Topics: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual : History
Historical information on same-sex love and its effect on human affairs, from ancient times to the recent past.
Ancient Egypt
This category is for pages and sites that refer to homosexuality and bisexuality in ancient Egypt.
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Ancient Greece
Male love was an accepted form of social intercourse in Classical Greece and the custom survived openly until the early Christian era.
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Archives
Archives, by providing evidence of human actions and transactions, underlie the rights of individuals and of states, and are fundamental to democracy and good governance.
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Bibliography
Web sites offering reading lists on gay, lesbian, and bisexual history.
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Historical Personas
Pages dedicated to those LBGT individuals who were outstanding in their field and their time.
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Islamic Lands
Historical information on same-sex love in the areas presently or formerly under Moslem rule (Spain, Sicily, the Balkans, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Northern India, Indonesia, etc.)
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Memorials
Sites honoring individuals significant to gay culture.
Shepard, Matthew,
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On This Day In History
Calendars and daily postings offering information on an event from GLBT history.
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Organizations
Organizations devoted to gay, lesbian, and bisexual history.
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Pre-Modern Japan
Homosexuality has been an integral part of Japanese culture, presumably from prehistoric times. Mentions of it are to be found in the earliest known texts, and it occupies a central position in the culture up to the Meiji restoration of the late 1800's, when the Japanese felt the need to emulate the Western intruders and classified homosexuality as deviant.
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Religion
Religious lore and religious experience relating same-sex love.
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