Your Sunday Gay!

[oneirophrenia]

Get thee hence and learn something about The Great Queers of History!

I stumbled across the site on MetaFilter earlier today and, truth be told, it's really quite fascinating. Loooooooooooot of poofters in history, let me tell you--some of the most influential philosophers, musicians, artists, inventors, scientists, and whatnot of all time. I did notice, however, that frequently this list of "great homos" is more like a list of "great bisexuals," though, as a number of people listed in it were definitely not exclusively "queer." Lord Byron, for instance, was not so much "queer" as he was an equal-opportunity lecher who would glad poke anything that would hold still long enough.

I was kind of surprised, however, to find Roland Barthes and Michel Foucault in the list. In my experience, gay men are usually a lot more creative and interesting, especially when they're literarily inclined. Barthes and Foucault were so full of pointless, idiotic shit it's hard to believe they were swishy.

Comments

[rapier1.livejournal.com]

You didn't know Foucault was gay? Jesus, he was one of the villans of the gay world for a while because he refused to use condoms after he got AIDS and didn't tell his partners.

[rapier1.livejournal.com]

Also, they always include people like aristotle and alexander as famous gay men. They weren't gay though as they had numerous female lovers. The greek idea of sexuality is a lot more complex than labels of gay or straight.