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planet-gay-comic · 6 months
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Love in the Changing History of Ancient Rome
The love between a merchant's son and a gardener slave is a striking example of the fluctuating history of homosexuality in the Roman Empire. It stands as a symbol of hope and resistance in the late Roman Republic or early Imperial period. While not necessarily accepted, romantic relationships between men from different social strata were not uncommon. The two men likely had to live their love clandestinely and discreetly.
In the early Roman Republic, homosexuality between men was accepted and even considered normal. Mythology and art depicted relationships between men and gods that celebrated homosexuality. Several Greek and Roman gods and goddesses were associated with homosexuality, such as Eros, the god of love, who was often depicted with a young man.
However, Roman laws became increasingly repressive over time. In the 1st century BC, laws like the Lex Scantinia and the Lex Iulia de Adulteriis prohibited homosexual relationships between free men and between married men or men in domestic partnerships. The Lex Papia Poppaea granted tax benefits to married men and women, which led more people to marry and made homosexuality less acceptable.
The reasons for the tightening of these laws were multifaceted, including the rising influence of Christianity in the centuries after Christ, which viewed homosexuality as a sin. Additionally, homosexuality was believed to undermine the discipline of the Roman army and the traditional family.
Attitudes changed once more in the Late Antiquity. Homosexuality became increasingly accepted in Roman society, particularly due to the growing influence of paganism, which led to greater tolerance of homosexuality.
The polytheistic nature of paganism may have contributed to this reacceptance of homosexuality during a time when Christianity was no longer the dominant religion. In a polytheistic religion, there is no single source of authority that could prohibit homosexuality. Instead, there are many different gods and goddesses associated with various values and beliefs. Additionally, it was a period of change and uncertainty, during which people may have become more open to new ideas and convictions.
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Meet Marcus Arana (Holy Old Man Bull), a trans Indigenous-Mexican activist for over 50 years, who wants to tell you that he's proud of your rainbow color, beauty, vastness, and expansiveness in understanding who you are. 💜
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we asked some elders from our community what inspires them about today's queer youth, and what advice they would give.
Thanks to our pals at Outwords Archive for connecting us with these amazing voices!
Stay tuned for the next 👀
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harvardfineartslib · 5 months
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Ria Brodell’s “Butch Heroes” series offers portraits of heroic figures whose stories are seldom told. They are individuals who were assigned female at birth but whose gender presentation was more masculine than feminine, who did not want to enter into heterosexual marriage, and who often faced dire punishment for being themselves. Brodell (they/them) is a non-binary trans artist based in Boston.
Here’s one example from Brodell’s “Butch Heroes” series.
Image: D. Catalina “Antonio” de Erauso, 1592-1650, New Spain, 2011 Gouache on paper, text, 11 x 7 in.
Biography of Catalina de Erauso (Edited version)
Catalina de Erauso was born in San Sebastián, Spain, to a noble Basque family and was raised in a convent from an early age. Before taking her vows, she fled dressed in men’s clothes and assumed the name Francisco de Loyola. Francisco worked as a page for a few years before deciding to seek adventure in the New World, sailing to Panama as a cabin boy. After arriving in New Spain, Francisco enlisted in the Spanish army under the name Alonso Díaz Ramírez de Guzmán and became a successful soldier. However, Alonso got embroiled in much trouble, including trouble with women. After deserting the army, Alonso was pursued by authorities for various offenses and eventually wounded in a duel. On the verge of death, Alonso revealed that he was a woman. Alonso recovered and was examined by midwives who confirmed that she was a woman and a virgin. Eventually, Catalina de Erauso became a celebrity known as the “Lieutenant Nun.” She petitioned King Philip IV for a military pension and visited Pope Urban VIII with a request to be allowed to continue to dress as a man. She was granted both requests. Drauso returned to New Spain as Antonio de Erauso and retired as a mule driver and merchant.
Queer holdings : a survey of the Leslie-Lohman Museum collection Edited by Gonzalo Casals and Noam Parness. Munich : Hirmer Verlag, 2019 HOLLIS number: 99154382110903941
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willowcollects · 17 days
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Today while shopping at the Antique Center of La Crosse and I found a little piece of Florida history and had to take it home. Kinda shocked at the fact I found this all the way in Wisconsin.
