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2025 non-fiction book by Sacha Coward
Queer as Folklore: The Hidden History of Myths and Monsters is a 2025 debut non-fiction book by British writer and museum archivist Sacha Coward. Published
Queer_as_Folklore
Irish novelist and youth fiction author (born 1971)
August 2025. Author Sacha Coward has asked for his book Queer as Folklore to be removed, as has Mae Diansangu who was included for her debut novel Bloodsongs
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LBGTQ+ literary award
August 2025. Author Sacha Coward has asked for his book Queer as Folklore to be removed, as has Mae Diansangu who was included for her debut novel Bloodsongs
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2020 studio album by Taylor Swift
Doesn't See 'Betty' As Queer Canon". Vulture. Archived from the original on September 16, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021. "Folklore Is Taylor Swift's
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Annual literary award for speculative fiction
British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction is a literary award given annually as part of the British Fantasy Awards. * Winners "British Fantasy Awards
British Fantasy Award for Best Non-Fiction
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with combining folklore scholarship and queer performance in innovative ways.[citation needed] Before earning her PhD, Turner worked as the interim director
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Thimblefinger and His Queer Country, 1894, pp. 131-138 Early version of this story was titled Negro Folklore: The Story of Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Fox, As Told by Uncle
List of Uncle Remus characters
List_of_Uncle_Remus_characters
Gratitude & Fairy Folklore". December 7, 2025. Prager, Sarah (29 January 2020). "Four Flowering Plants That Have Been Decidedly Queered". JSTOR Daily. Retrieved
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Only experiencing secondary sexual attraction
called semisexual. Demisexuality, as a component of the asexuality spectrum, is included in queer activist communities such as GLAAD and The Trevor Project
Demisexuality
2020 single by Taylor Swift
a Queer Song". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on July 21, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022. Mapes, Jillian (July 27, 2020). "Taylor Swift: folklore".
Betty_(Taylor_Swift_song)
2015 internet controversy
in New Orleans for use in rituals. Darling posted to the Facebook group Queer Witch Collective in December 2015, saying they had been collecting bones
Boneghazi
2018 book by Valerie Korinek
History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985". Folklore Magazine. 40 (2): 32–34 – via Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society. Humeniuk
Prairie_Fairies
Entertainer dressed and acting with exaggerated femininity
and queer studies scholar Sarah French defined a clear separation between these two terms. She defined drag as an art form associated with queer identity
Drag_queen
industry's biggest artists. Labels such as homo hop or queer hip-hop group all artists identifying as members of the LGBTQ community into a subgenre of hip-hop
LGBTQ representation in hip-hop
LGBTQ_representation_in_hip-hop
Legendary single-horned horse-like creature
became a queer icon, second only to the rainbow flag, symbolizing queerness. The rainbow flag, created by American artist Gilbert Baker in 1978 as a joyous
Unicorn
American writer
give other queer individuals, queer BIPOC individuals especially, a space of community to explore their identities. The journal began in 2016 as The Asexual
Michael_Paramo
2026 American comedy horror television series
Nancy Lenehan as Gerrie Doyle, an employee of the mayor's office who is knowledgeable about the island's history and folklore Beck Nolan as PJ Glanville
Widow's_Bay
Chinese mythical creature
tiger') as a stilted Sinitic term for the kappa (also kawatarō) in native folklore, even though Wakan Sansai Zue had distinguished these as two separate
Shuihu
Flags and symbols used by the LGBTQ community
manicure (also known as queer manicure, lez nails, or femmicure) is a style or trend of manicure intended to allow lesbians and other queer people in the LGBTQ
LGBTQ_symbols
