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THE SECRET LGBTI HISTORY OF VIKGS, VALKYRI AND NORSE GODSSTEFANIA SARBBA·FOLLOW5 M READ·OCT 17, 2018--1LISTENSHARELOKI AND VALKYRIE A SCENE OF THOR: RAGNAROK. | PHOTO: MARVEL/WALT DISNEYYOU DON’T NEED TO HOLD A PHD NORSE MYTHOLOGY TO KNOW THAT VIKG WARRRS AND NORSE GODS WERE AMONG THE QUEERT OF ALL TIM.THE MARVEL CEMATIC UNIVERSE HTED AT THAT, ALTHOUGH VERY VAGUELY, ON SEVERAL OCSNS.DPE THE MOVI WATERED DOWN THE ICS, IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THE SAGA GOG BOLR THE FUTURE, PECIALLY WH A TV SHOW FOCG ON LOKI THE WORKS. DC WILL HAVE S FIRST LBIAN SUPERHERO, AFTER ALL. IT’S TIME MARVEL’S NORSE GODS AND HERO FOLLOWED SU.MOREOVER, BOTH TOM HIDDLTON AND TSA THOMPSON HAVE SAID THAT THEY PLAYED THEIR CHARACTERS THOR AND AVENGERS — LOKI AND VALKYRIE RPECTIVELY — AS BISEXUALS.IN THE ICS, VALKYRIE HAS A RELATNSHIP WH ANTHROPOLOGIST ANNABELLE RIGGS.THOMPSON, WHO IS BISEXUAL, ALSO NFIRMED THERE WAS A SCENE OM THOR: RAGNAROK THAT WOULD HAVE MA HER CHARACTER’S ATTRACTN TO BOTH GENRS NON. THE SCENE, SHOWG A WOMAN WALKG OUT OF VALKYRIE’S BEDROOM, WOULD HAVE IMPLIED THE WARRR DAT BOTH GUYS AND GIRLS, BUT SADLY DIDN’T MAKE TO THE FAL CUT.THERE MIGHT TAKE TIME FOR MARVEL TO GIVE THE HISTORILLY ACCURATE, QUEER NORSE FOLKS WE SERVE. IN THE MEANTIME, GSN UNPACKED EARLY NORTHERN MYTHOLOGY TO REVEAL THE LGBTI ELEMENTS GODS AND HERO’ TAL OM THE VIKG AGE.LOKI IS BISEXUAL AND GENR-FLUIDSOME GODS, HERO AND HIGHLY RPECTED PRITS APPARENTLY DULGED HOMOSEXUAL PRACTIC.THE TRICKSTER GOD LOKI IS SURELY ONE OF THE MOST PROMENT EXAMPL THIS REGARD. HIS BISEXUALY AND GENR-FLUIDY ARE NON, ACRDG TO THE CCIAL TEXTS OF NORSE LERATURE, PROSE AND POETIC EDDA.ALTHOUGH THE TEXTS WERE WRTEN 200 OR 300 YEARS AFTER THE ACTUAL VIKG AGE (793–1066 AD) AND WERE THEREFORE EPLY FLUENCED BY CHRISTIANY, THEY ARE VALUABLE SOURC TO HAVE A GRASP OF HOW SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS WERE REGARD AT THE TIME.LOKI IS FELY BISEXUAL AND A SHAPHIFTER. HE N CHANGE SPECI AND GENR AT HIS WILL — OR SHOULD WE SAY, THEIR?SPECIFILLY, LOKI TURNS TO A MARE, HAS A SEXUAL ENUNTER WH A GIANT’S STALLN AND GIV BIRTH, AS ATTTED GYLFAGNG, THE FIRST PART OF PROSE EDDA, DATG BACK TO THE 13TH CENTURY.THE THOR OF PROSE EDDA SNORRI STURLON WROTE THAT ‘LOKI HAD HAD SUCH ALGS WH SVAðILFARI (THE STALLN) THAT SOMETIME LATER HE BORE A FOAL’.BOTH THE POETIC AND THE PROSE EDDA CLARIFY THAT THE FOAL WILL GROW TO BEE OD’S EIGHT-LEGGED STEED SLEIPNIR. IT IS SAFE TO SAY LOKI AND SVAðILFARI ARE SAME-SEX PARENTS.OD PRACTIC WOMEN’S MAGICTHE ALLFATHER OD PRACTICED SEIðR, A FORM OF MAGIC TRADNALLY ASSOCIATED WH WOMEN THAT HE LEARNED OM GODSS FREYA.IN THE LOKASENNA, A POEM THE POETIC EDDA WHERE LOKI SULTS ALL OTHER GODS, HE MOCKS OD FOR PRACTICG THIS KD OF MAGIC.ACCG A MAN OF SEIðR WAS ONE OF THE GREATT OFFENS. WOMEN’S MAGIC OR WCHCRAFT, FACT, IMPLIED THAT THE PRACTNER PLAYED THE WOMAN’S PART THE SEXUAL ACT.BOTTOM-SHAMG WAS A THG THE VIKG AGEMALE HOMOSEXUALY AND BISEXUALY WERE NTEMPLATED THE VIKG AGE PRR TO CHRISTIANIZATN.IN THE PAGAN AGE, FACT, THE MON LANGUAGE CLUD WORDS TO REFER TO SAME-SEX TERURSE, MALY ED AS SLURS.GAY SEX WASN’T UNUAL, BUT A MAN ULDN’T BE WH MALE PARTNERS FOR ALL HIS LIFE. HE HAD TO NFORM TO THE TRADNAL ROLE OF HBAND AND FATHER, HENCE MARRYG A WOMAN AND HAVG CHILDREN.WHILE THERE WASN’T ANYTHG SHAMEFUL WH BEG ACTIVE A GAY RELATNSHIP, VIKGS NSIRED THE PASSIVE PARTNERS AS WEAK.THEY ED TO RAPE ENEMI AFTER WNG A BATTLE ORR TO HUIATE THEM. THEREFORE, THOSE WHO WERE PASSIVE A SAME-SEX SEXUAL ENUNTER WERE EMED NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO BE LEARS.PREBEN MLENGRACHT SøRENSON IS THE THOR OF AN SAY ON SEXUAL FAMATN EARLY NORTHERN SOCIETI. HE EXPLAED THAT HAVG TERURSE WH A BELOVED IEND WAS THE WORST SORT OF BETRAYAL OR LACK OF LOYALTY DUE TO THE LK BETWEEN GAY SEX AND ENEMY-SHAMG.OVERALL, VIKGS DIDN’T REGARD HOMOSEXUALY AS SOMETHG AGAST NATURE. THEY RATHER BELIEVED BEG PASSIVE WAS SOMETHG AFFECTG A WARRR’S STRENGTH AND MANHOOD, CCIAL QUALI DURG A RAID.POLYAMORY AND FEMALE BISEXUALY

