The old queers I talked to before I became an old queer myself used to tell me that that gay men were referred to as "temperamental" or "special" rather than gay or queer and that they would take "weekend constitutionals" as a way of making the gay label & behavior more socially acceptable to the straight people at the time who were more accepting than most.
Couple that w knowing closeted and semi-closeted queers in my time who would go to ANY AND ALL lengths at all to insist that they didn't have gay sex despite the undeniably well known penchant for any type of men for sex and it makes me skeptical of this behavior in ancient Greece.
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 45d
I'm not homophobic, I'm only misogynistic, I swear
velma@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 45d
Oh yeah, gay sex is overly feminized now. That’s the problem lol
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 45d
Modern gay sex is too gay. Gay sex needs to go back to being manly and hetero. I don't wash my ass because that would be gay.
ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 45d
Yeah, in ancient Greece, pederasty was totally non-gay & non-pedophilic.
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 45d
The old queers I talked to before I became an old queer myself used to tell me that that gay men were referred to as "temperamental" or "special" rather than gay or queer and that they would take "weekend constitutionals" as a way of making the gay label & behavior more socially acceptable to the straight people at the time who were more accepting than most.
Couple that w knowing closeted and semi-closeted queers in my time who would go to ANY AND ALL lengths at all to insist that they didn't have gay sex despite the undeniably well known penchant for any type of men for sex and it makes me skeptical of this behavior in ancient Greece.
davel@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 45d
I’m so confused. What does this say about me as a lesbian man?
kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 45d
well, the word "lesbian" derives from the greek island of "lesbos", but i'm not smart enough to know what to make of that
Ougie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 45d
Bet none of these 3 morons can read a word in ancient Greek and yet here we are having to bear their opinions.
kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 45d
someone tell this guy about tom of finland
mistermodal@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 28d
I would love to do that kuiskaaja