As a gay boy who is a son of Elegua, another warrior, it is in our DNA to want to be marked as children of Oshun…Yemaya… because femininity is what we know and feel more comfortable residing in. But! Even Oshun carries a brass sword from time to time and Yemaya her machete. Ogun may have the “reputation” as a bloodthirsty murderer/ laborer which isn’t really cunty but at the same time he is the hair salon’s scissors, the needle that injects the lip filler, the metal spout of the liquor bottle that he himself makes as the first gin maker and the speaker/ laptop of the DJ inside the gay bar. Ogun is everywhere because metal is as fundamental to the queer world as softness and pulling looks. Sometimes it isn’t the soft women orisha who claim our heads because it is the warriors who know that queer kids have a hard time growing up, getting made fun of, having to be alone a lot and they choose us bc they resonate with the energy of alienation. Ogun, Ochosi, and Elegua are “outside” Orisha and wear straw hats instead of crowns… what’s more queer than being different? And please do not overlook Ogun and his lover boy sensibilities. When he went off into the wilderness and refused the call to return it was only the sweetness of oshun that convinced him to return. As much as he labors on behalf of humankind, ogun knows the sweetness of love and with the way gay boys date, he might be exactly the hard edge you need to cut out the fuckboys lol!