Female Images of God in the Old Testament
Traces of the Asherah cult, maternal metaphors of the prophets, and the female face of biblical Wisdom.
Antiquity
An Ancient Punishment for Adultery – Inserting Fish and Radish into the Anus (Rhaphanidosis)
What we know about it and how it surfaces in literature – from Aristophanes to Juvenal.
Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum: The First Same-Sex Couple in History?
Or Just Twins? A Detailed Investigation.
Two Scenes of Sex Between Men in the Etruscan Tomb of the Chariots
Lovers beneath the stadium stands, a bearded onlooker, and the Etruscan philosophy of the "eternal banquet."
How Duke Xian of Jin Sent a Beautiful Youth to Another Ruler to Weaken His Court and Then Conquer His Country
A historical episode about diplomacy through a favorite at the court in Ancient China.
“The Bitten Peach”: Duke Ling of Wei and Mizi Xia as One of the Earliest Same-Sex Court Tales in Chinese History
How a Legalist parable about favoritism turned into a metaphor for same-sex love.
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 Queer Lexicon of Ancient Egypt
Exploring Ancient Egyptian terms for same-sex practices.
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.
Goddess Nephthys – a Lesbian?
What the sources say about the Ancient Egyptian goddess of the night.
What Gender Is God in the Old Testament?
A queer-theological text about the genderlessness of the Christian God.
A Homoerotic Plot in Ancient Egyptian Literature: Pharaoh Pepi II Neferkare and General Sasenet
And their secret nighttime meetings.
A Possible Same-Sex Intercourse Scene from Ancient Egypt – The Erotic Ostracon
Two men, or a man and a woman?