Books shelved as gay-vikg: Kg of the Celts by Rose Christo, Tribute for the Vikg by Calandra Hunter, and Rair by Jerry Cole. * gay viking books *

This list is foced on gay vikgs.

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Vikg Plunr: the Complete Gay Vikg Collectn (6 Book Boxed Set) - Kdle edn by Dare, Isabel. Download once and read on your Kdle vice, PC, phon or tablets. Use featur like bookmarks, note takg and highlightg while readg Vikg Plunr: the Complete Gay Vikg Collectn (6 Book Boxed Set). * gay viking books *

Vikg Plunr: the Complete Gay Vikg Collectn (6 Book Boxed Set) by Isabel Dare | Dec 28, 20134.

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In the meantime, GSN unpacked early northern mythology to reveal the LGBTI elements gods and hero’ tal om the Vikg is bisexual and genr-fluidSome gods, hero and highly rpected prits apparently dulged homosexual trickster god Loki is surely one of the most proment exampl this regard. Women’s magic or wchcraft, fact, implied that the practner played the woman’s part the sexual was a thg the Vikg AgeMale homosexualy and bisexualy were ntemplated the Vikg Age prr to the pagan age, fact, the mon language clud words to refer to same-sex terurse, maly ed as sex wasn’t unual, but a man uldn’t be wh male partners for all his life. He had to nform to the tradnal role of hband and father, hence marryg a woman and havg there wasn’t anythg shameful wh beg active a gay relatnship, Vikgs nsired the passive partners as ed to rape enemi after wng a battle orr to huiate them.

He explaed that havg terurse wh a beloved iend was the worst sort of betrayal or lack of loyalty due to the lk between gay sex and enemy-shamg. Overall, Vikgs didn’t regard homosexualy as somethg agast nature. She was charge of the hoe om a fancial pot of view and uld even ci to divorce her then Christians me alongIt shouldn’t be surprisg if homosexualy beme explicly prohibed after the Christianizatn, which took place around the 12th Old Icelandic Hoy Book, which dat back to 1200, is a llectn of Old Wt Norse sermons.

