Description

In this episode, I focus on the topics of gender identity, the spectrum of sexuality, as well as the existence of those same themes throughout mythology and some of the world’s many preChristian cultures. References, including https://www.genderbread.org/, at the bottom of show notes.

Gender

• Gender Identity
• Gender Expression
• Gender Fluid
• Cisgender
• Intersex
• Non-binary
• Transgender

Sexuality

• Asexual
• Bisexual
• Gay
• Lesbian
• Pansexual

Other Terminology

• Ally
• Queer

Mythology and Deities

• Ancient Greece
• The temples of Khajuraho and Mughal
• Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
• Neferkare and Sasenet
• Agni/Svaha/Soma
• Mitra and Varuna
• Tu Er Shen

• Hermaphroditus (Greek)
• Agdistis
• Atum
• Hatshepsut
• Hapi
• Isis and Iphis
• Bahuchara Mata
• Shikhandi
• Vishnu/Mohini
• Ardhanarishvara
• Lakapati/Bathala
• Lan Caihe
• Ymir
• Loki
• Chin (Aztec)
• Nadle (Navajo)
• Two-Spirit (Native American)
• Mawu-Lisa (Dahomey People)
• Mwari (Shona People)
• Ghede Nibo
• Yan Daudu (Nigeria)
• Sarombavy (Madagascar)

References:

• https://library.rcc.edu/c.php?g=1058258&p=7698101
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201707/gender-fluidity-in-the-gods
• http://www.transfaithonline.org/display/article/ten-gender-variant-religious-figures/?no_cache=1
• https://www.mygwork.com/en/my-g-news/finding-queer-belonging-in-ancient-mythology
• https://www.pride.com/entertainment/2017/9/11/52-queer-gods-who-ruled-ancient-history
• https://www.hrc.org/resources/glossary-of-terms
• https://www.hrc.org/resources/sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity-terminology-and-definitions
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_themes_in_mythology
• https://lgbt.wikia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT_figures_in_mythology
• https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/06/30/third-gender-a-short-history/
• https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/applied-and-social-sciences-magazines/gender-alternatives-binary
• https://www.genderbread.org/
• https://www.ihs.gov/lgbt/health/twospirit/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghede_Nibo
• https://itgetsbetter.org/blog/lesson/glossary/