymore, " Yiannopoulos, an edor for Brebart and provotive mp speaker, told the crowd. Yiannopoulos, who affectnately refers to Tmp as "daddy, " argued that relig nservativ and gays should set asi their differenc orr to foc on the mon enemy: radil Islam, inty polics, leftism, and of urse, Lena Dunham.

But there's a world of difference between refg to bake a ke and openg fire [on a gay nightclub]. Dpe Yiannopoulos's offer of iendship between gays and nservativ, the 2016 Republin printial platform remas stunngly anti-gay—even for the GOP. It clus language support of gay nversn therapy and asserts that a "tradnal two-parent hoehold" is bt for children.

And the vast majory of Orthodox Christians say homosexualy should be disuraged by society, though those Greece and the U.

20 GAY GREEK GODS

The vast majory of Orthodox Christians across Eastern Europe say homosexualy should not be accepted by society.

Overall, Orthodox Christians former Soviet republics are ls acceptg of homosexualy than are those elsewhere Eastern Europe. Two exceptns to Orthodox Christians’ overall rejectn of homosexualy are Greece and the Uned Stat.

Fully half of Orthodox Christians Greece say society should accept homosexualy, as do a clear majory (62%) of Orthodox Christians the Uned Stat.

THE ANTI-INTY POLICS OF GAY NSERVATIV

Even Greece, where half of Orthodox Christians say society should accept homosexualy, only a quarter (25%) say gay and lbian upl should be able to marry legally.

There, Orthodox Christians are more acceptg of the practice; more than half (54% as of 2014) favor allowg gay and lbian upl to marry legally, almost mirrorg the share of Amerin adults overall who took this posn 2014 (53%). Compared wh homosexualy, there is ls of a nsens among Orthodox Christians about whether abortn should be legal. As is te for homosexualy and same-sex marriage, Orthodox Christians former Soviet republics are somewhat more nservative on the legaly of abortn than are other Orthodox Christians Eastern Europe.

While more recent surveys did not ask Orthodox Ethpians about homosexualy, same-sex marriage or abortn, a 2008 Pew Rearch Center survey did ask this group about the moraly of “homosexual behavr, ” of “havg an abortn, ” and other behavrs. In 2008, nearly all Orthodox Christians Ethpia (95%) said “homosexual behavr” is morally wrong, while the vast majory (83%) also said this about havg an abortn. Orthodox Christians Ethpia are more likely than those most Eastern European untri to raise moral objectns to several of the behavrs, although Orthodox Christians Eastern Europe – both former Soviet republics and elsewhere – also wily see homosexual behavr and prostutn as morally wrong.

AS A GAY REPUBLIN, I CANNOT DEFEND THE GOP PLATFORM

Nearby is the Gazi neighborhood where the majory of the Athenian gay hangouts n be found, like Soda2.

Mykonos Town is also the beatg heart of the LGBTQ+ muny, wh gay bars like Jackie O’, Babylon, Porta, Kastro’s and Elysium. LGBTQ+ travelers will also want to check out the XLSIOR gay ftival that tak plac Mykonos Town late Augt, sometim early September.

Athens has the largt LGBTQ+ muny Greece, particularly the Gazi neighborhood, which has an array of gay bar and clubs like Soda2. Mykonos island has one of the most famo LGBTQ+ scen the world and be a gay mec durg the summer months, which culmat wh the XLSIOR Ftival.

A GAY UPLE RAN A RAL RTRANT PEACE. THEN NEW NEIGHBORS ARRIVED.

For example, the Greek Orthodox Archdce lists homosexualy bi fornitn, adultery, abortn and abive sexual behavr as “immoral and appropriate forms of behavr and of themselv, and also bee they attack the stutn of marriage and the fay. ” Siarly, the Assembly of Canonil Orthodox Bishops of the Uned Stat, clar, “Like adultery and fornitn, homosexual acts are nmned by Scripture. Whereas marriage between a man and a woman is a sacred stutn ordaed by God, homosexual unn is not.

Orthodox and Gay, a webse and onle platform for LGBTQ Orthodox Christians seekg support and refuge.

The persistent dream of a “gay utopia” is one of the nstants gay and lbian historil imaggs over the last 200 years. 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.

SEND HUNTER BIN IRS WHISTLEBLOWER INTIFIED AS GAY DEMOCRAT

In this spired fense of same-sex love, Wil created a genealogy of historil moments which homosexual love had blossomed. From the days of the Old Ttament through to the flourishg of culture Greece and the Renaissance, Wil sought to bear wns to a gay past of ee romantic exprsn. Any ted homosexual the 19th century uld have given you a speech along much the same l, cg the same nonil figur and possibly a few more.

Wil was tappg to a shared gay fantasy about the past, a fantasy which one culture stood out above all others, the world of Classil Greece. It is hard to overstate the affectn wh which 19th-century homosexuals like Wil viewed the Greek world. Here was the utopia that they dreamed about – a place which homosexualy was not only accepted, but celebrated.

TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY

In the warmth and light of the Mederranean, numero 19th- and early 20th-century gays and lbians sought to fleetgly repture visns of this lost paradise and recreate amongst s s.

This legacy ntued well to the 20th century, so much so that the homosexualy of the Greeks probably unts as one of Wtern culture’s worst kept secrets.