One-man band from Appalachia
Queer Appalachia (also known as the Queer Appalachian Project) began as a zine founded by Gina Mamone for the Appalachian region and the South at large
Queer_Appalachia
Conspiracy theory about Taylor Swift
often cited as Gaylor evidence arose during the Reputation rollout. Some considered Swift's 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore as "queer albums". Nuanced
Gaylor_conspiracy_theory
Japanese manga series
Japanese folklore who lived for 800 years after eating mermaid flesh. Naekawa cited Arina Tanemura, a manga artist and character designer, as an influence
This_Monster_Wants_to_Eat_Me
Mythological creature
One, Book 1 of the Duskingr Saga, a 2025 adult queer fantasy novel by Arlo Z. Graves reimagines selkies as warriors and follows the story of selkie Aalgur
Selkie
Pride flag
is Better than Sex: Pride and Prejudice in the Folklore of and about Asexuality". Journal of Folklore Research. 60 (2): 196–228. doi:10.2979/jfolkrese
Asexual_flag
Spanish dancer and choreographer
España: valuing the queer movement, which began as a final degree project in 2018 at the Madrid Higher Conservatory of Dance. As a writer, he contributed
Carlos_Carvento
LGBT film festival held in Mumbai, India
(earlier known as KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, also known as Mumbai International Queer Film Festival and Mumbai Queer Film Festival)
KASHISH_Pride_Film_Festival
Ethnographic museum in Vienna, Austria
activism. The project was conceived as a temporary platform and as a preview of a possible future house for queer cultural history and art in Vienna.
Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art
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American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 979-8-7651-0453-8. Geary, Erin. "Queer Anxieties in Folklore and Evermore". In Tontiplaphol & Klimchynskaya (2024), pp. 131–138
Taylor_Swift
Heterosexual male who enjoys company of gay men
within the LGBTQ communities. Mainstream shows, such as Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Queer as Folk, Will & Grace and others, often explore the mainstreaming
Fag_stag
2020 studio album by Taylor Swift
through Republic Records. Swift conceived Evermore as a "sister record" to its predecessor, Folklore, which had been released in July. She recorded Evermore
Evermore
Gay slang for a woman who associates mainly with gay men
the point of identifying as queer or genderqueer. Men who are attracted to lesbians/sapphics also have their slangs, such as lesboy, guydyke, and boydyke
Fag_hag
British science fiction and fantasy author
English tale. Author Katharine Coldiron described it as an "utterly enchanting" tale centering queer romance and nature writing. The story won the 2020
Emily_Tesh
A-Spec sexuality with low levels of sexual attraction that fluctuates over time
common attitude. Demisexuality, as a component of the asexuality spectrum, is included in queer activist communities such as GLAAD and The Trevor Project
Gray_asexuality
Number of slang terms
"Fruit Packers" have been appropriated for reclaiming usage, similar to queer. In A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address author Leslie Dunkling
Fruit_(slang)
Part of Scottish folklore
In Scottish folklore, Am Fear Liath Mòr (Scottish Gaelic for 'Big Grey Man'; pronounced [əm ˈfɛɾ ʎiə ˈmoːɾ]; (also known as the Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui
Am_Fear_Liath_Mòr
American writer
fantasy, folklore, and magical realism. The collection Sea, Swallow Me features short stories in diverse settings and sub-genres, including queer historical
Craig_Laurance_Gidney
1990 film by Clive Barker
of the most famous queer horror artists of our time [...] The narrative itself is filled to the brim with queerness and serves as an allegory for intolerance
Nightbreed
My Little Pony pornography
across sexology, folklore, gender studies, queer studies, and fan studies. Academics have variously interpreted clop as a form of queer transgression, an
Clop_(erotic_fan_art)
Character in the Gospel of the Witches
solidarity with laborers, queer communities, and other marginalized groups. The New Aradia positions Aradia not just as a folklore figure but also a symbol
Aradia
orphaned bear cub also named Smokey Snuggle, the fabric softener bear (known as Coccolino in other regions) Staley Da Bear, the official mascot of the Chicago
