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5 months ago

Mermaids, unicorns, vampires are an empowering part of our queer folk heritage - LGBTQ Nation

Folklore and mythic creatures encode deep queer histories that connect historical LGBTQ+ lives, loves, and identities to modern cultural symbols.
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7 months ago

Like a place in one of his fairytales: exploring Hans Christian Andersen's homeland in Denmark

In the mirror I'm wearing enormous golden pantaloons, but only I can see them. Children sit in a rock pool playing mermaids, and in the next room there's a talking pea in a display case, beside a towering stack of mattresses. It's the world of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), one of the 19th century's most beloved writers. I'm in Odense, on the island of Fyn (sometimes anglicised to Funen) in the south of Denmark,
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