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it's time to bring back the traditions of this integral part of society.
Gay people prevail in every religion, cultural, ethnic group in the world—perhaps it is these very people who could unite the world?
This is a forum to discuss creative ways to invite back the myths and create new ones so that politicians and...(more) religions will cease their efforts at the spiraling homophobia in the world.
Gay People have been here as long as there have been people on the Earth. When a group of people within a society lose their myths, or their stories, which connect them to their heritage, they become ostracized, marginalized—even demonized. Why have the historical stories of queer people been lost from the memory of modern day societies—what is their threat? Perhaps it is within the similarity to divine beings androgyny that society has become terrified of gay people as magical aspects of the human story.
Thousand year old petroglyph's in the desert southwest of America reveal images of homo erotic dance postures, ancient tombs in Egypt show same-sex loving folk, indigenous cultures of Papua New Guinea still practice homo erotic rituals between men, and, there is the biblical story of Ruth's love for Naomi. Pre-Aztec cultures in Mexico were also shown to celebrate homo erotic peoples—around the world, there are countless stories of acceptance of queer kindred.
Astonishingly, gay people are stoned to death, beheaded, put in prison, beat up in alleys, denied rights—continually humiliated in today's world. Why?
Once the magical shape shifters, shamans and priests/esses of long ago societies, we desperately need to reclaim a language that supports this significant part of civilization. Being gay should not be the forefront of any political agenda or religious persecution.
The retrieval of queer people's hidden early history will remind us that modern culture is bleeding these fascinating people of their right to be protected from religious hate speech, and political rhetoric that threatens this vital part of the human experience.
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