Queer Villains of Myth and Legend

Hidden in the margins of history books,classical literatureand thousands of years of storiesmyths and legendsthrough to contemporary literatureTV and filmthere is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discoverlearn fromand 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 mythand fall for Zimbabwe’s trans God Mawi. And from modern pop-culturethrough Dan Jones’s wittyupbeat stylelearn more about 90s fan obsessions Xena: Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire SlayerNeil Gaiman’s American Gods and the BBC’s Doctor Who. Queer Heroes of Myth & Legend brings to life characters who are romanticbravemysteriousand always fantastical. It is a magnificent celebration of queerness through the ages in all its legendary glory.