Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Ariana Serpentine, author of the new Sacred Gender. There are quite a few deities folks associate with queerness, but the one that I hear and see most consistently is Dionysos. Dionysos is a Mediterranean deity; while it is not inappropriate to label him a Greek god specifically, he was worshiped far beyond the boundaries of Greece and had temples and devotees throughout the ancient Mediterranean world. The legends, practices, and liturgy surrounding him come from a wealth of peoples and places; many were drawn to him in the ancient world just as they are today. Why is Dionysos associated with queerness? Well, first off, he is a deity that