The Parliament House Resort in Orlando, Florida, traces its roots to a modest lakeside motor inn inaugurated on February 11, 1962, at 410 North Orange Blossom Trail. Initially, boasting 120 rooms and a burgeoning reputation as a premier event venue, it quickly gained traction under the management of Ned Eddy, Jr., and his brother, James (Jimmy) Eddy. Despite early success, by 1975, the property faced financial turmoil, prompting its acquisition by Bill Miller and Michael Hodge for $648,000. Their stewardship heralded a transformative era, culminating in the emergence of the Parliament House Resort as a celebrated LGBTQ+ destination, renowned for its vibrant nightlife and inclusive atmosphere.
Since its rebirth, the Parliament House has served as a cornerstone of Orlando’s LGBTQ+ community, offering a sanctuary for self-expression and camaraderie. Evolving from a modest motor inn to a sprawling entertainment complex, it not only provided a platform for cultural events but also fostered a sense of unity and pride within the LGBTQ+ community. Over the years P-house featured such acts as Charo, Macy Gray, Jennifer Holiday, Chaka Khan, Eartha Kitt, Cyndi Lauper, RuPaul, Salt-N-Pepa , The Weather Girls, and even Gloria Gaynor. Personally, I remember sitting and enjoying drag shows hosted by Darcel Stevens and the Footlight Players, and dancing to music played by DJ Brianna Lee. Despite its closure in 2020, the Parliament House’s legacy endures as a reflection of its pivotal role in shaping LGBTQ+ rights and culture, leaving an indelible mark on Orlando’s vibrant social fabric.
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Small correction: Ballroom 101 will be taught by Maven Lee. We are incredibly grateful to have them join us for our Ballroom Extravaganza!
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archivelgbt · 1 year
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William Dorsey Swann was the earliest known Drag Queen in the United States, organizing some of the first recorded Drag Balls. Swann called himself the "Queen of Drag" and was unfortunately the target of arrests and police raids. At one point he had written to President Grover Cleveland requesting a presidential pardon, which was sadly rejected. Swann empowered the people around him to be as they are, including his relative Daniel Swann who continued his drag ball legacy.
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earlsings · 1 year
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✝️❤️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We have been hosting online affirming youth groups for almost three years now and it never ceases to amaze us how resilient the young people that find us are. In the face of non-affirming Christianity they still want to believe and explore their faith. In order to find us they have to search the internet, fill out a form, and have the courage to show up by themselves to an online youth group where they don’t know anybody…just so they can worship in a safe affirming environment…ID: a tweet that says, “I am constantly amazed by queer Christian’s. To look in the face of a religion that has told us that we don’t belong so many times and to still say ‘God loves me as I am’ is a powerful thing.”. . . . . . #queer #queertheology #lgbtq+ #asexuality #lgbtqia #transgender #genderfluid #nonbinary #genderqueer #transgender #genderqueer #queertheology #trans #queeryouth #gayteen #gaychristian #queersupport #youthsupport #queerchristian #lgbtqhistory #nonbinary #affirmingyouthministries #nonaffirming #homophobic Reposted from @affirmingyouthministries https://www.instagram.com/p/CpMQbxoszwY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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changoblanco · 2 years
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The Feast of St Thom. Born on this day. 😇. The patron saint of pie 🥧 Anita Bryant, a singer turned spokeswoman for the Florida citrus industry, added "antigay crusader" to her résumé in 1977. A conservative Christian, she became enraged when the Miami - Dade County government enacted a gay rights ordinance that year. Not satisfied with campaigning for antigay discrimination in Florida alone, she took her crusade national. “As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children” On June 7, 1977, Bryant’s campaign led to a repeal of the anti-discrimination ordinance in Dade County, FL by a margin of 69 to 31 percent. The gay community retaliated against Bryant by organizing a boycott of Florida orange juice which she was a spokeswoman for. Gay bars all over North America took screwdrivers off their drink menus and replaced them with the “Anita Bryant”, which was made with vodka and apple juice.  Sales and proceeds went to gay civil rights activists and organizations to help fund their fight against Bryant and her campaign. At a press conference in Des Moines on October 14, 1977, gay rights activist Tom Higgins threw a pie in Bryant's face. She commented, "At least it was a fruit pie," then prayed for Higgins and burst into tears. Her antigay activism did serious harm in the short run but was counterproductive in the long run, providing an opportunity to educate the public about gay people. "In the weeks before and after Dade County, more was written about homosexuality than during the total history of mankind," Harvey Milk said later. #thomhiggins #gayhistory #gaypride #gayrights #queerhistory #anitabryant #anitabryantsucksoranges #knowyourhistory #boycottfloridaoranges #gay #queer #lgbtqhistory #gaysaints #gaypridemonth https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce6VZkqLNwe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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13thgenfilm · 1 year
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"... has a heartfelt intimacy which, combined with ongoing global campaigning for LGBTQ+ rights, is likely to travel to wider audiences after its world premiere in Thessaloniki."  ❤️🏳️‍🌈🎬
Hot off the heels of a successful world premiere at Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Screen International weighs in with a very positive review of NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS!
