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Unholy, F.G. Borgi, Björn Koll

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Unholy, F.G. Borgi, Björn KollSinds het ontstaan van het christendom hebben gay heiligen de wereld verblind met hun wonderbaarlijke daden. "Unholy" viert eindelijk hun leven in een bijzondere hagiografie. Dit luxe gay themed koffietafelboek combineert historische inzichten met diep respect en brengt hun verhalen tot leven met elegante teksten en prachtige illustraties. Iconische figuren zoals "Maksym van Poltava", "St. Ainsley" en "Konrad van Perleberg" worden groots afgebeeld

Sinds het ontstaan van het christendom hebben gay heiligen de wereld verblind met hun wonderbaarlijke daden. "Unholy" viert eindelijk hun leven in een bijzondere hagiografie. Dit luxe gay themed koffietafelboek combineert historische inzichten met diep respect en brengt hun verhalen tot leven met elegante teksten en prachtige illustraties. Iconische figuren zoals "Maksym van Poltava", "St. Ainsley" en "Konrad van Perleberg" worden groots afgebeeld – puur en onbedekt zoals God hen schiep. Hun levens worden in een bijna sprookjesachtige stijl verteld. Dit boek, gevuld met wijsheid, schoonheid en inspiratie, is een waardevolle aanvulling op elke boekenkast of nachtkastje.

Voorwoord

Alles in dit boek valt onder historische fictie – sommigen zouden het zelfs historische nonsens noemen. Geen van de beschreven heiligen heeft daadwerkelijk bestaan en geen van de claims is waar. Hoewel enige gelijkenis met bestaande heiligen of personen louter toeval is, kruisen onze gay heiligen soms historische en culturele ontwikkelingen. Dit boek is niet bedoeld om religieuze gevoelens te kwetsen. Heb je weinig humor op dit gebied? Dan is dit boek misschien niet voor jou.

Alle naamdagen van onze heiligen zijn vermeld volgens de Gay Kalender. We hebben bewust geen verwijzingen opgenomen naar andere religieuze of historische kalenders. Dat is niet zonder reden.

Inleiding van Unhol

Gay heiligen hebben altijd bestaan. Tot 1891 werden ze openlijk gevierd in de kerk en genoten ze bekendheid in volksculturen. Gay Heiligendag op 28 juni was eeuwenlang een belangrijke christelijke feestdag. In 1969 werd deze herontdekt op Christopher Street in New York, maar in een geheel andere context.

Waarom paus Leo XIII in zijn encycliek Rerum Novarum een geheime passage toevoegde om alle gay heiligen uit de heiligenkalender te schrappen, blijft een mysterie. Vanaf 15 mei 1891 werd aanbidding, aanroeping en zelfs het noemen van deze heiligen verboden. Het drukken en verspreiden van hun afbeeldingen werd onmiddellijk gestopt. Bestaande prenten werden vervangen door beeltenissen van de Maagd Maria.

Paus Leo XIII promootte de Mariaverering in zijn encycliek Augustissimae Virginis Mariae. Zijn pontificaat duurde ruim 25 jaar, wat hem voldoende tijd gaf om herinneringen aan gay heiligen uit te wissen. Muurschilderingen en fresco’s werden overgeschilderd, maar oplettende kijkers kunnen soms nog sporen ontdekken.

In de archieven van het Vaticaan werd een kopie van elk portret bewaard – naast een brief van Hendrik VIII over een van zijn huwelijken. Deze portretten werden opgeslagen in een Prada-koffer, aangeschaft door paus Pius XII in 1939, maar later afgekeurd. In mei 1944 werd de koffer gestolen door een agent van Heinrich Himmler. Pas in 1959 dook hij weer op, tijdens een conferentie in Boekarest. Elena Ceaușescu eigende zich de koffer toe en hield hem tot haar executie in 1989. Bij haar opgraving in 2010 werden sporen van de koffer gevonden, wat bevestigde dat de lichamen inderdaad van het beruchte echtpaar waren.

De verborgen geschiedenis onthuld

Tijdens de conferentie in 1959 werd overwogen de portretten te gebruiken voor anti-religieuze propaganda. Dit plan werd uiteindelijk tegengehouden door de DDR, die werkte aan eigen socialistische ethiek. Vooral St. Emil (zie pagina 42) was een bron van schaamte.

