LGBT – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:23:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg LGBT – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Ancient Same-Sex Marriage: Myth, Ritual, and Social Reality in Different Cultures https://brewminate.com/ancient-same-sex-marriage-history-cultures/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=272229 Same-sex relationships existed across ancient societies, yet they operated within cultural systems that recognized intimacy without equating it

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]]> Debunking Leather Apron Club: Ancient Greece, Same-Sex Desire, and the Politics of Anachronism https://brewminate.com/ancient-greek-sexuality-evidence-myth-modern-bias/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=272235 Ancient Greek sexuality resists modern labels, revealing a complex system shaped by status, roles, and context rather than

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]]> A Non-Binary Interpretation of Christ’s Body and Wounds in Late Medieval Imagery https://brewminate.com/a-non-binary-interpretation-of-christs-body-and-wounds-in-late-medieval-imagery/ Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:25:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=217290 This study is useful for understanding the complexity of medieval bodies and gender. Introduction This essay argues that

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]]> A Survey and Changing Views of Female Sexuality in the 1920s https://brewminate.com/a-survey-and-changing-views-of-female-sexuality-in-the-1920s/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 23:24:46 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=241015 A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged ideas about ‘respectable women’ and sex. By Dr. Anya JabourRegents Professor of HistoryUniversity of Montana

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]]> Ancient Same-Sex Unions: Historiographical Analysis of Adelphopoiesis in Early Christianity https://brewminate.com/ancient-same-sex-unions-historiographical-analysis-of-adelphopoiesis-in-early-christianity/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:04:14 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260416 In the layered prayers of the rite, we catch a glimpse of a world where covenant before could

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]]> Open Rhetoric to Closed Retrenchment: Trump’s Tumultuous Journey with LGBTQ+ America https://brewminate.com/open-rhetoric-to-closed-retrenchment-trumps-tumultuous-journey-with-lgbtq-america/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:03:42 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260332 In his first campaign he courted the vote. Now, with power consolidated and the party’s far-right base emboldened,

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]]> Veiled Desires and Sacred Metaphors: Homoerotic Literature in the Medieval World https://brewminate.com/veiled-desires-and-sacred-metaphors-homoerotic-literature-in-the-medieval-world/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:03:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260429 Homoerotic literature in the medieval world reveals a striking dissonance between moral prescription and artistic expression. By Matthew

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]]> Fault Lines in the Rainbow: Trump’s Policies Target Trans Rights to Fracture LGBTQ Unity https://brewminate.com/fault-lines-in-the-rainbow-trumps-policies-target-trans-rights-to-fracture-lgbtq-unity/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:02:37 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260328 If unity is lost, the policy victories that remain could rest on fragile ground, preserved not by shared

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]]> Queer Trails and Hidden Horizons: LGBTQ+ Lives in the American Old West https://brewminate.com/queer-trails-and-hidden-horizons-lgbtq-lives-in-the-american-old-west/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:02:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260435 The American Old West was a dynamic social frontier in which individuals navigated shifting boundaries of identity, community,

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]]> A Quiet Revolution in Identity: The Rising Tide of LGBTQ+ Visibility in America https://brewminate.com/a-quiet-revolution-in-identity-the-rising-tide-of-lgbtq-visibility-in-america/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:01:32 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=260321 It stands as proof that identity, once forced into the margins, continues to carve out space in the

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