HOW SAME-SEX LOVE became seen as "sinful" in the West, from Ancient Greece and Rome to Europe and the present day: a Classics scholar's tracing of the concept through history, and his intriguing theory that homophobia aligns with cultural crisis. B PLUS

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-queer-thing-about-sin-shortlisted-for-foyles-book-of-the-year-2025-harry-tanner/bae38c8f6cea4552?ean=9781399422291&next=t

@bookstodon

#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #nonfiction #history #homosexuality #gay #lgbtq #lgbtqai2s #ancientgreece #ancientrome #judaism #christianity

Happy #Pride? Due to conservative attacks, the #GOP now views the morality of #homosexuality the way they did from 2005-2014, according to #GallupPolls.
Who gives a f^ck what ANYONE thinks about the "morality" of ANYONE?!? Why is this a polling question - only bc of our #conservative #press.

2021, Gallup: Is changing one #gender morally acceptable?
GOP = 22%
Independents = 48%
DEMs = 67%.

NOW, Gallup:
GOP = 2% !
Independents = 42%
DEMs = 60%.
#LGBTQ #HumanRights
https://news.gallup.com/poll/710810/support-lgbtq-issues-remains-down-peak.aspx

U.S. Support for LGBTQ+ Issues Remains Down From Peak

Since 2021, fewer Americans have favored legal same-sex marriage and said that gay or lesbian relations and changing one's gender are morally acceptable.

Gallup

@MissConstrue

I think an appropriate response to 4B and Lysistrata from the west or north would be to boycott Tesla, Starlink, X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, googlesearch, gpt bots and TikTok. For that to happen, a large group – for example, a significant proportion of women – would need to agree to do so. I see no signs of that happening.

#trans #homosexuality #Aristophanes #4B #6B4T #Lysistrata #SouthKorea #China

I say all this because when we are living through a fire hose of kakistocracy, it is natural to grasp anything that feels like it might shield you from the shit.

But this ain’t it, fam.

What Lysistrata teaches us is that we need each other. (And that refusing to make the noise of a lioness with a cheese grater will bring a strong man to his knees…so, there’s that.)

I’m not suggesting that women who want nothing to do with the bro culture should lower their standards. Again, Lysistrata has the lesson that demanding what you want is the best way to get it. Bro culture is yucky. Refusing to interact with it seems like common sense.

But don’t align yourself with people that hate. Hate gets us nowhere good.

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#trans #homosexuality #Aristophanes #4B #6B4T #Lysistrata #SouthKorea #China

Many women in the West have taken up the banner of 4B and are equating it to Lysistrata. They are not the same, they do not have underlying philosophy in common, nor do they share a cultural link.

We, in the West, cannot just take movements from other cultures, appropriate them, and assume they will match, especially when we have literally no idea how those cultures operate.

4B is a fairly fringe movement in SK. They are virulently anti #trans and anti male #homosexuality. They want ID scans to use the potty. This is a movement much closer to jk rowling than it is Lysistrata.

#Aristophanes loved people. Really loved people, and assumed the best was possible even from the worst of people. He thought people were absurd, and they are. What a silly group of hairless apes we are. But Lysistrata wasn’t about hate, it was about using what people want to get what society needs.

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#4B #6B4T #Lysistrata #SouthKorea #China

"Sorry boss, I got anal glaucoma-- I can't see my ass coming into work anymore. Plus I'm sick with gay."

#lgbt #lgbtq #homosexuality #analglaucoma

"Jeffersons" star Sherman Hemsley never publicly discussed being homosexual, but since his death, friends and co-workers have confirmed this fact, and he has been warmly accepted as a Gay Icon by the Men's Community. 1938-2012. #shermanhemsley #gayicon #thejeffersons #allinthefamily #archiebunker #neighbor #neighbors #movingonup #eastside #drycleaner #drycleaners #homosexuality #closet #closeted #inthecloset #bigotry #homophobia #endhomophobia #idol #hero #comedian #humorous #hilarious

Elliot Page learned 'the obvious truth' from his new doc: Nature is queer

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/culture/second-nature-elliot-page-documentary

On May 17, 1990, the #WHO figured out that #homosexuality is NOT an illness. It was late, but better late than never.

Sadly, many people still didn’t get the memo yet.

This is why this day is known as International Day Against Homophobia/Biphobia/Interphobia/Transphobia/Aphobia/<insert anti-#LGBTQ+ bigotry here>/Queerphobia.

But really that list could be extended forever; too many bigotries.

#IDAHOBIT #IDAHOBITA #IDAQ

It took until 1990 on #ThisDayInHistory for the UN #WorldHealthOrganization (#WHO) to remove #homosexuality from its list of psychiatric diseases. #LGBTQIA people have always existed within several natural spectra of neurological & chemical variation. Bigots need to get over it.