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Being Gay in Ancient Greece and Rome
The Ancient Greeks and Romans had very different ideas of sexuality and gender than we do today. Bisexuality was considered the natural state for men in the Ancient World, and male homosexuality was also accepted. Unfortunately, we know very little about queer women in Ancient Greece and Rome—female queerness was mostly ignored by Greco-Roman society, except in Lesbos and Sparta. As for gender, the Greeks and Romans had some concept of a third sex and transgender priestesses were common in certain cults such as that of Cybele. However, unfortunately, just as with lesbians, we have few examples of real life trans people in Ancient Greece and Rome. Our ancient texts are awash with prominent bisexual and gay men, but unfortunately very few queer women or trans people. But here is a very incomplete list of 10 Ancient Greek and Roman LGBTQIA+ figures you need to know about.
A. Walter CoxPublished 3 years ago in PrideTo the Parents of Queer Children
PFLAG is the United States' first and largest organization uniting parents, families, and allies with people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+). While it once stood for Parents and Families of Lesbians and Gays, the name is now just PFLAG, to be more inclusive, and to better reflect the broader community supporting LGBTQ+ individuals (friends, extended families, teachers, clergy, etc.)
To All The Young Trans People Out There
The original letter was a local trans woman’s life story; the editor picked it because the woman was her neighbor, and she thought it interesting and meaningful. The letter detailed vast amounts of shame the writer still holds; she called herself disgusting, disfigured, in need of correction.
Searching for Sappho in Real Life
“Sweet mother, I cannot weave – slender Aphrodite has overcome me with longing for a girl.” —Sappho Sometimes I think you’d know me if you just met eyes with me in a park. Maybe you’d be walking your dog—at least, I think you had a dog—and I’d be sitting on a park bench, mind lost to my phone, till I looked up and met your true gaze. I don’t know your eyes' color—you never told me—but maybe we’d recognize each other across the distance. Something magnetic, something that makes the stars sing at night, might join us in fate’s fine thread.
Jillian SpiridonPublished 3 years ago in Pride5 Lessons Everyone Could Learn from RuPaul's Drag Race
I still remember the very first time I stumbled onto an episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race. Right before my eyes, I saw men transform into women, then lip-sync better than Ashley Simpson pre-SNL. The energy, the excitement, the pure passion was indescribable. My jaw hit the floor and this show changed my life forever. As a graduate student studying feminist literature, I wondered, “How can these men perform the female gender so well?” Needless to say, I was hooked—but I had no idea how hooked I would become.
Jules FortmanPublished 3 years ago in PrideOur Adoption Story
Everything changed on June, 2015. For some people, it might’ve been nothing. Maybe something to look past the headline to shrug at—-or scoff at even. But, for me and my fraternal twin brother Ezra, it meant everything, as that was the day that changed the course of our entire lives.
Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 3 years ago in Pride