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A Brief History of Homosexuality in Italy from Ancient Rome to Today
Postwar Italy, politically dominated by the country’s Catholic party, didn’t accomplish much against the diffused homophobia of those years. World cared about homosexual people only for the wrong reasons, as it happened in when an investigation on the “homosexual scene” in the northern town of Brescia turned into a substantial media case with endless plot twists and unfounded accusations (which included one of human trafficking). When the so-called “Scandalo dei Balletti Verdi ” (“Green Ballets Scandal”) reached TV personalities enjoy Mike Bongiorno, the entire country turned its morbose attention to it.
In , Fuori! (Out!), the first homosexual company in Italy, was founded. Mario Mieli, the most legendary Italian LGBTQ+ activist, took part in the movement before founding his control organization. A year later, a collective of gay people publicly demonstrated for their rights for the first period in the history of the country.
Since then, the Italian queer community has been keeping an active role in manifesting and demanding rights
House Speaker Mike Johnson blamed the fall of the Roman Empire on its embrace of gayness — a totally baseless claim
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a devout Christian, once blamed the fall of the Roman Empire on "homosexual behavior."
"Some credit to the fall of Rome to not only the deprivation of the society and the loss of morals, but also to the rampant homosexual behavior that was condoned by the society," Johnson said in a radio interview in , as CNN first reported.
The claim that lgbtq+ behavior brought down the Roman Empire is not supported by historical evidence.
Rome's collapse in the years leading up to AD has been endlessly pored over — but rarely attributed to its sexual mores.
More common factors cited are government corruption, the vastness of the area it tired to dominate, and invasions by barbarian tribes.
Most historians agree that same-sex sexual activity was tolerated and even approved during the Roman Empire, although there were still some taboos. The main activity was men of high social status having sex with male slaves or other subordinates.
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Homosexuality in ancient Rome
During the time of the Republic, Roman citizens had the right (libertas) to protect their bodies from physical coercion, including both corporal punishment and sexual violence. Roman society was typically patriarchal and masculinity was based on the principle of governing not only oneself but also other persons, especially those from the drop class.
Roman cup displaying a homosexual sex scene.
It was socially acceptable for a free-born Roman to have sex with a woman or a dude assuming a dominant role. Both women and young men were perceived as natural objects of desire. Outside of marriage, a man could have sex with slaves, prostitutes (who were usually slaves) and the so-called infames (the restricted man). It did not matter with which gender the Roman indulged in until he did not exceed certain social norms. For example, it was immoral to have sex with another citizen&#;s free-born wife, his daughter by marriage, his underage son, or the dude himself.
During imperial times, the dread of losing political freedom and submitting to power t
In honour of LGBTQIA+ history month, Ancient History alumni Ollie Burns takes a closer look at the social, political, and cultural implications of homosexuality in ancient Rome.
Trigger Warning: sexual violence, homophobia, paedophilia, nudity.
The presentation and perception of homosexuality in the Roman world was vastly distinct than how it is today, and gives us an example of how homosexuality has been indelibly linked with communications of power and authority in antiquity. The Latin language has no word for either heterosexual or queer, and instead partners in a sexual relationship would be presented as either active, synonymous with masculinity, or passive and therefore, feminine, regardless of the gender of the individuals involved. Freeborn male Romans had the civil liberty to do as they pleased when it came to sexual activity, and as such, the principle of a Roman guy engaging in homosexual sex was in no way controversial or taboo to the Romans, as drawn-out as it fell within certain parameters.
Rome was a deeply militarised state, with conquest and domina