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Contents:
- WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
- THE ORIGAL QUEER VETERANS: THIS ANCIENT GAY ARMY WAS AN ELE & UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
The state of Sparta ma homosexual relatnships mandatory.
The homoerotic element nnot be entirely ignored.
Lbian and gay women’s relatnships Ancient Sparta. Gay men and women ancient Sparta.
THE ORIGAL QUEER VETERANS: THIS ANCIENT GAY ARMY WAS AN ELE & UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
Heterosexualy and homosexualy were both enuraged and expected at different stag life, wh homosexualy, mon wh prevalent ancient Greek thought, beg seen as the ial form of love and heterosexualy as sential for procreatn.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
The Sacred Band of Theb was ancient Greece’s savage gift to anyone still facg opponents of gays the ary today. Formed unr the hypothis that only love whstands the horrors of war, the Sacred Band was liberately prised of 150 gay or bisexual upl. And they suggted purposely makg the force as gay as possible.
It’s possible the Sacred Band was not the only all-gay fightg force, jt the one wh survivg documentatn and a solid prs package penned by Plutarch. Homophob mocked wh fake verified acunts as Twter scend to chaos. But as a gay man, I have been fightg my whole life to enjoy the very privileg I am entled to as both a beholr and protector of them.
I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told MP. Promisg the ernment would implement the “vast majory” of Etherton’s remendatns, Wallace said he would fully update the Commons a formal bate about the issue after the about pensatn, Wallace said he hoped to fd “an elegant solutn that match the need and the requirements of those dividuals”, promisg to set this out after Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, was among mpaigners who weled the apology.