The History of Halloween
Each year on 31 October, people dress up, go to parties, go trick-or-treating, or watch their favourite horror films to celebrate the holiday that has become known as Halloween. Today, … Read more
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HISTORY: Nine People You Probably Didn’t Know Were Queer
Every LGBT+ History Month, we come together to celebrate queer culture and our many achievements. But while it’s relatively easy to find icons and heroes to look up to nowadays, … Read more
HISTORY: Greece’s Gay Warrior Army
In the fourth century BC, a fearsome army named the Sacred Band of Thebes was formed, and it was made up entirely of gay couples. Lawmakers in countries across the … Read more
NEW RELEASE: Prolepsis – J. Scott Coatsworth
QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth has a new MM sci-fi time travel story out: Prolepsis. PROLEPSIS pro.lep.sis: The representation of a thing as existing before it actually does What if you … Read more
HISTORY: The World’s Oldest-Known Porn Was Super Queer
On a huge red basalt outcrop in the remote Xinjiang region of northwest China, the world’s oldest porn, the Kangjiashimenji Petroglyphs, can be found – and they’re super queer. The … Read more
Was Buckingham Palace Once the Site of a Gay Brothel?
For our alt history fans… Hundreds of years ago, there was likely to have been a gay brothel on the site where Buckingham Palace now stands, historians believe. According to … Read more
Two Old Stone Balls Found in Scotland – And The Jokes Practically Write Themselves – Live Science
Two polished stone balls shaped about 5,500 years ago — linked to a mysterious practice almost unique to Neolithic Britain — have been discovered in an ancient tomb on the … Read more
A history of Martian illusions – Live Science
Humans have been seeing strange things on the surface of Mars for centuries. Perhaps it’s because, other than Earth, Mars is the closest thing in the solar system to a … Read more
ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Qwyrk – Tim Rayborn
Tim Rayborn has a new bi urban fantasy book out, book one of the Qwyrk Tales: Qwyrk. And there’s a giveaway! Qwyrk is having a bad day; several, in fact. … Read more
Rich People Destroyed Their Own feet With Pointy Shoes in Medieval England – All for Fashion
Being fashionable usually comes at a cost, and stylish people toward the end of the Middle Ages in Britain paid a steep price for wearing pointy shoes. Pointy-shoe wearers often … Read more