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What Eunuchs Were Built to Fix
People like to talk about eunuchs as symbols. We’re metaphors for lack, or purity, or sacrifice,…
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The Eunuch as Infrastructure
(or: what societies kept building instead of fixing themselves) When we talk about eunuchs, we usually…
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How My Nan Kept the Peace
Every three weeks, those of my team who live close enough to Southampton to make the…
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A Kiss Before the Army: Alexander, Bagoas, and the Edges of Identity
Despite studying Ancient History at Uni, I first encountered the name Bagoas when reading 50 LGBTQ+…
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Visible and Vanishing: Trans Day of Remembrance
The Weight of Remembrance Every year on 20 November, communities around the world gather to mark…
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After the Evil Empire: Britain’s Long War on Difference
After the Evil Empire: Britain’s Long War on Difference “…since the gradual collapse of the Evil…
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Between the Spear and the Spindle: Woden’s Feminine Magic
While reading 50 LGBTQ+ Finds, I discovered that Woden – king of the Anglo-Saxon gods –…
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Between Land and Sea: Atargatis and the Castrated Priests of the Deep
There are goddesses who rule the earth, and goddesses who rule the heavens – but Atargatis,…
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Book Review: 50 LGBTQ+ Finds – Ben Paites
I bought this book at Colchester castle on my visit to see A Number in Space…
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Alexander the Great Pansexual?
Alexander III of Macedon – better known to us as Alexander the Great – is remembered…
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A Love Letter to the Molly House
Before there were gay bars or Pride parades, there were Molly Houses. Hidden behind the drapery…
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The Geometry of Memory: Reclaiming England’s Forgotten Sacred Art
What if Englishness wasn’t just kings and wars and wet weather? What if it also meant…
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Hera, the TERF of Mount Olympus
I love the ancient world. I did my degree in Ancient History because I didn’t know…
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The King’s Speech – Remembering VE Day and why it still matters
I was born in the mid-seventies in a housing estate to the north of Bristol. I…
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Book Review: Suffragettes – How Britain’s Women fought & died for the right to vote
The writing style is an easy narrative that doesn’t much engage in reflection, but seeks to…
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