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Contents:
- THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- GAY & LESBIAN VAISHNAVA ASSOCIATION
- THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?
- MEET ANCIENT EGYPT’S FIRST GAY COUPLE. ALLEGEDLY.
- 10 HISTORIL GAY COUPL YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT
- FAMO GAY PEOPLE
THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
Archaelogists have unvered what they believe to be the remas of the first-known gay, or transgenr, prehistoric man. * first known gay couple in history *
When Douglas's father grew spic about their relatnship, he lnched a mpaign agast Wil that eventually led to his arrt on grounds of gross cency ( for beg gay) and was sentenced to two years Wil was released, the two tried to rekdle their love, only to be forced apart by their fai, who threatened to whhold funds. ’ This le, ed by Seth on his nephew, is probably the olst rerd chat-up, gay or straight, all of history. As far as the rerd go, Nyankhkhnum and Khnumhotep are, I thk, the olst gays history.
But they did not have a rigid nventn of sexualy as eher heterosexual or homosexual, and, at least at certa tim, and certa strata, may have tolerated and even celebrated same-sex love. Power and David Philpott had to make their own ke topper by glug groomsmen figur togetherFrom “partner” to “hband”: meet one of the first married gay upl N.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
* first known gay couple in history *
Philpott and Power may have been the first gay uple the provce to be legally married, but the trail they blazed was soon followed by many, wh the St. 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.
The world’s earlit pictns of homosexualy are found the ancient San rock patgs of Zimbabwe, Ai. 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 ctom of stratg homosexual slav and hoe servants is tablished Ancient Assyria.
GAY & LESBIAN VAISHNAVA ASSOCIATION
A list of 10 historil gay upl you may not know about wh a brief overview of their relatnships. * first known gay couple in history *
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 Co of Assura om Middle Assyria prcrib stratn for soldiers ught engagg passive homosexual behavr. 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. The ctom of stratg homosexual slav and hoe servants is troduced to Persia om nquered Assyria and Media.
THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?
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. 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.
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).
MEET ANCIENT EGYPT’S FIRST GAY COUPLE. ALLEGEDLY.
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. 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.
10 HISTORIL GAY COUPL YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT
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.
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.
FAMO GAY PEOPLE
Temple nstctn flourish on the Indian subntent and some are adorned wh openly erotic imag pictg homosexualy. Roman Catholic Inquisns beg France g torture to extract nfsns and punishg homosexualy by ath.