Prevly exclud om marriage, some gay people adopted their partner for legal protectn. But what happens to the adoptns now that same-sex marriage is legal?
Contents:
- THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
- 10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV HISTORY
- GAY & LESBIAN VAISHNAVA ASSOCIATION
- STAR TREK INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY COUPLE TO THE UNIVERSE
- THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?
- THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN
THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
Univisn ma history this week when aired<a href="; target="external"> a same-sex weddg</a> on the telenovela "Amor Verdaros" ("Te Lov"). It's the first weddg of s kd (the, you know, same-sex kd) to be aired on the work. * first gay couple in history *
’ 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.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
Archaelogists have unvered what they believe to be the remas of the first-known gay, or transgenr, prehistoric man. * first gay couple in history *
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.
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.
10 MILTONE MOMENTS GAY TV 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 prison.Once Wil was released, the two tried to rekdle their love, only to be forced apart by their fai, who threatened to whhold funds.
GAY & LESBIAN VAISHNAVA ASSOCIATION
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.
STAR TREK INTRODUC ITS FIRST GAY COUPLE TO THE UNIVERSE
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.
The Contendgs of Hos and Seth, a text of Egypt’s early Middle Kgdom, narrat a homosexual unn between the two gods.
THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?
The Jewish prophet Mos nmns crossdrsg and homosexualy the Torah (Book of Levic), punishg the latter by ath for both men and women.
THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY ADULT ADOPTN
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. 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.