Bearly Politics

Bearly Politics

Queer be Dragons

The long history of queer people as monsters - and the dangerous return of that story

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Sacha Coward
Mar 30, 2026
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Editor’s Note: Every so often, I get to pretend I’m running a serious publication and publish someone whose work I’ve actually admired for a while - and this is very much one of those moments. Sacha Coward is one of the leading voices exploring the intersection of queer history, folklore and storytelling, and his book Queer As Folklore is as fascinatin…

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Author, queer historian, escape room designer... wannabe mermaid.
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