"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Brothers in Arms, Lovers in Death: the Sacred Band of Thebes In the 4th century BCE, the Greek city-state of Thebes forged one of the most extraordinary fighting forces in history: the Sacred Band, an elite military unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers. Yes,...
Nothing happens in this book, and yet everything happens. Just like life. An ordinary story of an ordinary woman: her husband left for no apparent reason, he seems to think he has a right to her life even if he provides no support for their...
Questa domenica 8 e lunedì 9 giugno si voterà su tutto il territorio nazionale per 5 referendum, 4 dei quali legati alle leggi sul lavoro e uno che propone la riduzione a 5 anni del tempo necessario per poter richiedere la cittadinanza italiana a chi...
In a Kiss, a World “Sweet boy, with honeyed eyes,if I could kiss you as many times as I wish,I'd kiss you three hundred thousand times —and not once would I be satisfied.”-- Gaius Valerius Catullus, Poem 48 (1st century BCE) Catullus, the Roman poet whose work...
Marble relief of a Galli priest (1st–2nd century CE) – from the Temple of Magna Mater, possibly in Ostia or Rome The Galli of Cybele: Queerness in Roman Religion The Galli were priests of Cybele (Magna Mater), whose worship was introduced at Rome from Phrygia. Often dressed...
A werewolf story by Alexandre Dumas père. Chapter XV: The Lord of Vauparfond Thibault, on arriving at the Dauphin d'Or, ordered himself as fine a dinner as he could think of. It would have been quite easy for him to have engaged a private room, but he would...
Yes, the fault might be our current project on PowerBI, but this month I've been reasoning a lot around our Illuministic obsession over measurements and how that affects our approach to business intelligence in the era of Big Data. On top of this, I've been...
Singing for the Goddess: the Queer Voices of Inanna’s Gala Priests Long before modern notions of gender came into form, the streets of ancient Sumer — in what is now southern Iraq — roamed with people whose identities didn't feel the need to toe the lines...
I've been posting a little more on the topic lately, especially on Instagram, and some of you asked that question, especially from overseas: why on earth do I follow an American Football Club, and in what capacity? It's a legit question. My significant otter had been playing...
He Is the Wine, I the Cup: Queer Devotion in the Poetry of Abu Nuwas “O my heart’s beloved,You are the sun of beauty,And I — merely the eye that follows you.He kissed me, and I becameThe chalice, trembling in the hand of joy.”- Abu Nuwas...
