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Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend

Name: Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend
ISBN: 9781804190470

A Celebration of Gay Gods, Sapphic Saints, and Queerness Through the Ages

Dan Jones

Octopus Books · Print & ebook · May 6, 2025

Reading lane: Greek & Roman Myths (YA)

Featuring 50 profiles and select B&W illustrated portraits, Heroes of Queer Myth & Legend is a celebration of gay gods and goddesses, sapphic sirens, misunderstood mermen, and lesbians of legend.

Young Adult Fiction Literary Criticism Juvenile Fiction literature

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Good for readers who enjoy Greek & Roman Myths (YA) and Queer Literary Criticism.Great for readers who want relationship-centered stories.

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Authors: Dan Jones
Publisher: Octopus Books
Published: May 6, 2025
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Greek & Roman Myths (YA) · Queer Literary Criticism
Reading lane: Greek & Roman Myths (YA)

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LGBTQ+ Lives
Folklore & Myth
Bisexual Studies

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Featuring 50 profiles and select B&W illustrated portraits, Heroes of Queer Myth & Legend is a celebration of gay gods and goddesses, sapphic sirens, misunderstood mermen, and lesbians of legend. Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate. Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (explored in Madeleine Miller's bestseller Song of Achilles), join the cult of Antinous (inspiration for Oscar Wilde), get down with pansexual god Set in Egyptian myth, and fall for Zimbabwe's trans God Mawi. And from modern pop-culture, through Dan Jones's witty, upbeat style, learn more about 90s fan obsessions Xena: Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Neil Gaiman's American Gods and the BBC 's Doctor Who . Heroes of Queer Myth & Legend brings to life characters who are romantic, brave, mysterious, and always fantastical. It is a magnificent celebration of queerness through the ages in all its legendary glory.