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Tales from Beyond the Rainbow
Tales from Beyond the Rainbow: Ten LGBTQ+ Fairy Tales Proudly Reclaimed | Pete Jordi Wood
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Epic stories of love, adventure, and resilience featuring LGBTQ+ narratives and heroes, published as a collection of queer classics for the first time. These are the fairy tales that history forgotor concealed. Ten tales in which gender is fluid and where queer stories can have a happy ending. Some are rare examples of LGBTQ+ folklore, like The Dog and the Sailor, which features a male protagonist who meets his own handsome prince. These stories include folklore from Europe, Asia, and the African savanna. Vibrant illustrations from an international group of artists enhance the multicultural identities showcased here, including artists from India, Germany, Cape Verde, Russia, Canada, China, and more. They remind readers that folk tales are our tales, and invite them to be whoever they want to be. Researcher Pete Jordi Wood has combed through generations of history to collect and adapt these ten unforgettable stories celebrating LGBTQ+ themes and characters. This title is already included on the Puffin Classics list, indicating its importance in preserving the ancient folklore of queer histories.
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Tales From Beyond the Rainbow, by Pete Jordi Wood (2023)

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Premise: A collection of queer fairy tales, myths, and legends from around the world.

Review: One of the most damaging lies we‘re told is that queer identities are a new and shocking rupture in human society; that‘s why projects like this one, which collect folklore from around the world that address queer themes and identities are so important. Cont

Mattsbookaday While the stories here have been altered to better fit contemporary sensibilities, I loved that the editor was careful to discuss how and why they made the changes they did, and provided references to where the more traditional versions can be found. My problems with this collection were more to do with my issues with folklore as a whole, so I can‘t really hold that against it.

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