De schilderijen belandden in het Berlijnse Instituut voor Marxisme-Leninisme, waar ze vergeten raakten. Ze werden niet gecatalogiseerd, maar verborgen in een Roemeense editie van de complete werken van Karl Marx. De koffer bleef in Roemenië. In 2024 ontdekte de Chinese diplomaat Ai Peng de boekenreeks bij een antiquair in Berlijn. Dankzij zijn onderzoek werden deze heiligenverhalen opnieuw verzameld en bestudeerd met behulp van verschillende archieven.

Een nieuw licht op ons verleden

Het Oecumenisch Woordenboek van Heiligen (laatste update 24 juni 2024) bevat 16.700 heiligen en zaligen. Onze herontdekte 109 gay kandidaten vormen slechts een kleine, maar betekenisvolle aanvulling. Kort voor publicatie nam Ai Peng opnieuw contact met ons op. Hij beweerde nog een ontdekking te hebben gedaan bij dezelfde antiquair in Berlijn. We volgen zijn onderzoek met veel belangstelling en zijn benieuwd naar de volgende onthullingen.

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nonigrams
Phoenix, US
★★★★★ 5
For the love of a dog!
Color: Blue, Style: Tootiez Hedgehog, Color: Blue, Style: Tootiez Hedgehog
Okay, first - this toy is a hoot. When you first get it and hear it's cute grunting/tooting sound, you can't help but grin and think, Yup! That sounds like somebody in here just tooted! Which for some reason always does seem to be a bit funny, doesn't it? And you'll probably find yourself chuckling a little and saying, Oh how cute. After that, the next logical step is you'll introduce the toy to your dog. And then, depending on your dog's particular personality, you may soon discover (as we did) the amazing love/hate relationship a human can develop with a simple dog toy. We have a 1-yr-old standard poodle whom we named Kenda. And yes, he is named after Joe (for any of you ID fans out there). His official AKC registered name is Lieutenant Kenda, Home Inside Hunter. Corny? No doubt. But it truly seemed an appropriate name for him, because this is the first dog we've ever owned that actually LOVES to play with dog toys and will endlessly hunt them down throughout the house. No toy, however well hidden, stands a chance with this determined toy hunter. As Joe might say, he WILL find you! :) His toys are his friends, and he is fiercely devoted to them. Enter the adorable little rubber hedgehog with his even more adorable "toot". The moment Kenda laid eyes (or ears?) on this little guy, all other toys were forgotten. It was love at first sight. So much so that within a few hours of him playing with this toy to the exclusion of all others, we decided to give him a name. We call him "Blue" (I know, we're so creative). Blue immediately became Kenda's best friend - or at least his best toy. He played with him constantly. He bit him, he wrestled with him, he chewed on him. He brought Blue to us and, if we were sitting down, very carefully placed this slobbery ball of rubber in our laps, as if asking, Can we play catch with Blue? Huh? Pretty please?? Sometimes we did, sometimes we didn't. On those occasions when we didn't, he would play catch with himself, picking Blue up in his mouth, swinging his head, and tossing him across the kitchen; then running/sliding across the kitchen floor to retrieve him on the other side of the room. In the beginning, if Blue was nowhere in sight (and with dogs, out of sight is usually out of mind), the hubby and I would get a kick out of saying, "Kenda, where's Blue?!" Just for the enormous fun of watching a 55-pound poodle suddenly leap a foot in the air, scramble his legs mid-air like Fred Flintstone getting his car started, then half running/half sliding across the kitchen hardwood floor in a desperate effort to find his beloved Blue. Oh, how we entertained ourselves in those early days watching Kenda with his Blue. And through it all, through every bite, squeeze, toss, push, throw, and chew of this toy.......the toot. The grunt. Okay, let's call it what it really sounds like, folks: a FART, okay? There, I've said it. It sounds like your grandpa just passed gas - bigtime. Funny? At first, yes. Hilarious. But a thousand times a day? Over and over and over? While you're trying to talk on the phone? While you're trying to have conversation with each other over coffee at the end of the day? Sometimes for an hour NON-STOP? Well, let's just say the humor of it all began to elude us a bit. And therein lies our love/hate relationship with this adorable little toy. We thought we'd died and gone to heaven one day when Blue stopped tooting. Turns out Kenda had chewed on him so much his tooter (located rather anatomically correctly in his tushie) had fallen out. Or rather IN, since it was now in Blue's tummy. Poor