Friday, August 8, 2025
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Persian and Urdu homoromantic poetry from 13th-19th century South Asia
The intense spiritual bonds between Sufi masters in South Asia and their same-sex disciples have been expressed in homoromantic and homoerotic poetry.
While it may not be appropriate to label these relationships using modern Western concepts of sexual orientation and romantic orientation, they can provide perspectives on the intersection between divine love and same-sex human love. The experience of holiness is not tied to heteronormativity.
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Men who love men in the orbit of the 18th c. queer writer Yuan Mei
Numerous gay/bi/pan men, both obscure and famous, passed through the artistic circles of Yuan Mei. Learn more about the pansexual, polyamorous Yuan Mei and his non-heterosexual friends on our Patreon.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Queer tales in the 17th century story collection “Strange Tales from Liaozhai”
17th c. Chinese folklorist Pu Songling collected close to 500 stories in “Strange Tales from Liaozhai", including at least a dozen tales with LGBTQIA+ characters