List_of_fictional_bears
myths are considered by some modern queer scholars to be forms of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) expression, and modern conceptions
LGBTQ_themes_in_mythology
2023 Indian film
Festival - Honorable Mention Merced Queer Film Festival - Best International Feature Film Taiwan International Queer Film Festival - Official Selection
Unwoman
Fictional rabbit in Uncle Remus folklore
and other animals. These tales continue to be part of the traditional folklore of numerous peoples throughout those regions. In the Akan traditions of
Br'er_Rabbit
English folklore character from Robin Hood
Gysborne, or Gisborn) is a character from the Robin Hood legends of English folklore. He first appears in "Robin Hood and Guy of Gisborne" (Child Ballad 118)
Guy_of_Gisbourne
Counter-cultural movement
loosely affiliated worldwide network and countercultural movement blending queer consciousness and secular spirituality. Sharing various aspects with neopaganism
Radical_Faeries
myth of Logun Ede as an example of queerness within Santeria myth. Pena's article, published in the Western Folklore Journal, explains that Logun Ede was
LGBTQ themes in African diasporic mythologies
LGBTQ_themes_in_African_diasporic_mythologies
Northern European fairy tale
LGBTQ themes. Thompson did incorporate tales with queer characters who were harmed or depicted as a villain. This motivated Woods to retell this story
The_Dog_in_the_Sea
Marguerite Bieber Hicks (October 19, 1891 – May 9, 1978) was a queer and disabled Detroit socialite, notable for acquiring a large collection of seventeenth-
Marguerite_Hicks
Fiction based on myth and legend
literature that draws from the tropes, themes, and symbolism of myth, legend, folklore, and fairy tales. It is usually set in the real world and deals with realistic
Mythic_fiction
Genre of same-sex romantic fan fiction
(2005). "The Final Frontier Is Queer: Aberrancy, Archetype and Audience Generated Folklore in K/S Slashfiction". Western Folklore. 64 (3/4): 243–261. JSTOR 25474751
Slash_fiction
Island in New York
Fire Island reference to emphasize that the eponymous character keeps "queer" company. The August 1965 feature "Shel Silverstein on Fire Island" appeared
Fire_Island
Festival Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival Taiwan International Queer Film Festival Women Make Waves Amis harvest festivals Double Ninth Festival
List_of_festivals_in_Taiwan
Aesthetic of nostalgia popular among youths
December 5, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2021. Casid, Jill H. (Spring 1997). "Queer(y)ing Georgic: Utility, Pleasure, and Marie-Antoinette's Ornamented Farm"
Cottagecore
legend as "unmoved by beautiful women". This has been read as denoting asexuality by most commentators, rather than a homosexual subtext, but in folklore his
LGBTQ themes in Chinese mythology
LGBTQ_themes_in_Chinese_mythology
Retrieved July 14, 2026. Milligan, Mercedes (June 11, 2026). "Chinese Folklore-Inspired Animated Comedy 'All Wishes Come True' Sets Summer Release". Animation
List of animated feature films of 2026
List_of_animated_feature_films_of_2026
heroes whose attributes or behavior can be interpreted as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) or have elements of gender variance and non-heterosexual
LGBTQ themes in Hindu mythology
LGBTQ_themes_in_Hindu_mythology
expanded in China since the 1980s, as a result of the resurfacing of public dialogue about and engagement with queer identities. Since the 1990s, the preferred
Homosexuality_in_China
Annual celebration held on 31 October
Mythology and Folklore. Infobase publishing. p. 167. Monaghan, Patricia (1 January 2009). The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore. Infobase Publishing
Halloween
Thai queer cinema go beyond heterosexual relationships and the male-female gender binary. The classification of this genre of Thai film as "queer" rather
Thai_LGBTQ_cinema
Literary or social stereotype story character
Davis, Glyn; Gary Needham. Queer TV: Theories, Histories. Routledge, Dec. 3, 2008. p. 31 Davis, Glyn; Gary Needham. Queer TV: Theories, Histories. Routledge
Stock_character
Female entity in Near Eastern mythology
James translation renders the term in this verse as "screech-owl". Based on medieval Jewish folklore, Lilith is said to have fled from the Garden of Eden