Read the full review: 👉 http://bit.ly/401tGzn
Web site / trailer: 👉 narrowpathtohappiness.com
13th Gen's Marc Smolowitz is proud to be part of this filmmaking team! 
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A Reflection on the APA, the American Healthcare System, and Being LGBTQ
Throughout the history of the United States of America, every human rights struggle has looked a little bit different. Given that it is LGBTQ History Month, it felt appropriate to explore the fight for LGBTQ rights in some way. While I could have chosen to delve into the importance of the Stonewall riots or marriage equality, these are milestones often highlighted by other authors. Instead, I will be diving into the fight to see LGBTQ identity – specifically that of homosexual and transgender individuals – as a natural state of being, rather than as a mental disorder to be treated or fixed.
This American Life published a podcast episode in 2002 titled “81 Words.” In it, reporter and senior producer Alix Spiegel shared the story of how her grandfather contributed to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) removing language that classified homosexuality as a “mental disease” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, otherwise known as the DSM. For those who aren’t familiar with the DSM, this is the manual used by mental health professionals to guide the diagnosis of mental disorders. At one point in time, 81 words were used to describe homosexuality as a disease. While there was no one person who could take credit for removing homosexuality from the DSM, Dr. John P. Spiegel – Alix Spiegel’s grandfather – was the President-Elect of the APA in 1973 when homosexuality was replaced with a new term: “ego dystonic homosexuality.” The new term was meant to diagnose homosexual individuals who experienced “subjective distress” as a result of their identity. Since 1970, the APA has gone from 90% of its members believing homosexuality was a pathological disease to 90% of its members believing that homosexuality is a normal variant of sexual behavior. Given this paradigm shift in the field, it’s unsurprising that the term “ego dystonic homosexuality” was quietly removed in 1987. I appreciated the way Spiegel summed up the major causes of this shift in perspective at the close of her podcast, stating that it took insiders and outsiders working together, as well as folks on the periphery of the discussion, being involved. Perhaps more importantly, she added: “The change happened partly through scientific debate and partly simply because psychiatrists got to know gay men.”
While homosexuality has become more normalized and accepted over the past 50 years, certain subsections of the LGBTQ population still struggle to find acceptance from the APA. Professor Roy Richard Grinker wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times titled “Being Trans Is Not a Mental Disorder.” This piece, published in December of 2018, lauded the World Health Organization (WHO) for removing “gender incongruence” from the mental health to the sexual health section of the International Classification of Diseases and for stating “the evidence is not clear that it is not a mental disorder.” Grinker called on the APA to do the same by removing “gender dysphoria” – the term used for people who are unhappy because their assigned gender does not match their gender identity– from the DSM. He argued that this would help reduce societal stigma around transgender identity and, hopefully, help advance transgender rights. I felt the author summed up his reasoning quite well when he stated: “Why should the transgender person who is sad, tired and losing weight have ‘gender dysphoria’ while a straight or gay person with the same symptoms has ‘depression?’” By centering identity as the mental disorder, a heavy burden is placed upon transgender individuals to “fix” themselves. Their suffering is blamed on what is perceived to be a chosen identity rather than an innate one that society stigmatizes and many conservatives call “unnatural.” While transgender identity is still not the norm in Western society, many biologists and anthropologists recognize that it is a far cry from being unnatural. Grinker cited the 1-2% of human births that qualify as intersex and the great reverance the Navajo have for intersex individuals in their own culture. Gender nonconformity is common among the hijras in India and the mahu in Polynesia. The author argues that, at the end of the day, the DSM is “a product of culture that reflects the values of its authors.” Per Alix Speigel’s story, it makes me wonder what might happen if current APA members actually sat down to engage in meaningful dialogue with transgender mental health professionals.
