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Contents:
- 20 GAY GREEK GODS
- REVIEW: ROBERT JON JR. SHEDS LIGHT ON LIV OF ENSLAVED GAY MEN ‘THE PROPHETS’
- THE ULTIMATE GAY LORD HIMSELF: APOLLO THE SUN
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.
REVIEW: ROBERT JON JR. SHEDS LIGHT ON LIV OF ENSLAVED GAY MEN ‘THE PROPHETS’
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.
He also once claimed he was “pretty gay”. ” Though Apollo has said he’s not fond of tradnal labels when to his sexualy, he told NPR April that he is “very gay. T: The New York Tim Style Magaze featur a new terview between two gay Mexin Amerin stars — sger Omar Apollo and fashn signer Willy Chavarria — and , the two get personal about beg closeted high school and what took them to e out.
“No, I didn’t even know I was gay, ” he said. We’re jt happy that Apollo got there and is able to be his bt, et, and sexit Your Se ArticlAll the LGBTQ+ 2023 Grammy Nome We’re Rootg For ›Omar Apollo Kicks Off Latx Herage Month Wh Ty Dk Concert ›Omar Apollo Is Now Sellg 'Tamagotchi'-Themed Condoms ›Omar Apollo Experienced 'Heartbreakg' Catholic Guilt For Beg Gay ›Pedro Pasl Lov Omar Apollo's New Loewe Campaign As Much As We Do ›.
THE ULTIMATE GAY LORD HIMSELF: APOLLO THE SUN
Homosexualy is at least as old as the Old Ttament, but outsi of a handful of scholarly reads that explore homosexualy ("A Dired Past, " "Intimate Matters" and "Zami: A New Spellg of my Name, " among others), the overall body of work sheddg light on Black queer life is snt. " Maggie, a fellow slave, wet nurse and ok, directly tak part the gay uple’s rebelln. Check out: USA TODAY's weekly Bt-sellg BooklistPl Halifax, the plantatn owner, is unaware of the homosexual men until he attempts to have them produce children.