Muzhik-Maslenitsa: A Maslenitsa Figure of a Man Dressed as a Woman
A cross-dressed Maslenitsa figure described in early twentieth-century Russian folklore materials.
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The Statue of Idet and Ruiu — Lesbians of Ancient Egypt?
Kinship or partnership — what the titles and the pose suggest.
A Queer Theological Reading of Leviticus 18:22: “Do Not Lie With A Man As With A Woman”
Why this is really about banning male incest rather than same-sex relationships.
A 4,600-Year-Old Burial of a 'Third-Gender' Person: What We Know and What Is Disputed
An ancient burial discovered in Prague in which a man was buried according to a female funerary rite.
A Queer Lexicon of Ancient Egypt
Exploring Ancient Egyptian terms for same-sex practices.
A Prehistoric Double Phallus From the Enfer Gorge
And Its Purpose – Magic, a Symbol of Power, or a Dildo?
Was Atatürk Gay or Bisexual?
What memoirs, biographies, and British intelligence reports say about the sexuality of Turkey's founder.
Andrey Avinoff: A Russian Émigré Artist, Gay Man, and Scientist
How Orthodox Christianity, butterflies, a scientific career, and male eroticism came together.
Russian Poet Ivan Dmitriev, Young Favourites, and Same-Sex Desire in the Fables 'The Two Doves' and 'The Two Friends'
A friend of Karamzin and Derzhavin, minister of justice, and a fable writer whose “friendship” turns into male love.
Homoerotic Themes in Taşlıcalı Yahya Bey’s Ottoman Poem “Shah and the Beggar”
A rare example of 16th-century Turkish literature in which a man falls in love with another man.
The Homosexuality of Sultan Mehmed II
Sources on the possible same-sex relationships of the Ottoman sultan who conquered Constantinople.
Homosexuality Among Neanderthals
Is it possible? Indirect scientific evidence suggests yes.
Sergei Romanov: A Homosexual Member of the Imperial Family
His homosexuality, childless “white marriage,” service in Moscow, and death.
Adam Before Eve: Male or Androgynous? Theological Debates From the Church Fathers to the Present Day
A full, detailed queer-theological analysis of the theory that Adam was androgynous.
Divine Homosexuality in the Ancient Egyptian Myth of Horus and Seth
"...how beautiful your buttocks are, how strong! Spread your legs," Seth said to Horus.