X Possibilities

Two testimonies by gay men who grew up reading the X-Men give a taste of the breadth of resonances that the mutants of X-Men have had in real gay lives.

“Their very personal identifications with characters, one male and one very gender-fluid, give just a taste of the breadth of resonances that the mutants of X-Men have had in real gay lives.”

Subversive Mutants.

Does science fiction have the power to infiltrate the mass consciousness with socially progressive ideas that can ultimately change a person’s worldview?

“The allegorical power of the series over the decades has probably done more to shape contemporary culture than placing a range of rather token gay characters ever could, and this alone should justify X-Men’s place within queer history.”

2012 Retrospective

The Editor looks back at the year 2012 in Polari and how it has explored the LGBT subculture. Part 5: Credo.

Part 4: 2400 Years of Homosexuality in China.

The fourth part of series A Queer History that looks back to Early Greece and onward to now. Homosexuality in Imperial China.

“Homosexuality was considered a fact of life, and for the most part was not singled out as a vice that had to be punished or demonised.”

August 27 – September 02, 2012

Weekly Digest of articles, Week of August August 27 – September 02, polarimagazine.com

“This week: Queer History, Karin Park, Tale of Homophobia, Etta Bond x Riley, North Sea Texas.”

Part 3: The Roman Empire Outlaws Homosexuality

The third part of series A Queer History that looks back to Early Greece and onward to now. The Roman Empire outlaws homosexuality.

“The construction of Christianity under the Roman emperors was not about the religion. It was about power.”

August 20-26, 2012

Weekly Digest of articles, Week of August 20-26, polarimagazine.com

“This week: Queer History, Eric Kuhlmann, Tale of Homophobia, iamamiwhoami, Charli XCX, Tom Bullough, Cecilia Gimenez, Gore Vidal.”