Blue, he couldn't make noise anymore, and although Kenda kept playing with him you could tell he was confused as to why his little buddy had fallen silent and wouldn't "talk" to him anymore. And as much as the hubby and I were enjoying the tooting reprieve, we couldn't take it. By the third silent day, I could almost feel the invisible hands of Amazon coaxing me toward my computer, gently urging me to buy another Blue. But I resisted, folks. I did NOT buy another Blue. I bought TWO more Blues! One for now, and one for that possible future day when this Blue, too, falls silent. Why? Because ... well, because it's BLUE! He's practically a member of the family now. The dog loves Blue, and we love the dog. I guess it's that simple. My final word on this dog toy? It's adorable. It's well made and will hold up to a ton of play and chewing. His tooter may not survive as long; I guess that remains to be seen. And if your dog is anything like mine, well then your sanity may take a hit as well. But if your dog loves his little hedgehog buddy as ours does, and if you love your dog (and you know you do!), then you might decide your sanity is worth the risk. Two thumbs way, WAY up! P.S. Blue now has a friend. We just bought the pink sheep. Kenda is in 7th heaven. Our house sounds like a retirement home after a chili bean supper. And yes, we named him "Pink". I told you - we are nothing if not creative.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2018
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Stacy
Pawtucket, US
★★★★★ 5
My Dog's All-Time Favorite Toy
Color: Pink, Style: Grunt Sound
The first one of these I ever got her was at Petco on sale for $1 - best $1 ever! The reviews are right, though. The toy doesn't last forever and it's not good for aggressive chewers. In my opinion, however, that doesn't make it a bad toy. Here's why: Aggressive chewers comments: Getting my sister's French Bulldog a stuffed toy (that's shredded in 5 minutes), compared to my Pitbull who does not tear up any toys, but is a stronger chewer when it comes to bones. My pup does not tear this up at all, but my sister's dog would. My point is: Don't get your dog a soft toy if your dog ruins soft toys. Regarding the not long-lasting comments: the honking noise mechanism inside eventually pops inside the hole, rendering it honkless. Ours lasted about 6 months. It's pretty much impossible to fix unless you want to trouble yourself to fix it for 1 good honk each fix. I would, but I do also have a job to get to. My dog does still carry it around in it's noiseless state, but she doesn't play with it with the same enthusiasm. How did I resolve this? I bought her 5 😂 She's only on her second, but I decided to stock it because they were on sale for $5.10 - I don't think I will get rid of any of them. I will just let her play with them on rotation until they fall apart. Besides all that, my dog just simply loves this toy. I have never seen her so happy & playful with a toy. I can't promise this for your dog, as I can only tell you about mine. We even have a "Sheepy" song. [I have not been paid or given free Sheeps - my Sweet Pea just really loves her Sheepy]
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Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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Whidbey Mary
Charlottesville, US
★★★★★ 5
Loud! Just Like She Likes It
Color: Hedgehog, Style: Big Squeak Hedgehog
My Great Dane loves this noisy toy. She prefers squeaky toys with loud, unusual squeakers. (I need to invest in earplugs.) She's not an agressuve chewer or rough player so this should last a long time. Like most squeaky toys she has, the squeaker wears out before the physical toy does and once the noise is gone she won't play with it any more. If others have a similar issue...check with your local animal shelter. Some (not all) will disinfect used toys for the dogs in their care.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2025
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Sport
West Palm Beach, US
★★★★★ 5
Good toy
Color: Gator, Style: Accordionz (Grunt Sound)
Fun toy, holding up really well.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2026
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Birmingham, US
★★★★★ 1
Fun while it lasts…
Color: Pink, Style: Grunt Sound
Fun while it lasts. Doesn’t last very long. This is our third one and last maybe a few weeks. The part that makes noise comes detached inside which causes to toy to no longer make noise, but also can be dangerous if it comes out.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2026

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