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Contents:

• GAY MALE UPLE VISG SICILY - IS SICILY GAY -IENDLY? - SICILY FOM
• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SICILY
• FOCCH. GAY DICTNARY (ITALY).
• THE ADVENTUR OF GAY BARONS TAORMA AT THE BEGNG OF THE XX CENTURY
• GAY DICTNARY ITALIAN
• OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY
• A GAY ISLAND MUNY CREATED BY ITALY'S FASCISTS

GAY MALE UPLE VISG SICILY - IS SICILY GAY -IENDLY? - SICILY FOM

Here's an tertg article, om a very personal perspective, of a Sicilian-Amerin gay man who traveled to Sicily wh his partner. The first gay associatn Italy was found Palermo 1980 (ArciGay;) to prott the suici of a homosexual uple tormented by feroc public opn.

954/630-1637;) is the tra associatn for the gay and lbian travel dtry, and offers an onle directory of gay- and lbian-iendly travel bs and tour operators.

The Italian word Focch is one of the most ed and known words Italy to sult homosexual men, and s equivalent the English language would be the word faggot. Focch as sultg slang for homosexual men has a ntroversial and uncerta orig sce there are several theori and no certaty. The first wrten reference to the word Focch as gay slang appears 1863 and s orig is the regn of Tny, extendg to the rt of Italy after unifitn.

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS SICILY

There is a wily shared belief that the orig of this slang is the Middle Ag when Italy burned “homosexuals” the stake. However, there is no reference or document, for now, to support this assertn, strange thg if you nsir that people hate homosexuals too much at that time as well as the public and exemplary character of those ath sentenc. Th this explanatn seems an ventn that would extend, an tertg manner, that exemplary character of medieval stak a homophobic and ntemporary Italy.

There are others that tablish the orig of this Focch slang the asexual character (whout geic exchange) of the plant reproductn, makg a double pirouette to relate to homosexual behavr, the sense that gay fuckg not tend to reproductn or do not need “her”, explanatn that, addn to yokel and to have a backout relig stk, would mean that the Italian populatn has a que remarkable knowledge of botany.

Jt simply take a look at our Italian Gay Dictnary to realize that when Italy image a gay, they thk about a hole, a ntaer, a hollow, an issue that seems like a “ll to actn” and that serv a psychologil pth analysis, maybe at another time we addrs ?. Instead, already the Middle Ag the word Focch was ed to name the idt person, stupid, mean, treachero, ntemptible man, whom you n not tst, featur that have tradnally been supposed to homosexual men, as occurs wh other Italian exprsns as “Froc” ed origally for foreigners for not be tsted, and then beg applied to men you uld not tst, to ultimately be ed to sult gay men.

FOCCH. GAY DICTNARY (ITALY).

That is why our opn, the orig of this slang is the procs of attributg negative characteristics of some men to gay people, for the simple fact of beg gay. A homosexual man was, and still beg many plac, a person of ltle value and wh all kds of fects.

THE ADVENTUR OF GAY BARONS TAORMA AT THE BEGNG OF THE XX CENTURY

To learn more about the history of homosexualy Italy and the keys to his current suatn, check the article of Prott! The Italian word Focch is one of the most ed and well-known words to sult homosexual men Italy, and that also means fennel. One who appreciated and admired , however, was one of the greatt wrers of English lerature, Osr Wil (homosexual too), who went to Taorma after havg had the opportuny to observe « the portras of the wonrful Sicilian boys » posg for the baron.

After the war went to Taorma the wrer and diplomat Roger Peyrefte too, lled the “Pope of homosexualy” France bee he wrote texts such as “The Keys of St.

GAY DICTNARY ITALIAN

EnciclopædiaHow to say gay ItalianBelow are the words of our Italian Gay Dictnary that we will expand new edns.

OUR 7 FAVOURE PLAC TO EXPERIENCE GAY ITALY

In the vast Italian Gay Dictnary placed at your disposal highlights the obssn Italy wh bottom gays and this is probably due to the timate and peculiar relatnship that Italy has had wh male homosexual behavr.

As we explaed our article Focch for Prott Collectn, or Pedibo Ego Vos et Irmabo for Funny Collectn, Italians hered the Greek homosexual relatnship system, teacher-pupil, and transformed to the master-slave system, that allowed a man fuck their slav and men general, whout prejudice to his manhood as long as fulfill his role as father and man society.

Already said Jeanne More Fassbr film, Querelle, “each man kills the thg he lov”, and seems that Italy homophobia is directly proportnal to the love for gay “Il gergo queer nell’aliano novecent e ntemporaneo” Doctoral This by Daniel Lucia, Universà “G. Related to the top and bottom rol sex for both gays and lbians, an ambivalent person is one who tak both rol. +Amichecfag hag, that is, heterosexual woman iend of a gay man, wh whom she exchanged tips and tal of sexual and sensual experienc.

A GAY ISLAND MUNY CREATED BY ITALY'S FASCISTS

+Amislang to exprs the relatnship between two gay men whout nsirg the active or passive role. Referrg to Pietro Areto (1492-1556), poet, wrer and playwright, who was acced by another wrer Niclo Fran (1515-1570) to be homosexual.

Homosexualy, disapproved by Ludovi Arsto (1474-1533) as a mon practice of lerary spe also beg a wrer.