tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735231846682543393.post1489835241436600285..comments2023-10-10T10:17:57.063+01:00Comments on Queer Saints and Martyrs (and Others): Martha and Mary, July 29thTerencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735231846682543393.post-84159076519810965232010-07-31T17:26:37.976+01:002010-07-31T17:26:37.976+01:00The context is important, Kitt, and leads me to be...The context is important, Kitt, and leads me to be very careful about using the words "lesbian" or "gay", which are both laden with inappropriate modern connotations.<br /><br />I have now changed the title of this blog to "Queer Saints & Martyrs - and others", precisely to get around this vexed question of definitions (do celibate medieval monks count as gay? Are Martha and Mary lesbian? Are Sergius & Bacchus really saints, after being removed from the official Western lists? Is Mycal Judge a real saint if not formally recognized? Can we class the early cross-dressing monks as "trans"?)<br /><br />I'm not interested in applying qualifying tests for inclusion: if they are of interest to modern queers, then as far as I'm concerned, they're in. See, for example, today's post on Benedetta Carlini, who I describe as "not-a-lesbian", "not-a-saint" - but I think she's fascinating.Terencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07504439119402756448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735231846682543393.post-73763797636024731252010-07-31T02:18:25.201+01:002010-07-31T02:18:25.201+01:00You do an excellent job of explaining the social c...You do an excellent job of explaining the social context of the time when Jesus walked the earth. No matter what their sexual orientation, it was “queer” for two women to live together then without husband or father.<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words and your compliment to my writing at the Jesus in Love Blog! I appreciate your ongoing saints series, too.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.com