Lilith
2025 animated film by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
developing Rumi's story they "talked a lot about mixed heritage" as well as "queer identity, and addiction and falling back into addiction. We kind of
KPop_Demon_Hunters
Australian bushranger (1842–1880)
WEEKLY. Retrieved 15 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia. A queer bushranger: The tale of Captain Moonlite, by Jeff Sparrow, in The Monthly;
Captain_Moonlite
Mythical creature in Scottish folklore
affectionately as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is often described as large
Loch_Ness_Monster
Supernatural beings in Arab culture and Islam
media, and the making of global folklore". In Sherman, Sharon R.; Koven, Mikel J. (eds.). Folklore/Cinema: Popular film as vernacular culture. Logan, UT:
Jinn
worth doing is hard As a tree bends, so shall it grow As queer as a three dollar bill As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined As you make your bed
List_of_proverbial_phrases
Rainbow serpent loa
Anthony; Peratt, Anthony L. (2009). "The Ourobóros as an Auroral Phenomenon". Journal of Folklore Research. 46 (1): 15–16. doi:10.2979/jfr.2009.46.1.3
Ayida_Wedo
Vulgar term
feminists that seeks to reclaim cunt not only as acceptable, but as an honorific, in much the same way that queer has been reappropriated by LGBT people and
Cunt
Umbrella term for gender-variant Indigenous North Americans
Indigenous community, as a pan-Indian, English-language umbrella term, for some it has come to have similar use as the terms queer (modern, reclaimed usage)
Two-spirit
Alternative comic by Diane DiMassa
(1993). "Hothead Paisan: Clearing a Space for Lesbian Feminist Folklore". New York Folklore. 19 (1–2): 27–44. Medd, Jodie, ed. (2015). "14. Comics, Graphic
Hothead_Paisan
2005 vampire novel by Octavia E. Butler
Morris argues that, in the spirit of Afrofuturistic feminism, Fledgling's queer sexualities "uncouple dominance from power", so that the patriarchal hold
Fledgling_(Butler_novel)
filmhistorie? –Den første skeive filmen?" [Is there a queer Norwegian film history? – The first queer film?]. Rushprint (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from
List of feature films with lesbian characters
List_of_feature_films_with_lesbian_characters
American editor, novelist and short story writer
maritime folklore. Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny (2013). A horror anthology of stories about evil children from Prime Books. Where Thy Dark Eye Glances: Queering Edgar
Steve_Berman
Louisiana folklore character
Horton-Stallings. 2007. Mutha' is half a word: intersections of folklore, vernacular, myth, and queerness in black female culture. Ohio State University Press "Annie
Annie_Christmas
Legend from northeast England concerning a knight and a dragon
takes place around the River Wear, and is one of the area's pieces of folklore, having been adapted from written and oral tradition into pantomime and
Lambton_Worm
2020 song by Taylor Swift
2020). "As a woman who loves women, Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' lyrics resonated deeply with my queer experiences". Business Insider India. Archived from
Seven_(Taylor_Swift_song)
2024 horror novella by T. Kingfisher
and Bors remains behind as the new caretaker. Publishers Weekly wrote that "Kingfisher's winning formula of creepy folklore, affable protagonists, familiar
What_Feasts_at_Night
Pornography involving zombies
life—because they offer alternatives (such as public sex communities), similar to the queer art of failure, a concept by queer theorist Jack Halberstam. Scholarly
Zombie_pornography
Traditional saying that reveals a thought truth
to fit the grammar of the context. Collectively, they form a genre of folklore. Some proverbs exist in more than one language because people borrow them
Proverb
spans interdisciplinary subjects such as legality, gendered lexicon, folklore, sociology, kinetic energy, and queerness. List of most-attended concert tours
Cultural impact of Harry Styles
Cultural_impact_of_Harry_Styles
Works of fiction featuring Gilles de Rais
his burial on Christian soil. Cazacu also believes that a process of folklorization is already underway in the 15th-century Chronique of Enguerrand de Monstrelet
