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Sapphic nature goddess Mani Ara fanart
The trickster goddess in the sapphic fantasy epic "The Burning Kingdoms"
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Children’s Books by LGBTQ+ Black Authors
Picture books from U.S. and Canadian writers
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A custom that inspired storytellers– formal homoerotic unions between AMAB people in Fujian province during the Ming dynasty
Part 1 of "The tale of 16th c. transgender mother You Ruiniang in Li Yu’s Wushengxi"
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Persian and Urdu homoromantic poetry from 13th-19th century South Asia
Poetry about same-sex love from South Asia, West Asia, North Africa, and Al-Andalus (Part 4)
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Arabic, Kurdish, Persian and Turkish homoerotic poetry from 8th-19th century West Asia
Poetry about same-sex love from South Asia, West Asia, North Africa, and Al-Andalus (Part 3)
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Jewish and Muslim writers of homoerotic poetry from North Africa and Muslim Spain
Poetry about same-sex love from South Asia, West Asia, North Africa, and Al-Andalus (Part 2)
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Poetry about same-sex love from South Asia, West Asia, North Africa and Al-Andalus (Part 1)
From the 8th century through the 19th century, individuals of Jewish and Muslim backgrounds in the lands between India and Muslim Spain wrote…
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Children’s books by LGBTQ+ South Asian authors
South Asian queer protagonists in kid lit.
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From Al-Andalus and Qing China - 2 tales of lovesick men pining for male beloveds
Parallels in stories recorded in 11th century Muslim Spain and 18th century China
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A 1647 FTM transgender miracle recorded in “Strange Tales of Liaozhai”?
The “Changing into a Man” incident was said to have occurred in Suzhou
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Queer tales in the 17th century story collection “Strange Tales from Liaozhai”
Fox spirits, asexuals, bisexuals, male pregnancy and miraculous gender reassignment
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Queer characters in the literary classics of the Qing Dynasty
Pu Songling's Liaozhai, Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber, and Wu Jingzi's The Scholars are all iconic works with LGBT representation
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