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The [[feminine]] counterpart to achillean is [[sapphic]]. The [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] counterparts are [[diamoric]] and [[enbian]]. |
The [[feminine]] counterpart to achillean is [[sapphic]]. The [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] counterparts are [[diamoric]] and [[enbian]]. |
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== History == |
== History == |
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The word achillean has historically been used to describe things relating to the mythological figure Achilles. The first instance of achillean being used in the context of men attracted to men is likely a 2016 post by Tumblr user Asculan.<ref>http://archive.is/c3Rag</ref> |
The word achillean has historically been used to describe things relating to the mythological figure Achilles. The first instance of achillean being used in the context of men attracted to men is in 1959 A.C. Hamilton's "Spenser's Treatment of Myth" ("Guyon subdues these Achillean affections through his own power; but they break out again as Cymochles lapses into lust and Pyrochles burns in the idle lake."),<ref>En.wiktionary.org. 2021. Achillean - Wiktionary. [online] Available at: <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Achillean> [Accessed 18 April 2021].</ref> predating in ten years the appropriation of the word "gay" as a synonym for homosexual by the gay liberation movement in 1969,<ref>En.wikipedia.org. 2021. Gay liberation - Wikipedia. [online] Available at: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_liberation> [Accessed 18 April 2021].</ref> until then being used in a derogatory way against homosexual men — whereas on the internet it was likely a 2016 post by Tumblr user Asculan.<ref>http://archive.is/c3Rag</ref> |
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==Flag == |
==Flag == |
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The original achillean flag had the same two blue stripes on the top and bottom representing men as the current flag. In the center was a realistic green carnation, but this flag was too complicated for many and could not easily be made in vector formats, leading to the creation of the current flag. |
The original achillean flag had the same two blue stripes on the top and bottom representing men as the current flag. In the center was a realistic green carnation, but this flag was too complicated for many and could not easily be made in vector formats, leading to the creation of the current flag. |
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== Etymology== |
== Etymology== |
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The word achillean comes from the name of the hero in the Iliad, Achilles, who was romantically involved with another man, Patroclus.<gallery navigation="true"> |
The word achillean comes from the name of the hero in the "Iliad", Achilles, who was romantically involved with another man, Patroclus.<gallery navigation="true"> |
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File:Achilleanflag.png|Achillean flag|link=https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/151092891459/simplified-achillean-flag |
File:Achilleanflag.png|Achillean flag|link=https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/151092891459/simplified-achillean-flag |
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File:Achillean_flag.jpg|An alternate Achillean flag |
File:Achillean_flag.jpg|An alternate Achillean flag |
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