Folklore

Chang E and Diandang: bi/pan women in a 17th c. Chinese tale (Part 2)

Wife expects transparency while encouraging husband’s relationship with her metamour

Mar 23

Chang E and Diandang: bi/pan women in a 17th c. Chinese tale (Part 1)

Qing era teenagers attempt to negotiate a polycule.

Mar 8 • Wolfberry Studio

Wulang Shen/Wutong Shen: pansexual incubi

Homoerotic spirit encounters recorded in 17th century story collection

May 30, 2025 • Wolfberry Studio

Popular entertainer seeks marriage to a governor because of her love for his legendary transmasc sibling

Part 2 of “Legend of a mighty warrior: Li Jie’s transgender brother”

Jan 27, 2025 • Wolfberry Studio

Was a 19th c. transmasc child the human incarnation of the vajra?

Part 1 of “Legend of a mighty warrior: Li Jie’s transgender brother”

Jan 11, 2025 • Wolfberry Studio

Records of trans masculine people in the 10th c. Taiping Guangji

Part 2 of "The use of the term ‘renyao’ through the ages"

Sep 28, 2024 • Wolfberry Studio

Lou Cheng of Dongyang, an elder transmasc 5th c. government official?

Part 1 of "The use of the term ‘renyao’ through the ages"

Sep 13, 2024 • Wolfberry Studio

China’s greatest poet Du Fu took inspiration from the romantic legend of a transgender lady

Part 2 of "The Stone Mirror Tomb – a monument to an ancient king’s love for his transgender wife"

Dec 3, 2023 • Wolfberry Studio

In ancient China, the King of Shu weds a transgender woman

Part 1 of "The Stone Mirror Tomb – a monument to an ancient king’s love for his transgender wife"

Nov 18, 2023 • Wolfberry Studio

How Jade Hare/Moon Rabbit, a Genderfluid Shapeshifter, Saved Beijing from an Epidemic

A centuries-old folktale of the deity who is still honored in Beijing in the 21st century

Sep 26, 2023 • Wolfberry Studio

Devotion of gay lovers move a god to save a community during a pestilence

Is this gay-affirming tale of Moon Hare/Jade Rabbit a 19th century folktale or a modern creation?

Jun 6, 2023 • Wolfberry Studio

The Black and White Impermanences: a homoromantic bond that moved the King of the Underworld

The love story of Fan Wujiu and Xie Bi’an

May 25, 2023 • Wolfberry Studio

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