Formed wh the ia that only love whstands war, the Sacred Band of Theb was liberately prised of 150 gay or bisexual upl.
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 ORIGAL QUEER VETERANS: THIS ANCIENT GAY ARMY WAS AN ELE & UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
The homoerotic element nnot be entirely ignored. Lbian and gay women’s relatnships Ancient Sparta. Gay men and women ancient Sparta.
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. 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.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
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.