La, a Roma and gay boy, talks about his life between two worlds, om the disvery of love (and homosexualy) to his relatnship wh fay and muny.
Contents:
- “I AM ROMANI AND I AM GAY: THIS IS MY LIFE SPL BETWEEN TWO WORLDS”
- WHY THE ROMANS ARE IMPORTANT THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
- WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE GAY COMMUNIST ROMANIA
“I AM ROMANI AND I AM GAY: THIS IS MY LIFE SPL BETWEEN TWO WORLDS”
Homosexualy ancient Rome was a large part of society and of sexualy general. The ancient Romans also had a very different unrstandg of homosexualy than we do morn society. There was no real ncept of homosexualy or of heterosexualy.
Male wh male relatns were the most mon and prevalent type of homosexualy ancient Rome. The homosexualy of women was viewed a pletely different light then that of men ancient Rome.
WHY THE ROMANS ARE IMPORTANT THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
As a rult of this women who engaged homosexual activy were ually portrayed as participatg mascule activi such as bodybuildg and drkg and eatg excsive amounts. Overall the view of homosexual women was a negative one the ancient world. It has even been rerd that some hbands would murr their wiv for homosexual affairs.
My name is La, I am a gypsy but I am also gay.
WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE GAY COMMUNIST ROMANIA
Fortunately, I was born and raised Italy, where homosexualy is evintly more accepted than Kosovo.
Months later the suatn had improved to the pot that one summer night five years ago, after a night out, my mother asked almost abptly if I was gay. I was tired, I uld no longer bear havg to hi my homosexualy, so I cid to e out to my siblgs. My brothers proved to be “eful” and often even fought for my e: they cleared the ground for me, tryg to make my parents unrstand that havg a homosexual son the hoe was not so tragic.
I feel even luckier when thkg of all those Roma boys or girls thrown out of their hoe for beg gay or forced to hi their homosexualy. There are the fay iends who have a blatantly gay son (he even me on to a iend of me) and was forced to get married. It do not matter if you live another state: sooner or later you will fd out about the news of the day and, therefore, many fai orr not to e a “sndal”, would rather have a lquent child than a gay one.