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It clus a sermon which enlists homosexualy among ‘those appallg secret ss perpetrated by men who rpect men no more than women, or vlate quadpeds’ applied to both men and women. Gay Vikg >. (shelved 1 time as gay-vikg).

***This giant boxed set ntas all six sizzlg stori Isabel Dare's btsellg gay Vikg seri, Taken by the Vikgs and Claimed by the Vikgs.

Ja Mock's journey as a Black trans wrer has had specific lsons for me as I found my footg as a gay journalist.

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The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay. In this volume of says om poet Ross Gay, we get a talog of everyday ltle joys om a year his life: unspoken pacts of tst between strangers on a tra, a dancg prayg mantis, the act of blowg thgs off. (Roxane Gay, Aug.

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Last weekend’s Gay Pri remd me of another topic that I’ve been thkg of wrg about for a while now: homosexualy vikg era Iceland. To beg wh ’s important to note that homosexualy as is now did not exist Iceland. This is not to say that homosexuals themselv did not exist, they fely were around already.

Pre-Christian Iceland did not nsir homosexualy a crime as such, but attemptg to avoid marriage bee of was illegal. Consirg there were numero slurs agast homosexuals I thk ’s safe to say the were not somethg anyone would have been open about.

THE GAY VIKG

Only one type of homosexual activy seems to have been fully acceptable the vikg era north, which was playg the “active” part, pecially as male sexual aggrsn towards opponents that lost a battle.

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This attu no doubt would have had a huge impact on homosexual relatnships.

Níð = perverted, sultg, (passively) homosexual, lawls. Níðgr = (passively) homosexual.

Can mean anythg om wardly to homosexual.

