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Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Africa. Show all posts
Thursday, 14 November 2024

Game of Gay Thrones 9: Micro-monarchs

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About three years ago I mentioned that I’d come across a few micronations that have lgbt+ monarchs. I suppose they are just as valid for inc...
Thursday, 31 October 2024

A Queer Bogeyman

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Hallowe’en is with us again, with its US-inspired misappropriation and distortion of traditional European customs and neo-pagan fakery. The ...
Monday, 10 April 2023

The First Queer Evangelist?

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At this Easter time, or Passiontide, as non-English-speaking nations call it, millions of people are thinking about the teachings of Christ ...
Monday, 21 June 2021

The Controversy of the Lustful Nuns

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Wouldn’t it be nice of historians agreed on everything? Sadly, politics, prejudice and (quite often) personalities get in the way. This has ...
Wednesday, 21 October 2020

80 More Gays Around the World: Part 23) From France to Fern-atics

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Last time on “80 More Gays”: 61) Hélène van Zuylen (1863-1947) was a pioneering female motor racer in a male dominated sport, and 62) Robe...
Thursday, 14 May 2020

Out of His Paternal Tree: Pete Buttigieg Part 2

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In March I had a look at Pete Buttigieg’s maternal ancestry. Pete’s father’s line is very different and has some unexpected ethnic origins...
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Sunday, 2 December 2018

Advent 1 : Making the Yuletide Gay

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My regular pre-Christmas mini-series covers aspects of dating and celebrating the birth of Christ. On each Sunday in Advent I’ll present o...
Wednesday, 15 August 2018

Celebrating a Flood

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It may seem strange to celebrate a flood as very often floods leave devastation in their wake. But if you live in a country as dry as Egyp...
Saturday, 2 June 2018

Pride Cities

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As the USA celebrates the start of Pride Month and the northern hemisphere begins enters its main Pride season we look at some of the loca...