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[–] crackajack@reddthat.com 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

White Europeans already knew about lgbt too, especially during the time of the Romans. It is because of the homophobic influence of Abrahamic religions that lgbt have been suppressed, and later on European and Islamic empires spread the bigotry into their colonies through religion.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Rome wasn’t some gay paradise.

And yeah lgbt people filled special roles even in societies like the Sumerians and Scythians

[–] crackajack@reddthat.com 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Remember, you're not gay if you are on top according to the Romans!

[–] archiotterpup@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Incorrect. According to the Greeks.

[–] crackajack@reddthat.com 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the Romans held the same belief.

[–] archiotterpup@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

But that's assuming Romans didn't import all their culture.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

It used to be considered manly to be at least bisexual, because a real "man's man" would of course prefer the company of men.