7 openly gay lears have served as heads of state. Latvian print Edgars Rkēvičs is the latt

first gay person documented

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

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THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?

Archaelogists have unvered what they believe to be the remas of the first-known gay, or transgenr, prehistoric man. * first gay person documented *

April 7, 2011 -- Archaeologists the Czech Republic have unearthed the grave of what may be the remas of the olst known homosexual or transgenr prehistoric body dat to the Copper age -- or 2900 to 2500 years ago -- and was buried a manner that was typilly rerved for male skeleton was found on s si, facg east, and was surround by domtic jugs, objects prevly seen only female grav.

Homosexualy, as Wterners thk of today, wh a lot of add societal baggage that wouldn't ronate at all wh prehistoric man, Arnold said. "Homosexualy is found a great many other speci -- om ducks to chimps -- as well as many cultur where people are allowed to exprs .

GAY & LESBIAN VAISHNAVA ASSOCIATION

Jacksonville Jaguars ach Kev Maxen, who joed the team last year, me out publicly as gay an terview wh Outsports published on Thursday, beg the first ach a U.S. men’s profsnal league to do so" emprop="scriptn * first gay person documented *

In some societi, is even celebrated, such as the Navajo where lbians are believed to have a special nnectn to the spirual world, " Helen Fisher, a blogil anthropologist at Rutgers Universy, wrote an email to "So, " Fisher ntued, "there is every reason to thk that some of our anctors were gay. Ancient Tim: Cultur such as the Indian, Che, Egyptian, Greek and Roman acmodate homosexualy and crossdrsg among a mory of s cizens sce the earlit rerd tim. The stratn of homosexual slav and hoe servants be a ctom of the Middle East, and Jewish trib crimalize homosexual behavr.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

* first gay person documented *

One of the earlit Egyptian pharaohs associated wh homosexualy is Kg Neferkare, who is scribed havg an affair wh his top ary manr, Sase, durg the Sixth Dynasty. The Contendgs of Hos and Seth, a text of Egypt’s early Middle Kgdom, narrat a homosexual unn between the two gods.

The Jewish prophet Mos nmns crossdrsg and homosexualy the Torah (Book of Levic), punishg the latter by ath for both men and women. The Shatapatha Brahmana, a text om India’s Vedic Perd, mentns homosexual unn between the brother-gods, Mra and Vana.

Eighth-century Greek epics like the Iliad and Odyssey portray homosexual unns between gods and young men such as Zs and Ganyme, Poseidon and Pelops, Apollo and Hyacth, etc. India’s renowned medil text, the Shta Samha, scrib homosexual, transgenr and tersex ndns as born and curable. The Sacred Band of Theb, a homosexual army prised of more than three hundred soldiers, is feated by Phillip II of Macedon and his son, Alexanr the Great.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * first gay person documented *

India’s Manmri (Manu Samha) lists homosexual behavr as a mor offense for ordary, twice-born mal and for unrage, unmarried girls but do not nmn otherwise. India’s Narada-smri clus homosexuals s list of men who are impotent wh women and clar them curable and unf for marriage to the oppose sex. Roman historian Ddos Sicul documents one of the earlit known referenc to homosexualy among the Celtic trib of Brannia and northern Gl.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

As Edgars Rkēvičs be the first openly gay print Latvia’s history, here’s a glimpse at other openly gay heads of state om around the world. * first gay person documented *

The Dark Ag: Wh the advent of Christiany, homosexualy and crossdrsg are crimalized the Roman Empire but rema wily accepted throughout the rt of the world.

The renowned text scrib homosexual practic and people much tail and refers to them as a third nature or sex (triya-prakri). Rome enacts s first law agast homosexual cizens unr Christian learship, takg away their right to make or benef om wills.

The Middle Ag: Wh the growth of Christiany and the advent of Islam, the crimalizatn of homosexualy and crossdrsg spreads across Eurasia and to Ai.

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

The Middle Eastern ctom of stratg homosexual slav and hoe servants be monplace the East Roman Empire (Byzantium) and is troduced to northern Cha and India. Obliv to the outsi world, Amerin and South Sea nativ mata their tradnal acceptance of homosexual behavr and crossdrsg. It punish homosexualy by flagellatn or ath by stong, burng, llapsg a rock wall upon, or throwg off om a high pot.

The ctom of stratg homosexual slav and hoe servants is troduced to northern Cha by Mlim merchants durg the eighth century.

COULD THIS BE THE FIRST RERD GAY COUPLE HISTORY?

Tradnal legends and practic of the Norse are put to wrg, some of which clu homosexual practic and crossdrsg. The ctom of stratg homosexual slav and hoe servants is troduced to northern India by Mlims durg the eleventh century.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* FIRST GAY PERSON DOCUMENTED

Jacksonville Jaguars Kev Maxen be first profsnal male ach to e out as gay .

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