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The close-kn group of women helps Luz’s dghter re for her mother her Bronx apartment. But when Luz’s nfed md returns to her Puerto Rin childhood, she n remember only agments. A planned trip to Luz’s homeland uld clarify her memori, but when the women’s arrival cis wh Hurrine Maria, their survival sudnly pends on the kdns of neighbors, who may also have the answers Luz seeks. Santiago offers a vibrant <a href=" target=_blank>portrayal</a> of women supportg one another through disabily and hardship. (Knopf, Aug. 1)</p></div></div></div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body"><div id="listicle-rd-SZI64EY3BRGJZJX55JDHZC7DYY-7"><div id="list-headle-SZI64EY3BRGJZJX55JDHZC7DYY-7" tabx="0" class="wpds-c-jKHtLo"><div></div><h3 class="wpds-c-eKlvKd listicle-headle" data-qa="list-headle">‘The Many Liv of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lyg, Stealg, Wrg, and Healg’ by Lara Love Hard</h3></div><a href="#sendary-nav" class="skip-lk sr-only sr-only-focable black unrle brad-md pa-lg mb-xs borr-box font-sans-serif font-bold">Return to menu</a><div class="article-body grid-body grid-center" data-qa="article-body"><div data-qa="article-image" class="hi-for-prt"><div style="m-height:358px"></div></div><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">At the height of her dg addictn, Hard, a suburban soccer mom, rorted to stealg cred rds om her neighbors’ mailbox. When the law fally ught up to her, everyone her cul--sac watched as she was handcuffed and hled away to the Santa Cz unty jail. Homels, jobls, iendls and now childls, she rebuilt her life, navigatg rceratn by earng the rpect of her fellow mat. Release and revery allowed her to revent herself as a ghostwrer, yet even wh her newfound profsnal succs, she kept herself isolated om others bee of her shame about what she had done. Hard’s progrs om addict to shame to remptn started wh self-acceptance, and her <a href=" target=_blank>memoir</a> illtrat how a person’s future should never be wrten off bee of past mistak. (Simon & Schter, Aug. 1)</p></div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body"><p><span class="wpds-c-gnhuPA wpds-c-gnhuPA-hqeSyH-variant-terstial wpds-c-gnhuPA-iPJLV-css hi-for-prt"><a data-qa="terstial-lk" href=">Sound on! 6 perfect dbooks to kick off your summer.</a></span></p></div></div></div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body"><div id="listicle-rd-KZDSY6YJVBB3DII5GTLMSPOLKY-8"><div id="list-headle-KZDSY6YJVBB3DII5GTLMSPOLKY-8" tabx="0" class="wpds-c-jKHtLo"><div></div><h3 class="wpds-c-eKlvKd listicle-headle" data-qa="list-headle">‘The Way Life Should Be’ by William Dameron</h3></div><a href="#sendary-nav" class="skip-lk sr-only sr-only-focable black unrle brad-md pa-lg mb-xs borr-box font-sans-serif font-bold">Return to menu</a><div class="article-body grid-body grid-center" data-qa="article-body"><div data-qa="article-image" class="hi-for-prt"><div style="m-height:358px"></div></div><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Thomas and Matt have found love late their liv. Both me out after marriage and fatherhood, and they have settled to a happy life together as a married uple. When their three young-adult children arrive on the doorstep of their fathers’ two-bedroom ttage on Mae’s southern ast seekg help and refuge, the disarray dredg up issu that threaten to wreak havoc on the tenuo extend-fay stabily. The joy Dameron’s <a href=" target="_blank">but novel</a> is found the chaotic mss of blendg fai, and the strength that love and lghter n provi. (Ltle A, Aug. 1)</p></div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body"><p><span class="wpds-c-gnhuPA wpds-c-gnhuPA-hqeSyH-variant-terstial wpds-c-gnhuPA-iPJLV-css hi-for-prt"><a data-qa="terstial-lk" href=">Sign up for the Book World newsletter</a></span></p></div></div></div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body"><div id="listicle-rd-PZQFXXOTXZAQ7GUMF4Y7JLJDXY-9"><div id="list-headle-PZQFXXOTXZAQ7GUMF4Y7JLJDXY-9" tabx="0" class="wpds-c-jKHtLo"><div></div><h3 class="wpds-c-eKlvKd listicle-headle" data-qa="list-headle">‘Shark Heart: A Love Story’ by Ey Habeck</h3></div><a href="#sendary-nav" class="skip-lk sr-only sr-only-focable black unrle brad-md pa-lg mb-xs borr-box font-sans-serif font-bold">Return to menu</a><div class="article-body grid-body grid-center" data-qa="article-body"><div data-qa="article-image" class="hi-for-prt"><div style="m-height:358px"></div></div><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Habeck’s <a href=" target=_blank>but novel</a> is a highly origal, heart-rendg story about abidg love that transcends trma, grief — and even metamorphosis. Lewis and Wren, newly married, receive a lamo diagnosis: Wh the year, Lewis will physilly bee a great whe shark. They vow to stay nnected whatever way they n. As Lewis transforms, his velopg aquatic habs offer a glimpse of what he is to bee, and Wren is forced to ntemplate a life wh, or perhaps someday whout, an ocean-dwellg creature who lov her but who nnot fight nature. The uple’s story alternat wh glimps of Wren’s life before Lewis, the stggl her mother faced and the sacrific they both ma for a chance at happs. (Marysue Rucci, Aug. 8)</p></div></div></div><div class="article-body grid-center grid-body" data-qa="article-body"><div id="listicle-rd-VGAAMVNZWZDBPK427NAT5ZFJCU-10"><div id="list-headle-VGAAMVNZWZDBPK427NAT5ZFJCU-10" tabx="0" class="wpds-c-jKHtLo"><div></div><h3 class="wpds-c-eKlvKd listicle-headle" data-qa="list-headle">‘The Great Transn’ by Nick Fuller Googs</h3></div><a href="#sendary-nav" class="skip-lk sr-only sr-only-focable black unrle brad-md pa-lg mb-xs borr-box font-sans-serif font-bold">Return to menu</a><div class="article-body grid-body grid-center" data-qa="article-body"><div data-qa="article-image" class="hi-for-prt"><div style="m-height:358px"></div></div><p data-ttid="drop-p-letter" data-el="text" class="wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overriStyl font-py" dir="null">Set the near future, Googs’s dystopian <a href=" target=_blank>novel </a>centers on teenager Emi, whose parents were alive the day the polar ice ps gave way and flood astal ci across the world. Her parents beme well-known heroic activists who spent their young liv workg to save what remaed of drowng and suffotg ci. Jt as climate crimals are beg publicly assassated, Emi’s mother sudnly disappears, and Emi and her father journey om their home Nu, Greenland, to the s of New York to fd her mother. Googs eerily imag a world where the terts of a few are prrized over the health of the pla, and illtrat how future generatns might puzzle about why people once chose to look the other way. 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