Queer history has never been a straight line. It’s haphazard, it’s lost annotations and stories passed down through the ages
Michael Lyons
Michael Lyons is a queer-identified, chaotic neutral writer, activist, misanthrope, sapiosexual, and feline enthusiast. He is a columnist, blogger and regular contributor with Xtra and has contributed to Plenitude Magazine, KAPSULA Magazine, Crew Magazine, Memory Insufficient e-zine, The Ryersonian, Buddies Theatre blog, Toronto Is Awesome blog and Fab Magazine and more.
Revisiting the curious case of Dr James Barry
Barry’s gender has been questioned for decades. But history is as much about fact as it is interpretation
The titillating narrative of sex work and lesbianism in the Roman Empire
Lucan’s dialogues about same-sex female love were telling, but its characters still didn’t get happy endings
Sergius and Bacchus, the queer saints
Whether fiction or a somewhat true story passed down through time, these saints are gay icons
The black, gay man who could have been the US vice-president
Mel Boozer advocated for the rights of gay and lesbian civilians, soldiers and Holocaust survivors
Same-sex love in the saddle: the homosexual world of the American frontier
Men in the 19th-century frontier had wild dances, found love and took part in bachelor marriages
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