queer folklore News | Autostraddle

Most Popular

society + culture

Feeding the Poor to Honour the Dead With Hecate’s Deipnon

Siobhan

Oct 26, 2020
lgbt history

The Queer Spirits of Christmas Past

Siobhan

Dec 24, 2018
lgbt history

It’s the Season of the Witch and Hekate, Goth-as-Hell Goddess of Outcast Women

Siobhan

Nov 2, 2017
lgbt history

Queer Folklore: Athena and Hestia Bring the Asexuality to Olympus

Siobhan

May 30, 2017
lgbt history

Artemis Is the Queer Girl Goddess BFF of Your Dreams

Siobhan

May 2, 2017
lgbt history

How to Become a Deadly Misandrist Fairy Vampire

Siobhan

Apr 18, 2017
lgbt history

Queer Folklore: M Is for Macha, Mythical Irish Queens of Misandry

Siobhan

Apr 7, 2017
lgbt history

Queer Folklore: The Morrigan Is A Goddess for Protest

Siobhan

Mar 21, 2017

queer folklore

A ruined stone wall containing acarve dstone relief of several Greek figures

society + culture

Feeding the Poor to Honour the Dead With Hecate’s Deipnon

Given that we’re living in the midst of a global pandemic – with a wave of crushing poverty that could, and should, have been prevented – honouring the goddess who…

Siobhan —

Oct 26, 2020

lesbian history

LGBT history

The Queer Spirits of Christmas Past

lgbt history

The Queer Spirits of Christmas Past

Demonic witch queens are always queer. Fact.

Siobhan —

Dec 24, 2018

LGBT history

queer folklore

It’s the Season of the Witch and Hekate, Goth-as-Hell Goddess of Outcast Women

lgbt history

It’s the Season of the Witch and Hekate, Goth-as-Hell Goddess of Outcast Women

Hekate is the goddess of outcast women and taking power where you find it.

Siobhan —

Nov 2, 2017

queer folklore

Queer Folklore: Athena and Hestia Bring the Asexuality to Olympus

lgbt history

Queer Folklore: Athena and Hestia Bring the Asexuality to Olympus

The Ancient Greek pantheon, though upsettingly low on the lady loving women considering the rampant male bisexuality going on, does has a surprising wealth of asexual and aromantic goddesses.

Siobhan —

May 30, 2017

queer folklore

Artemis Is the Queer Girl Goddess BFF of Your Dreams

lgbt history

Artemis Is the Queer Girl Goddess BFF of Your Dreams

The mythology has her securing a promise of perpetual “virginity” from her father and immediately skipping off into the mountain forests with a group of like-minded nymphs. Together she and…

Siobhan —

May 2, 2017

no but seriously we hate men

queer folklore

How to Become a Deadly Misandrist Fairy Vampire

lgbt history

How to Become a Deadly Misandrist Fairy Vampire

Even one cauldron full of blood is one cauldron we didn’t have before!

Siobhan —

Apr 18, 2017

queer folklore

Queer Folklore: M Is for Macha, Mythical Irish Queens of Misandry

lgbt history

Queer Folklore: M Is for Macha, Mythical Irish Queens of Misandry

Moral of the story: don’t be a dick to pregnant people. Obviously. You shouldn’t need a morality tale to tell you this.

Siobhan —

Apr 7, 2017

lesbian history

queer folklore

A person dressed up as the morrigan

lgbt history

Queer Folklore: The Morrigan Is A Goddess for Protest

The Morrigan has always seemed wildly queer to me. The sort of army boot-wearing femme-butch blend who uses the word “dyke” like a clenched fist aimed at the patriarchy.

Siobhan —

Mar 21, 2017