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WAS ANCIENT ROME GAY?
Homosexuals, queer, and transgenr people have been wily persecuted throughout much of history, particularly after the foundg of the Abrahamic religns. Most of the perds are om eras non-Wtern cultur and took place before lonizatn and Christianizatn, both of which are forc that almost exclively led to anti-homosexual beliefs the lonized and Christianized populatns.
They did have a plex view of men who were perated same-sex relatnships, although this likely stemmed om misogyny more than homophobia. Unfortunately, the troductn of Eastern Orthodox Christiany put a swift and vlent end to those practic through torture, executn, and the stctn of art and lerature pictg homosexual relatnships.
After Jackie Kennedy, Brigte Bardot, Jean Pl Gltier, and other gay ins began to equent the island beme a party central for gay tourists. The heyday of the party scene was the 1990s, and while the island has lost some of s steam favor of other gay-iendly statns like Spa, is still famo and often listed as a gay-iendly tourist statn.
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
Given the fiery anti-gay rhetoric of many Islamic lears today, and the often btal punishments meted out to homosexuals, may be surprisg to learn that the Mlim Safavid Empire was que welg of homosexualy. Sufi Islam was the domant theologil stra of the Safavid Empire, and many adherents believed the Qur’an had numero passag that promoted tolerance to homosexualy.