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Madre Juana de la Cruz: Queer saint of 16th-century Spain

Madre Juana de la Cruz: Queer saint of 16th-century Spain

by Kittredge Cherry | | May 1-15, Saints

Madre Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez was an abbess in 16th-century Spain who insisted that God changed her gender in the womb, transforming her from male to female. She dressed as a man to escape her family and join a community of religious women.  Her feast day...
John of the Cross: Dark night of a gay soul honored in art and poetry

John of the Cross: Dark night of a gay soul honored in art and poetry

by Kittredge Cherry | | Dec 1-15, Saints

“The Dark Night of the Soul,” a spiritual classic with homoerotic overtones, was written by 16th-century Spanish mystic Saint John of the Cross, also known as San Juan de la Cruz. His feast day is Dec. 14.  It always near the winter solstice, the longest night of the...
Queer Lady of Guadalupe: Artists re-imagine an icon

Queer Lady of Guadalupe: Artists re-imagine an icon

by Kittredge Cherry | | Dec 1-15, Saints

Our Lady of Guadalupe brings a message of holy empowerment that speaks to LGBTQ people — and angers Christian conservatives. Queer art based on Guadalupe is shown here for her feast day today (Dec. 12). She is an Aztec version of the Virgin Mary that appeared to...
A same-sex marriage ceremony in… Renaissance Rome?

A same-sex marriage ceremony in… Renaissance Rome?

by Kittredge Cherry | | News

By Gary Ferguson, University of Virginia In the late 16th century, the famous French essayist Michel de Montaigne wrote about two marriages between people of the same sex. The first involved women in eastern France, the second a group of men in Rome. At the time,...

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