Talk:List of LGBT figures in mythology

message: Shouldn't there be a warning for websites with adult content?  And gay themes themselves are not adult content—I'd venture to say that that assertion itself is a demeaning POV.  When I followed that external link, there were advertisements for pornographic content, and not everyone who is into gay themes is by extension into adult content.  I don't propose removing any links, I only propose adding a simple "(adult content)" next to each link that has it in blatancy.  Honestly, it is extremely arrogant POV to presume all gay literature and media to be pornographic by association.  It just perpetuates demeaning stereotypes that all gay people are obsessed with sexual intercourse.  Would this be the same issue if we were editing List of heterosexual figures in fiction and myth if such an article existed? - Gilgamesh 14:12, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Adult content warning on external links

message: It has never been stated, nor is there any proof that Quatre Raberba Winner of Gundam Wing is gay. Just because several thousand fangirls "want" him to be gay, dosn't mean he is. I'm removing his name. --Leelan 15:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Names that shouldn't be here

message: Assuming this list also is intended to include transgendered persons, I've added Halima Saranov/Aran'gar from The Wheel of Time. Even if not, the character was originally a male interested in women, and will not have sex with men, so it probably stands without that quirk. nae'blis (talk) 17:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transgendered? 

message: This is a mythological list right? Why is all the talk about characters in novels or Family Guy? Also why are half, or more, of the names here not mentioned in their articles as being LGBT at all?--T. Anthony 23:45, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'm confused 

message: Isn't Zephyrus bi, rather than gay? I mean, he had three kids with Chloris, and two with the harpy Celaeno/Podarge. Daibhid C
:New comments belong on the bottom of the page, preferably with a descriptive header. The "+" link at the top of the page is helpful in auto-formatting this. As an asside, I think the article intro should have a disclaimer about sexuality in ancient Greek culture and/or the history of the terms gay/lesbian/bisexual and the cultural implications therein. LeaHazel : talk : contribs 12:48, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zephyrus 

message: Are you sure Sappho is lesbian? I have read up on her, and it simply says that she lived on the island of LESBOS. This is not to be confused with being lesbian.
:True, the sexuality of the historical Sappho of Lesbos is something that we'll likely never know definitively; however, Sappho is often mentioned in classical mythology where her orientation is less ambiguous.  Looking at various sources, her homosexual label could have been slander, it could have been mistakes in various translations, or she may very well have been romantically involved with women, but there's little doubt that the generations that followed her considered her a "woman for women".  In fact, this reputation (whether true or not) became so well-known that it is from her that we have the word "lesbian" in its modern context ("the poet from Lesbos", i.e. "the Lesbian poet"). 68.13.247.237 13:23, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sappho 

message: What is the source regarding Gilgamesh being gay or bi? I did a quick read thru the main article and the Epic article and don't see anything ... TAnthony 16:44, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Gilgamesh

message: Moved from main article
*Mesenet - Goddess of brick-childbirth in Egyptian mythology (lesbian)
Does someone have a reliable source for this? the Wiki article mentions 2 male consorts and zero talk of female-female relationships  
*Saa - God of wisdom in Egyptian mythology (gay)
*Hu - God of creation itself in Egyptian mythology (gay)
Nothing in the wiki articles would support 'gay' as an identifying label - you got any reliable sources for inclusion on this list?
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.15.255.227 (talk) 23:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mesenet & Saa & Hu

message: Once i have finished getting LGBT themes in comics to GA, i'm going to start a similar LGBT themes in mythology. As this list is entirely uncited and definitions of LGBT didn't exist then, i think redirecting it to a cited article discussing figures that have been labelled retroactively as gay is better, as it allows ambiguity and anachronism to be addressed.
As the list is so short, i expect all the figures that have reliable sources will be included anyway. Any objections, ideas, desire to collaborate?YobMod 18:46, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: future merge