Torquato Tasso composed a poem on Ganymede and Jupiter when he was around 14 years, but self-censored it because of its underlying theme: homoeroticism.
Queer Philologies
A Polymorphous Activist: Mario Mieli
Activist Mario Mieli plays with language and vocabulary as a stylistic and political tool promoting queer and revolutionary ideas.
Dismantling Borders: (Un)Naming the Queer Diasporic Algérienne
In Garçon manqué [Tomboy] (2000), Nina Bouraoui explores nation, culture, gender identity and queer desire.
Filth, Flamboyance and Fun in Gay Slang Polari
Polari is the language of survival—a play on words, a political act.
The Languages of Queer History
Studying the language of queer history gives us insight into past efforts to control the social value of gender and sexuality by defining their meaning.