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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 84. Chapters: LGBT social movements, Queer theory, Timeline of LGBT history, Human male sexuality, LGBT themes in mythology, Timeline of same-sex marriage, History of human sexuality, Sodomy, Sodomy law, Socialism and LGBT rights, List of LGBT periodicals, History of homosexuality, LGBT themes in Hindu mythology, History of Christianity and homosexuality, List of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender firsts by year, Bisexual erasure, Islamic view of Lot, Gay literature, Gay male pulp fiction, Aphroditus, LGBT History Month, Transgender activism, Sotadic zone. Excerpt: The following is a timeline of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) related history. Marriage between men in Greece was not legally recognized, although life-long relationships between adult men were not uncommon. The partnerships between two men in Greece were similar to heterosexual marriages with the exception that generally there was about a generation difference in age and the older person served as the educator or mentor. Romans, like the Greeks, tolerated love and sex amongst men. Two Roman Emperors publicly married men, some had gay lovers themselves, and homosexual prostitution was taxed. However, like the Greeks, passivity and effeminacy were not tolerated, and an adult male freeborn Roman could lose his citizen status if caught performing fellatio or being penetrated. Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825-1895), a pioneer of LGBT rights Mattachine Review published by the Mattachine Society The purple handprint became a symbol of gay liberation in 1969, following a San Francisco newspaper dumping purple ink on members of the Gay Liberation Front protesting their offices. (See individual year page for more info) Repeal of Sodomy laws: Australian Territory of Norfolk IslandDecriminalisation of homosexuality: Belarus, UK Crown Dependency of Gibraltar, Irela...
Lgbt History: Lgbt Social Movements, Queer Theory, Timeline of Lgbt History, Human Male Sexuality, Lgbt Themes in Mythology