Featuring 50 profiles and select B&W illustrated portraits Heroes of Queer Myth & Legend is a
celebration of gay gods and goddesses sapphic sirens misunderstood mermen and lesbians of
legend. Hidden in the margins of history books classical literature and thousands of years
of stories myths and legends through to contemporary literature TV and film there is a
diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover learn from and
celebrate. Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (explored in
Madeleine Miller' s bestseller Song of Achilles) join the cult of Antinous (inspiration for
Oscar Wilde) get down with pansexual god Set in Egyptian myth and fall for Zimbabwe' s
trans God Mawi. And from modern pop-culture through Dan Jones' s witty upbeat style learn
more about 90s fan obsessions Xena: Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Neil
Gaiman' s American Gods and the BBC ' s Doctor Who . Heroes of Queer Myth & Legend
brings to life characters who are romantic brave mysterious and always fantastical. It is a
magnificent celebration of queerness through the ages in all its legendary glory.
