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LGBT themes in African diasporic mythologies

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1765: 554:, is associated with love, sensuality and beauty. Erzulie can manifest aspects that are LGBT-related, including transgender or amazonian traits, in addition to traditionally feminine guises. When inhabiting men, these aspects can result in gender non-conforming or homoerotic behaviour, whereas they may result in lesbianism or anti-male sentiment in women. Erzulie Freda is seen as the protector of gay men, and Erzulie Dantor is associated with lesbians. 1754: 625: 122: 22: 217: 63: 639: 546:
Other barons displaying gay behaviour are Baron Lundy and Baron Limba, who are lovers and teach a type of homoerotic nude wrestling at their school, believed to increase magical potency. Baron Oua Oua, who often manifests with a childlike aspect, has been called the baron "most closely linked to
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and Abbata, to live at the bottom of the ocean, additionally cutting out Inle's tongue and making Abbata deaf. As a result of their isolation and loneliness, Inle and Abbata become passionate friends and then lovers, able to communicate emphatically. This pataki is used to explain the origin of
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along with a women's skirts and shoes. Samedi has a tendency toward "lascivious movements" that cross gender boundaries and also imply a lust for anal sex.
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Various LGBT themes are present in different in African diasporic mythologies, primary among them being Voodoo.
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Boy Wives and Female Husbands: Studies of African Homosexualities, edited by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe
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Some lwa have particular links with magic, ancestor worship or death such as the
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In one Cuban SanterĂ­a "pataki", or mythological story, the sea goddess
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and Bawon. A number of these are further particularly associated with
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Conner & Sparks (1998), p. 83, "Baron Limba" & "Baron Lundy"
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Conner, Randy P.; Sparks, David Hatfield; Sparks, Mariya (1998).
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Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit
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diasporic beliefs and Catholicism, most prevalent in
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