I can’t lay any claim to transgender identity or pretend that I know what it is like to navigate America as a gay man, but I can share how these stories connect to my own experiences and observations of society as a bisexual woman. Medical diagnoses that label non-normative sexual identities as deviancies or illnesses actively harm members of the LGBTQ community every day. I remember suppressing, hiding, and denying my bisexual identity through my mid to late twenties, because society – and medical professionals – had preconceived notions about bisexuals. We were, and in many spaces (both external and internal to the LGBTQ community) still are, labeled as “promiscuous,” “confused,” and “attention-seeking.” For years, I did not receive optimal medical care, because I knew that some spaces were not safe for me to be entirely honest with my doctors. It wasn’t until I found an independent, LGBTQ-affirming medical clinic that I could openly speak with an OBGYN about my sexual history, and it wasn’t until I could accurately gauge that my therapist was an ally to LGBTQ people that I felt comfortable sharing the struggles I faced growing up closeted in conservative, small town, Iowa. A lack of respect for human diversity, and pervasive stigmas tied to LGBTQ identities, affect individuals’ access to quality healthcare services.
The medical field still has a long way to go, in my personal opinion, when it comes to putting people first. It is my hope that with continued advocacy, and continued dialogue between underrepresented groups and those in power, we can work toward crafting a more just healthcare system in the U.S.
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planet-gay-comic · 7 months
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A Spontaneous Kiss: Deep Affection Between Soldiers
In the world of ancient Rome, where camaraderie and adventure defined the lives of soldiers, deep emotions sometimes ignited between them, leading to profound friendships and even erotic or sexual connections.
Roman society had a much more open view of love and relationships than many later eras. Among Roman soldiers, camaraderie and trust among comrades were highly esteemed. It was not uncommon for close emotional bonds to form between men who faced adventures and challenges together.
During this era, homoerotic relationships were not as stigmatized as they would be in later history. They were often regarded as expressions of friendship and mutual respect. It reminds us that love and affection have existed in all their forms throughout every era. Acceptance of love between individuals, regardless of gender or orientation, is an essential part of human history—a timeless truth that love can bloom anywhere, even in the most unexpected moments of history. It is a tribute to the power of human emotions and the diversity of human love that connects us in every age.
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Meet David Strachan: born intersex, David was put on hormone replacement therapy to make him appear more "male" - but like many intersex babies and children, he didn't have a say in the matter. Now, he's proud of all the youth activists out there fighting for intersex people's right to love their bodies just the way they are and make their own decisions. 💛💜
For LGBTQ+ History Month, we asked some elders from our community what inspires them about today's queer youth, and what advice they would give. Thanks to the Outwords Archive for partnering with us on this series and connecting us with these amazing voices! Stay tuned for the next 👀
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harvardfineartslib · 2 years
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A collection of vintage photographs of gay and lesbian couples from 1900 to 1960 celebrates love and pride during a period when coming out was risky. These photographs show couples posed in hand in hand and embracing each other with happiness. Happy Pride Month!
Invisibles : vintage portraits of love and pride Author / Creator Lifshitz, Sébastien, 1968-   New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 2014. English Complemented by (work) Invisibles (Motion picture : 2012)  HOLLIS number: 990141600230203941
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theabbeyweho · 1 year
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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ October 1st marks the first day of LGBTQ+ History Month, a month to celebrate the achievements that our LGBTQ+ community have made throughout the years. There’s so much more that has to be done! #LGBTQHistoryMonth #MeetMeAtTheAbbey #LGBTQ #GayBar #LGBTQhistory (at The Abbey Food & Bar - West Hollywood) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjL6Bj9vVk1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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25 days and counting until the Ballroom Extravaganza! No experience or fee needed to compete, just sign up via the link below.
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