The wait is finally over. My gay romance/gaylit short story collection Love & Limitations has arrived, just in time for the holidays (with three holiday stories too):
In June 2019 I acted as contributing editor to a queer-themed edition of Viewpoint: The Magazine of the British Society for the History of Science. I thought I would share it here today as it's #lgbtqstemday!
In my research to help form a coherent story for a #mesoamerica web series, #gender and #lgbtq is one of the biggest hurdles because #history and modern perspectives just don't match.
If I took Sigal's interpretation in the #book "the flower and scorpion", if someone asks me if there are LGBT characters I don't really have an answer as they did not call themselves straight, gay, or bisexual no matter who they had sex with. They did have a word for trans though.
If I took interpretations that did share modern ideas of #gender and #LGBTQ which show up the most in pop #history that opens new problems. These usually apply Christian views onto Nahua culture, completely replacing with the personal views of who is usually a Spanish priest.
This creates even more problems, as these interpretations often apply negative views onto gods and some even try to link some goddesses with the Christian Satan or succubi. Blatant misogyny.
New research provides insight into parental-child estrangement in the U.S., describes differences by gender, race/ethnicity, and sexuality, and discusses implications. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37304343
My friend is joining mastodon and needs some accounts to follow. Need some suggestions for accounts that focus on #activism#lgbtq#books#education and just accounts y'all really like!
Massoud Hayoun’s “When We Were Arabs” (2019) is described as “A vivid account of Massoud Hayoun's grandparents' lives in #Egypt, #Tunisia, France, #Palestine, and Los Angeles, in which he reclaims his family's Jewish Arab identity".
@SarahBreau True. It shows that we're really sliding into the sewer as a country. Discrimination already has made a major comeback thanks to idiots like her (not that I'm prejudiced, of course!).
“I had the best time with the two of you tonight, so thank you for everything. Reb, I'll call you tomorrow, baby. Good night.” Shutting the door behind them, the two butches left Willow and Rebel alone in the sudden quiet.
“My panties are soaked,” whispered Rebel, touching their slightly swollen lips with their fingertips, their eyes huge and their cheeks flushed.
Same-sex relationships and gender beyond a strict cisgender binary was more common in ancient Greece and Rome than many people today assume, if we look at the surviving writings 🏳️🌈
@TheConversationUS@histodons
"The concept of homosexuality as a distinct sexual orientation or distinct kind of behavior did not exist."
Hell, it didn't exist until the late 19th century. It had been demonised, then it was pathologised through the first half of the 20th century.
Even your term "LGBTQI-like" tends to impose our thinking on it. They were who they were and they did what they did, and maybe things like honour, virtue, valour and status were more salient than sex and gender to them.
Until the mid-20th century Corinthians was more than likely pedastery. Leviticus the jury's out a bit but picking the words either (again) pedastery bit more likely incest. Like, don't sleep with your brother either.