- Quote: "LGBT themes in mythology occur in mythologies and religious narratives that include stories of romantic affection or sexuality between figures of the same sex or that feature divine actions that result in changes in gender."
The study of queer communities in different cultures and societies.
Queer Theory: A critical framework for examining the ways in which sexuality, gender, and desire are constructed and experienced in society.
History of Queer Identities: Understanding the evolution of queer identities across different cultures and historical contexts.
Sex and Gender: Examining the differences between biological sex and gender identity, and how these concepts intersect with cultural practices and social norms.
Transgender Studies: Focusing on the experiences and perspectives of transgender individuals and communities.
Sexuality and Desire: Exploring the ways in which individuals understand and express their sexual orientation and desire.
Intersectionality: Understanding how queer experiences are influenced by factors such as race, class, ethnicity, and religion.
Politics of Identity: Analyzing the ways in which individuals and communities assert their identity and claim social and political power.
Sexuality and Health: Investigating how the medicalization of queer bodies has impacted health outcomes for queer communities.
Global Queer Studies: Understanding how queer identities and communities exist and function across different cultures and regions.
Queer Activism: Examining the history and current state of queer activism and the ways in which it has influenced social change.
Critical Queer Anthropology: This type of Queer Anthropology critiques the mainstream and is focused on queer art, film, theatre, and cultural productions.
Queer of Color Critique: Queer of Color Critique is an approach to Queer Anthropology that investigates the interdependence of race, sex, and other identity markers in social formations.
Transgender Anthropology and Intersex Studies: This area of Queer Anthropology focuses on the study of transgender and intersex people and their communities.
Revolutionary Queer Studies: This type of Queer Anthropology is focused on upheaval, revolution, and radical change.
Queer Archaeology: Queer Archaeology is a subfield of anthropology that studies queer histories in the material remains of the past.
Queer Theory: Queer Theory is an approach to anthropology that deconstructs sexual and gender categories.
Queer Feminist Anthropology: Queer Feminist Anthropology is a branch of Queer Anthropology that explores gender, sexuality, race, and class in anthropological research.
Sexuality and Globalization: This area of study centers around how sexuality is produced and transacted across national and global contexts.
Queer Environmental Studies: Queer Environmental Studies investigates the interactions between LGBTQ+ subjects and the environment.
Queer Spiritualities: This theme focuses on exploring the intersections between queer culture and spirituality.
- Quote: "These myths are considered by some modern queer scholars to be forms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) expression, and modern conceptions of sexuality and gender have been retroactively applied to them."
- Quote: "Modern conceptions of sexuality and gender have been retroactively applied to them."
- Quote: "Many mythologies ascribe homosexuality and gender fluidity in humans to the action of gods or of other supernatural interventions."
- Quote: "The presence of LGBT themes in mythologies has become the subject of intense study."
- Quote: "The application of gender studies and queer theory to non-Western mythic tradition is less developed, but has grown since the end of the twentieth century."
- Quote: "Myths often include being gay, bisexual, or transgender as symbols for sacred or mythic experiences."
- Quote: "Devdutt Pattanaik argues that myths 'capture the collective unconsciousness of a people'".
- Quote: "Devdutt Pattanaik argues that myths [...] reflect deep-rooted beliefs about variant sexualities."
- Quote: "Deep-rooted beliefs about variant sexualities [in myths] may be at odds with repressive social mores."
- Quote: "These myths are considered by some modern queer scholars to be forms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) expression."
- Quote: "Modern conceptions of sexuality and gender have been retroactively applied to them."
- Quote: "The application of gender studies and queer theory [...] has grown since the end of the twentieth century."
- Quote: "Many mythologies ascribe homosexuality and gender fluidity in humans to the action of gods or of other supernatural interventions."
- Quote: "Myths often include being gay, bisexual, or transgender as symbols for sacred or mythic experiences."
- Quote: "Myths 'capture the collective unconsciousness of a people', and that this means they reflect deep-rooted beliefs"
- Quote: "The presence of LGBT themes in mythologies has become the subject of intense study."
- Quote: "Modern conceptions of sexuality and gender have been retroactively applied [to mythologies]."
- Quote: "The application of gender studies and queer theory [...] has grown since the end of the twentieth century."
- Quote: "Deep-rooted beliefs about variant sexualities [in myths] may be at odds with repressive social mores."