What was the first record of Homophobia
What was the first record of Homophobia
And did they spread this hate?
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I think you'd find very different versions of homophobia based on cultural norms of the time and region. Romans and Greeks were quite different in ancient times.
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There is no first record, it's sadly eternal. Heck, homophobia exists in dolphins.
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Do you mean from a historical standpoint? It depends on the culture, but it's pretty recent in its current iteration — in the west, it followed the rise of Christianity. For much of western history at least, it was considered OK to pitch, within reason (manly!) but not to catch (effeminate!). Warring states China was pretty similar. I'm less familiar with India but in any case that would have been suppressed by the Mughals.
It was in Zoroastrian tradition around the time Persia was conquering Greece. Definitely not a "Christian thing".
Leviticus' proscription of homosexuality in the Torah predates Grecco-Persian wars
And yet Thailand has had numerous genders for centuries(?). I was reading about it it’s fascinating they have a third classification with numerous sub-gender types such as Kathoey, Tom, Dee, Tom-Dee, Tom-Gay, and many more.
It’s fascinating. Here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identities_in_Thailand
Thanks I thinking if Christianity was the main reason Homophobia or was there many smaller sources