Parallelism between Jes Grew and the LGBTQ community
The dynamic between the Jes Grew community and the Wallflower order in Mumbo Jumbo offers a narrative through which we can understand contemporary cultural issues. The battle for power between marginalized groups and the traditionalist authority is echoed across various social issues, among them the fight for LGBT rights. In many ways, the LGBTQ community and history share deep similarities with Jes Grew. Like Jes Grew, the legacy of LGBTQ people traces all the way back to ancient history, in various parts of the globe. In ancient Mesopotamia, same-sex relationships were very common, so much so that they were considered equal to any other relationships. Similarly, in ancient Greece and Egypt, there was little to no stigma around same-sex couples, except in specific cases in which the social status of the lovers differed or a man was deemed to "play the part of the woman" during sex. Back then, queer relationships were so normalized in mainstream society that no words meaning ...