Queer as Folklore by Sacha Coward

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As ‘Queer’ people we are almost always denied a history – we are told our existence was vomited from some woke orifice in the last few years. Sacha Coward shows that the stories people have been telling forever have included stories about ‘queer’ people.

There is tension around the word queer – it is not a word that sits entirely comfortably with me but I find it useful and open ended so I am increasingly using it.

But I think the real point is that we can go beyond the current claiming of rainbow branded unicorns and claim the angry and the ugly – we don’t have to be pretty to be valid.

I seem to be in a moment when the myths are more interesting and more real than anything I am going to get scrolling the socials...