Hidden Gay History (and Herstory!)

After the sections on Queer Evolution and Super-Famous People you maybe didn't know were GLBTQ, I've organized this listing of posts loosely by geography. There's a cool section on hidden gay history in the Bible, and my first Theme week, "LOVE IS..." and more AMAZING stuff (including some Transgender history) that I sure didn't learn in school. Scroll Down and click on the title of the posts to check out all these mind-blowing true stories!

Queer Evolution

Why are there Gay People? What Darwinian purpose is there to, throughout time, having 10% of humanity be Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Transgender?

Super-Famous People You Maybe Didn't Know Were Queer

Leonardo Da Vinci: He Painted the Mona Lisa, He was a Genius, and He was Gay.




SHAKESPEARE: The Bisexual Poet and his Two Loves!

Stories of Queer Americas!

Aikane and the Gay Love of Hawaii's Kings




Native American Lesbian Marriage Ceremonies, Serpent Mound, and the KOSKALAKA's special powers



"Woman Chief of the Crows," A Famous Lesbian American Indian



"Winkte" is the Sioux word for a Gay man



The First Gay Pride March!

Queer Asia!

A Queer Chinese New Year 2008!



Homosexual History in China: Emperor Ai and Dong Xian's Passion of the Cut Sleeve

and


SPINSTERS! China's Silk Weavers: Were they Lesbians, Feminists, or both?

and


Samurai Love

Queer Europe!

Proof of a Gay Marriage in Spain back in 1031 AD



Adventurers, Balloonists, and Lovers! Croce-Spinelli and Sivel


The First Known Gay SPY!



Celtic Men and the origins of the word "Horny"



Bulldike: Celtic Lesbian Warriors and Queen Boudica's War

Queer Africa!

Bisexual Pharaoh Rules 4,300 years ago!

The BIBLE Section: Hidden Gay History in the BIBLE!


Ancient Gay LOVE Story Discovered: David and Jonathan

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor... DRESS? Cross-Dressing in the Bible

and


The Homoerotic (and Naked!) Ecstacy of the Prophets of Ancient Israel

and


More Biblical Homoeroticism: The Prophet Elisha and his Resurrection of a boy/youth

and


Even More Biblical Homoeroticism: The Love Story (and Lesbian Marriage!) of Ruth and Naomi

and


Ruth and Naomi - What Happened Next to our Favorite Biblical Lesbians?

GREAT GAY LOVES: A 2009 Valentine's Week Celebration!

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas

Gertrude Stein reads one of her poems



Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears


Gladys Bentley's Same-Gender Marriage... in the 1920s!

LOVE IS... Theme Week!

LOVE IS... Two Saris Together

LOVE IS... World War II Soldiers Kissing

LOVE IS...Drunk with Pleasure, Like the Islamic Poet Muhammed Shams ud-din Hafiz



LOVE IS... The Train Station Good-bye Cliche - but OUR Cliche, this time.



LOVE IS... The Ladies Of Llangollen: A Romantic Friendship of Passion

Transgender Stories From the Past!

Tiresias: Gender Outlaw in Greek Mythology

New additions (as of Sept, 2015)

Mia Yamamoto – a Transgender Heroine

Moms Mabley – The original queen of comedy and a gender non-conforming, woman-loving woman and Black Pioneer

New Gender 101 Video: Episode 37: Sylvia Rivera

Bitchin' Queer Poems - All the great stuff so far!

Scroll down and click on the post titles to read the work of these amazing poets!





Sappho! Lesbian Poet of Ancient Fame


Rumi -

My Blog's very first "Great Queer Poem"

and

Three More Amazing poems by Rumi

and

More "essential" Rumi!





Quentin Crisp's World War Two Gay Experiences in London: Poetry where you don't expect it!





I Love Gay Poetry! Walt Whitman's "We Two boys Together Clinging" From Calamus

and

Celebrate Gay Poetry! Walt Whitman's "Calamus"

and

Walt Whitman Uncensored! His early Gay experience and the Poem through which it sang through him: "Once I pass'd Through A Populous City"




SHAKESPEARE: The Bisexual Poet and his Two Loves!



Celebrate Gay Poetry! Dennis Cooper's "James Kelly"



Poems can be Laser-like, cutting to the core: Kahlil Gibran's "The Prophet"




Celebrate Ancient Epic Gay Poetry! Homer's "The Iliad"




GAY POETRY IS ALIVE! Steven Reigns' "Joe!"




Lord Byron's Love Poems to John Edleston




Muhammed Shams ud-din Hafiz, Drunk with Pleasure



And some more:

A Gay Joke for National Poetry Month



Celebrate Gay Poetry! Robert Friend's "Shirts"


A Gay Pocahontas? A Beautiful Native American Man IS a Poem in Theodore Winthrop's "John Brent!"


CELEBRATING YOUR POEMS! "For Him, Disappearing Before Dawn" by j.e. robinson


YOUR favorite Queer Poems: Mark Doty's "TIARA" and CP Cavafy's "THE GOD ABANDONS ANTONY"


Maurice Kenny (Mohawk)'s Poem on the role of Gay men in Native American tribal life and history.


Celebrate Bisexual Poetry! Rumi's "The King and The Handmaiden and The Doctor"


Celebrate Lesbian Poetry! Paula Gunn Allen's "Some Like Indians Endure"


Jacqueline Lapidus' breath-taking Lesbian poem, "Athens"


Celebrate Transgender Poetry! Aaron Shurin's "Woman on Fire"

GSA Mondays: Spark Discussion & Build Community!

Scroll down to see all the GSA Monday Topics to Date (the latest one is first!)

Advice for a "girly" 11 year old boy

Is

The Same As

?

Candy Questions for Valentine's Day



Why are strong, aggressive, non-submissive and powerful women called "Dykes?"

No Name Calling Week... And a CONTEST for you!

Black President? Check. Gay President?

The Hip Hop Expression: "No Homo"

"FAG" - My New Year's Day Dilemma, and the Power of Words

Gay-Straight Solidarity.
Gay Days in Anaheim - Gay Days in Disneyland's Red Shirts Example!

What Do You Do When You Don't See Things The Way Your Parents Do?

Labels - Just how sticky are they?
Can you change how people see you?

Speaking Lies To Truth - Obama & Prop 8 -
Where does the TRUTH fit in with our Political Process in the USA?

An All-Gay High School or An All-Bully High School - What's Safer?

Queer Heroes

Does This Make Me Look Gay?

Namaste, The Secret Of Life, and Other Inspirations I Gift To You

Okay, I found this cool "Namaste" image here.

I really like it - and since I end most of my musings and posts with the sign-off "Namaste," I thought I'd share this with you. I like that this work of art seems to be saying:

"being centered in yourself, and honoring the spark of magic in others as well as in yourself, is the secret to the whole universe, and the secret to life."

And what better inspiration, or gift, could I offer you? And while an artist created the above, look at what magic the Hubble Telescope saw out there in our Universe:











Now THAT'S inspiring!

Have a wonderful holiday weekend, and BE THE LIGHT. (Or, as Ghandi famously said, "You must be the change you wish to see in the world.")


The Light in me recognizes and acknowledges the Light in you.

Put your palms together in front of your heart with me, and say,

"Namaste,"

Lee