God of gayness

Heartbroken, Dionysus cast his body to the stars, forming part of the Boötes constellation. Her reign covers three heavens of the Inuit, including Omiktu, where the souls of deceased humans and whales live in harmony.

Sedna dwells with her Amazonian female companion, Qailertetang, in the depths of the ocean. One interesting, though tragic, story is of Apollo and Hyacinthus.

The mortal man Hyacinthus captured the attention of both Apollo, god of the sun, and Zephyrus, god of the west wind. Their energies resonated with balance, radiating a serene and nurturing force that endeared them to the local people. One day Lakapati, the goddess of agriculture and fertility, noticed that the supreme god Bathala had a feeling of emptiness.

Odd choice of revenge, we know. When he had finished his creation, Lakapati thought it was so beautiful that she placed the molded clay into the sky and called it Earth.

Honorable Mentions: More Mythic Queer Icons

Although we don’t have time to cover every myth, here are five more LGBTQ+ mythic figures worth exploring if you are interested.

1. Lan Caihe – Lan Caihe originated in ancient China and is specifically one of the Eight Immortal figures in Taoism.

   These revered beings were māhū, embodying the delicate yet potent essence of gentle yet powerful healers. Mawu-Lisa, West African Kingdom of Dahomey

In the Kingdom of Dahomey, the Fon people wove a rich tapestry of cosmological beliefs interwoven with mythology. This fascinating and complex family of lwa has evolved to become a symbol of feminine power and queer communities, representing the passions and sorrows intertwined in identities.

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of the sea near this locale. Callisto is unfortunately deceived and becomes pregnant from this encounter, and when the pregnancy is discovered, she is expelled from Artemis’s hunting party. In the sacred triad of mind, heart, and spirit, these spirits harmoniously blended both male and female qualities.

The presence of Kapaemāhu, Kapuni, Kīnohi, and Kahaloa on the Hawaiian islands was marked by their peaceful demeanor and their remarkable healing abilities.

Their name is present in the mental condition ‘nymphomania’, which is used to define a fixation on sexual acts or objects.

The legend goes that Hu Tianbao, a soldier in Fujian, was executed after professing his love to a local officer. We told you that Zeus was quite an undesirable character. Once Ganymede arrived at Mount Olympus, he was granted eternal youth and life, tasked with filling the position of the old cupbearer Hebe who had left to marry Herakles.

After this divine instatement, Zeus formed a romantic attachment to Ganymede, and the two became lovers for quite some time, despite the displeasure of Zeus’s wife Hera.

In either iteration, Dionysus and Ampelos’ poignant love story is one for the ages.

2. This pantheon officially includes twelve principal deities, yet the myriad of legendary figures beyond this core group is vast. Although their marriage is short-lived, the love and relationship between Mohini and Aravan have become an important symbol for the transgender community and are still celebrated today during the annual 18-day Koovagam Festival in India.

Callisto – The Greek Callisto was one of the hunters and companions of the goddess Artemis.

Apollo’s twin sister was Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, who was also one of the most revered and honored out of the Greek pantheon.

Not only is he important in this way, but Apollo is also quite crucial in queer history, as his romance with Thracian performer Thamyris is said to be the first recorded gay relationship between men in the entire records of history – at least in a mythological sense. 

In the realm of gay Greek gods, Dionysus’s romantic endeavors extend beyond his liaison with Thamyris to include his love affair with the Macedonian Prince Hyacinthus.

She emerged in Haitian vodou as a diasporic development of the Yoruban River Goddess, Oshun.