Cultural depictions of Gilles de Rais
Cultural_depictions_of_Gilles_de_Rais
Archetypal figure
culture is a subject of study in history, literary studies, film studies, folklore history, and mythology. The archetypal figure of the woman warrior is an
Women warriors in literature and culture
Women_warriors_in_literature_and_culture
This article is about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history in Italy. 5th millennium BC - Examples of homosexual eroticism in
LGBTQ_history_in_Italy
Linguistic quality
analysis of gender development, as well as in analysis of political speech. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick describes queer performativity as an ongoing project for transforming
Performativity
Character in Arthurian legend
Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8115-0510-9. Roberts, Anna (2001). "Queer Fisher King: Castration as a Site of Queer Representation ("Percival,Stabat Mater, The City of
Fisher_King
American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
a criticism of anti-queer sentiment, which can be interpreted either as a reflection of personal experience or allyship with queer communities. In his
Langston_Hughes
Relationship created or desired by fans
(2005). "The Final Frontier Is Queer: Aberrancy, Archetype and Audience Generated Folklore in K/S Slashfiction". Western Folklore. 64 (3/4): 243–261. JSTOR 25474751
Shipping_(fandom)
Alex (2026-02-12). "Plague-Era Animated Horror Romance 'Pesta' Will Combine Norwegian Folklore & Medieval Gore". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 2026-05-10.
List of adult animated feature films
List_of_adult_animated_feature_films
Character from Pirates of the Caribbean
been compared to Mami Wata from Jamaican folklore, a mysterious and seductive spirit linked to the sea. As a highly sexualized exotic female character
Tia_Dalma
American writer and journalist (1848–1908)
divulge their folklore. However, others note the similarity of African folk stories in several sources that are similar to the Brer Rabbit tales as published
Joel_Chandler_Harris
2017 short story collection by Carmen Maria Machado
was then published in Her Body and Other Parties in 2017. Drawing on old folklore and urban legends like "The Girl with the Green Ribbon" in its depiction
Her_Body_and_Other_Parties
member. Mickey Harmon, 40, American visual artist, graphic designer and queer activist, blunt force trauma to the head. Cássio de Jesus, 35, Brazilian
Deaths_in_March_2025
Vernacular of My Little Pony fans
"What Bronies See When They Brohoof: Queering Animation on the Dark and Evil Internet". Journal of American Folklore. 128 (509). University of Illinois
Slang of the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fandom
Slang_of_the_My_Little_Pony:_Friendship_Is_Magic_fandom
Dressing like a different gender
Cross-dressing can be found in theater and religion, such as kabuki, Noh, and Korean shamanism, as well as in folklore, literature, and music. For instance, in examining
Cross-dressing
Canadian artist (born 1967)
bodies and colonial histories, as well as ventured into topics of consumption under capitalism, queer feelings, queer love, fat being, fatphobia, genital
Allyson_Mitchell
Genre of fiction including science fiction, horror and fantasy
use as a convenient way to describe a set of genres. However, some writers (such as Margaret Atwood) still distinguish "speculative fiction" as a specifically
Speculative_fiction
Type of character
superheroes. The distinct clothing and costumes of individuals from English folklore, like Robin Hood and Spring-Heeled Jack, also became inspirations. The
Superhero
American hyperpop musician and sound producer
as a non-binary, trans girl producer". She has also cited the formlessness of early Arca music and her interest in nature aesthetics and folklore, ASMR
Galen_Tipton
Japanese anime television series
Oshiyama also cited his personal interest in folklore and the psychologist Hayao Kawai's book on Grimms' Fairy Tales as a specific influence. While he added transformation
Flip_Flappers
Artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
of folklore by such people as the Brothers Grimm, the revival of old epics as national, and the construction of new epics as if they were old, as in the
Romanticism
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