This article examines the use of mythological hybrid figures in works by two non-binary queer contemporary artists of color. For these artists, the intersection of their ethnic/religious identities and their queer identities leads them to experience a hindrance to full belonging in each of these communities. This results in a feeling of liminality or ‘in-betweenness’. In considering this ‘in-betweenness’ as an intersectional liminality, the author argues that these artists utilize mythological hybrid figures in their work to articulate this experience as one of potential, rather than foreclosure. In so doing, this article seeks to challenge, and possibly transform, the notion of the hybrid as a composite of oftentimes irreconcilable parts one must navigate and move between into a site of creative promise. Rooting this re-evaluation of liminality and hybridity in the verbal and artistic articulations of queer non-binary artists of color centers these voices in the construction of new notions of hybridity and liminality.

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中间人的多样性：交叉跨式表征中的神话

本文考察了两位非二元酷儿当代有色人种艺术家在作品中使用神话混合人物的情况。对于这些艺术家来说，他们的种族/宗教身份和他们的酷儿身份的交叉导致他们在这些社区中的每一个中都遇到了完全归属感的障碍。这会导致一种阈限或“中间”的感觉。在将这种“中间性”视为一种交叉的界限时，作者认为这些艺术家在他们的作品中利用神话混合人物将这种体验表达为一种潜力，而不是丧失抵押品赎回权。在这样做的过程中，本文试图挑战并可能改变混合的概念，即混合作为一个由经常不可调和的部分组成的组合，人们必须在一个充满创意的场所之间导航和移动。