Classics and LGBTQ+ resources
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Duncan, C. (2024) Why do so many queer people love myths and legends? Pink News.
Exploring Gender Diversity in the Ancient World (Book).
Fransman, K. (2022). Gender-swapped Greek myths. Faber and Faber.
Gender Nonconformance in Phaedrus’s Fabulae (Article)
Hall, L. (2023). 300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World. Particular Books.
Hewitt, S & Edwards, L. (2023). 300,000 Kisses. Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World. Book.
Hirschler, M (2022). Hyacinthus. Latin novella.
Jones, D. (2024). Queer Villains of Myth and Legend. Book.
Kirshc, A. (2026). Texas Sends Plato Back to His Cave. The Atlantic.
Lambert, C. (2026) The erotic poems of Bilitis. Aeon.
Lesbiantiquity. A zine-anthology of Greek & Latin writings about women loving women c. 640 BC – c. 480 AD.
LGBT Meets SPQR is a collection of authentic Latin texts that highlight LGBTQIA+ topics for the purpose of enhancing representation and facilitating discussion in middle and high school Latin classes (appropriate for ages 14 - 17).
LUCIAN: Dialogues of the Courtesans: Section 5: LEAENA AND CLONARIUM (Translation).
Master, K. (2024). LGBT Meets SPQR: A Sourcebook. Lulu.com
Mitchell, J (2023). Petronius’ Satyrica: The History of a Queer Classic [Blog].
Montero music video - interview with Lil Nas X about Classical Reception (Blog).
Piantaggini, L. (2020). Sitne amor? Latin novella.
Queering the Past(s). The Classical Association is proud to support ‘Queering the Past(s)’, a new interactive online resource, which has been developed by a team of teachers and scholars to address an important gap in school education on LGBTQ+ subjects and to use information from antiquity to help students gain confidence in addressing modern critical (and contentious) issues.
Terakes, Z. (2026). Eros. Queer Myths for Lovers. (novel). Hachette Australia. See this article also: Reclaiming Eros: Zoe Terakes rewrites Greek Myth through a Queer and Trans lens in Neos Kosmos.
Watson J. L. (2025). Beyond gay history month: queering the past with ‘Queering the Past(s).’ Journal of Classics Teaching
A style guide for gender inclusivity in the Latin language. (Lupercal).
Blog dialogue: trans studies and classics conversation - pronoun inclusive pedagogy. (Society for Classical Studies.).