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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 2h

🪷 #OscarWilde is a saint of #Antinous. Born 16 Oct 1854, he died in poverty and ignominy on 30 Nov 1900. Click here to read two poems he wrote about #Antinoos: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/osca... 🪷

Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 5h

🪷 #OscarWilde is a saint of #Antinous. Born 16 Oct 1854, he died in poverty and ignominy on 30 Nov 1900. Click here to read two poems he wrote about #Antinoos: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/osca... 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 5h

🪷 #OscarWilde is a saint of #Antinous. Born 16 Oct 1854, he died in poverty and ignominy on 30 Nov 1900. Click here to read two poems he wrote about #Antinoos: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/osca... 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 7h

🪷 #OscarWilde is a saint of #Antinous. Born 16 Oct 1854, he died in poverty and ignominy on 30 Nov 1900. Click here to read two poems he wrote about #Antinoos: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/osca... 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 10h

🪷 #OscarWilde is a saint of #Antinous. Born 16 October 1854, he died in poverty and ignominy on 30 November 1900. Click here to read two poems he wrote about #Antinoos: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/osca... 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 10h

🪷 #carpediem! Today Sun square #Jupiter offers great opportunities for success but also some tests of character. The stakes are high and so are the risks. #Antinous #astrology forecast: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/astr... Art: "Divus Pater" #Hadrian as Jupiter by #RobertSekulovich. 🪷

Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 10h

🪷 Art by Lucky Ayase ... "The Young King" (by Oscar #Wilde) and a statue of Antinous 💖✨ Happy Birthday to #OscarWilde! Born 16 Oct 1854, he died 30 Nov 1900 in poverty and ignominy. He is a saint of Antinous. Read two poems he wrote about #Antinous: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/osca... 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 10h

🪷 Oct 16th is #DictionaryDay: Let's talk like an Egyptian! Did you know "adobe" & "ebony" are Egyptian words? And the name "Susan" means "waterlily lotus"? This dictionary shows how Egyptians spoke in Roman days when #Antinous and #Hadrian visited Egypt: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2021/10/dict... 🪷

Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 12h

💜 The 3rd Thursday in October is 💜 #SpiritDay 💜 Wear #purple today to show your support for everyone in the #LGBTQIA+ community and stand up against #bullying! @glaad.bsky.social 💜

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 1d

🪷 The 3rd Wednesday of October is International Pronouns Day✨Referring to people by the pronouns they have determined for themselves affirms the dignity and self-worth that we all deserve and need. Share your pronouns to show support. #InternationalPronounsDay #PronounDay #PronounsDay. 💜🪷

Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 1d

🪷🍷 On October 15th National Red Wine Day raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. #Braschi statue Vatican Museums. #NationalRedWineDay #RedWineDay 🍷🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 1d

🪷🍷 On October 15th National Red Wine Day raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus/#Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. #NationalRedWineDay #RedWineDay 🍷🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 1d

🪷 Oct 15th is #RedWineDay: Here's a really old vintage! It's the world's oldest bottle of wine. This Roman red wine is 1,600 years old. German experts are hesitant to #decant it. Toxic fumes? Explosion? Pop the cork on the story here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/germ... #nationalredwineday 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 1d

🪷🍷 October 15th is National Red Wine Day #RedWineDay. Raise your glass of wine to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. Art by @antoniussubia.bsky.social #NationalRedWineDay 🍷 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 1d

🪷 15 Oct is the Egyptian feast of the Three Noble Ladies, #Isis, #Nephthys #Hathor. These three represent the complete magical woman: Isis is queen of magic in the world. Nephthys is inner magic, astral journey, meditation. Hathor is the power of nurturing, healing magic. 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 1d

🪷 The #KellyMantle podcast today features guest stars from the "Best Friends" podcast Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata ... Be sure to check it out and also subscribe to the @kellymantle.bsky.social YouTube channel: youtu.be/u821SA6eD6Q

Nicole Byer And Sasheer Zamata BFF'ing On The Kelly Mantle Show!

YouTube video by Kelly Mantle

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 2d

🪷 How was "Antinous" pronounced in ancient times? Hieroglyphs on the Obelisk of #Antinous suggest: "andy-NOOS" and each glyph had an #EgyptianOccult meaning. More here: www.antinopolis.org/hernestus/an... The #Obelisk also gives insights into his worship: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/07/we-c... 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 2d

🪷 October 14 is #NationalDessertDay Enjoy baklava and pistachio sweets from #Antinous' birth land Bithynia (Turkey). Try cinnamon spiced #sahlep, a drink made from #Bithynian mountain orchid bulbs which the Greeks and Romans said was an aphrodisiac! More: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-... 🪷

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pfschumacher.bsky.social @pfschumacher.bsky.social · 3d

Antinous, by Gaspero Bruschi. Viewed at Detroit institute of Arts, 2025.
#detroit #antinous #hadrian #gaylover #homoart #gayantiquity #bithynium #detroitinstituteofarts #contrapposto

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artofthemale.bsky.social @artofthemale.bsky.social · 2d

Antinous

Thanks to my friend in Savanah, Georgia for purchasing this lovely framed art print from the ancient Romans: buff.ly/gBP8EV2

If you are interested in an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at [email protected].

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 3d

🪷 Now 4 weeks of loving/chilling as #Venus exits worrywart #Virgo and enters laid-back #Libra. Full #Antinous #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/astr... 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 3d

🪷 Art: #GeorgeCaitlin "Dance of the #Berdache" The 2nd Monday of October is #IndigenousPeoplesDay: #Antinous is a spark of LGBTQIA+ spirituality that shines most brightly in #TwoSpirit People. More on #TwoSpirits & their spirituality: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/anti... #NativeAmericanDay. 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 3d

🪷 The 2nd Monday of October is #IndigenousPeoplesDay: #Antinous is a spark of LGBTQIA+ spirituality that shines most brightly in #TwoSpirit People. More on #TwoSpirits and their spirituality here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/anti... #NativeAmericanDay. 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 3d

🪷 Angry for no reason? Blame tonight's Discordia Moon, the #Cancer #ThirdQuarter Lunar Phase, named for the goddess of discord! #Antinous #MoonMagic rituals and meditations help you to manage rage constructively. See how here: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... 🪷

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Antinous the Gay God @antinousgaygod.bsky.social · 3d

🪷 Angry for no reason? At tonight's Discordia Moon ( #Cancer #ThirdQuarter Moon) rage issues are eased by #rhodonite, #jasper and #peridot, says #Antinous priest and crystals meditation advisor #MartinCampbell: antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/10/jasp... 🪷

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