Gay History Throughout the Ages Part I Quiz

Answer: socially sanctioned long term relationships between women

It'd be nice to have this in today's world, but unfortunately this practice, along with many others, died out as the Europeans took control of and divided up Africa - and were followed by missionaries.

Answer: Siwa Oasis

The Siwa Oasis has always been especially known for its unusual level of historical acceptance towards homosexuality. Overall, homosexuality generally seems to have been accepted in Egypt, and there are speculations about several kings and gods being gay.

Answer: shamans

They were usually recognized early in life, and if the parents and the child consented they were raised to learn to become shamans. They were called 'Two-Spirit' individuals.

Answer: Assyrian

In some religious texts, there were even blessings for homosexual relationships! There were cults of both homosexual and transgender individuals along with homosexuality being an integral part of their worship in many areas.

Answer: Chinese

China was one of the few societies which genuinely did not seem to favor heterosexuality or homosexuality, or even particularly care which you were. Some of their traditional terms for homosexuality included 'the passion of the cut sleeve' and 'the bitten peach'. Homophobia was not common in China until China came into contact with more Christian and Islam principles, and the Western world in general.

Answer: Indian

In Southern Asia, male to female transgender individuals have their own caste - hijra. In Ancient India, attitudes towards LGBT individuals fluctuated. At times intercourse between two people of the same gender was treated as a crime, but generally as a very minor offense (at times some types heterosexual intercourse was a worse crime). At other times it was completely accepted.

Answer: Persian/Islamic

Homosexuality and admiration of homosexuality have been especially common in the Sufi branch of Islam. Attitudes towards homosexuality in Islam vary, depending on the current interpretation of certain passages of the Qur'an and statements made by Muhammad are interpreted.

Answer: Greek

The earliest known documentations of same-sex relationships come from Greece, and Greece has had some of the most well-known homosexual relationships - Achilles and Patroclus, Alexander the Great and Hephaestion, and Orestes and Pylades, to name a few.

Moreover, in Ancient Greece, teachers (male) were expected to initiate their male pupils into homosexuality when they reached puberty.

Answer: Roman

The emperor Hadrian is especially noted for his infatuation with Antinous - he deified Antinous after Antinous drowned in the River Nile.

Answer: Celtic

Aristotle wrote in Volume II of Politics that the Celts were unusual because 'although most 'belligerent nations' were influenced by their women, the Celts openly preferred male lovers.