Top 25 Most Important Moments in LGBTQ History

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  • @PoweredByRainbows
    @PoweredByRainbows  Рік тому +19

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    • @racheal2004
      @racheal2004 Рік тому +1

      in this video ,i wish u put abt transgender culture (hijras), or hope u can make a separate video abt it it would wonderful :))

    • @pv8340
      @pv8340 Рік тому

      538 bce biblical reference of adding death as a penalty....where did you source that information?

    • @pv8340
      @pv8340 Рік тому

      @@racheal2004 Yeah, hey I wasnt ASKING YOU.. I WAS ASKING THE AUTHOR OF THIS VIDEO. DIDNT YOU READ IT?

    • @racheal2004
      @racheal2004 Рік тому

      @@pv8340 oh my bad sorry

  • @chubbybunny6975
    @chubbybunny6975 2 роки тому +1691

    For those that didn't know, Canada had decriminalized homosexual intimacy in 1969, and fully legalized same-sex marriage across the whole country in 2005. It was legal in Ontario in 2003.

    • @PoweredByRainbows
      @PoweredByRainbows  2 роки тому +178

      That's fantastic to hear, thank you for sharing!

    • @black369ace7
      @black369ace7 2 роки тому +11

      Wait so does that mean while same-sex marriage is legal, couples can’t show intimacy in public?

    • @rileytubegaming9065
      @rileytubegaming9065 2 роки тому +21

      @@black369ace7 straight couples can't show intimacy in public either

    • @atlastherando8928
      @atlastherando8928 2 роки тому +84

      @@rileytubegaming9065 yes they can- you can walk around and see many straight people holding hands without getting side glances, but when it comes to gay people, they get a lot of looks

    • @rileytubegaming9065
      @rileytubegaming9065 2 роки тому +16

      @@atlastherando8928 are we talking about the same thing lmao, I'm talking about sex.

  • @colonelsanders4483
    @colonelsanders4483 2 роки тому +167

    Of course it was going well until modern religions appeared. Not surprising at all

    • @paper_nezu7571
      @paper_nezu7571 2 роки тому +27

      Yeah. I’m a gay Christian but a lot of people say I don’t exist 🙃

    • @leedaniels7196
      @leedaniels7196 2 роки тому

      Tuue!.

    • @popechucky
      @popechucky 6 місяців тому +5

      Now THAT’s the most honest comment I’ve ever read🏳️‍🌈🙂🏳️‍🌈

    • @Christian_Sannino
      @Christian_Sannino 5 місяців тому +1

      Nah

    • @allelss-oh8sj
      @allelss-oh8sj 4 місяці тому +1

      @@paper_nezu7571 same lol

  • @HenrikMyrhaug
    @HenrikMyrhaug 2 роки тому +800

    I don't think it's fair to say that everyone in the past was accepting just because we have evidence of some people being accepting. I am sure lots of people in the past also had their struggles and battles to fight.

    • @FlareLaunch
      @FlareLaunch 2 роки тому +113

      Yeah, this is proof that it did exist back then, not that it was common or accepted widely
      I think as history went on people disliked it more lol

    • @wannabehistorian371
      @wannabehistorian371 2 роки тому +109

      Exactly this. This is an issue I have with content like this. Individual cases aren’t a good indication of societal views as a whole. This also lumps in all cultures and shows a very linear view of history.

    • @twentyeight602
      @twentyeight602 2 роки тому +9

      What would be the reason for them to not be accepting tho

    • @HenrikMyrhaug
      @HenrikMyrhaug 2 роки тому +52

      @@twentyeight602 The exact same reasons people are not accepting today:
      -Religious beliefs
      -Toxic social norms
      -Lack of understanding
      -Belief it "unnatural" to be LGBT+
      -Personal disgust (lots of people find the thought of homosexual relationships and sex to be disgusting)

    • @Arzeusinti
      @Arzeusinti 2 роки тому +3

      @@twentyeight602Because humans suck. And religious, cultural, societal, same reasons as always really. It was nitpicky state that they had full acceptance from such few cases. Plus it took a purely western view on the matter.

  • @LokeshSaini94
    @LokeshSaini94 2 роки тому +279

    It's surprising that there are barely any stories or records shared from global south. South Asian subcontinent for example has many historic queer stories. Same in many places in rest of the Asia, Africa and South America.
    So many of the things were destroyed by imperialism and colonialism.

    • @alternativetime2778
      @alternativetime2778 2 роки тому +19

      Yes! A lot of this video was about Christian and White history.

    • @graceclemen9581
      @graceclemen9581 2 роки тому +5

      @@alternativetime2778 and mostly male..also there was the thing where he said gay people were treated worse than Jews..

    • @mosessupposes2571
      @mosessupposes2571 9 місяців тому +3

      @@alternativetime2778The other areas and ethnicities of the world have surely produced stories and records regarding their queer histories as well. It’s unlikely that their histories include much or anything about North America and Europe.

    • @machoman6969
      @machoman6969 6 місяців тому

      South America was always largely homophobic even today. And yes many records were destroyed but , the people now in power are str8, Christian wo/men that never cared to find it because they only care about the str8, Christian side of history which keeps being shoved down our throats since elementary school.

  • @joebaumgart1146
    @joebaumgart1146 2 роки тому +231

    "THOSE FECKIN GREEKS! THEY INVENTED GAYNESS!"
    (I'll sub to you if you get the reference)

  • @racheal2004
    @racheal2004 Рік тому +9

    fun fact:their is a whole culture of transgender in india and we call trans people as hijras in india, this culture was way back in 12th century.. theirs even a transgender god in Hinduism called aravan

  • @noemie1771
    @noemie1771 2 роки тому +148

    I'm sorry to correct you, Professor, but I think you forgot one of the most iconic days for the community, the birthday of Alcibiades, lover of Socrates and a total fashion bicon...

    • @PoweredByRainbows
      @PoweredByRainbows  2 роки тому +64

      That’s another great one, thank you for bringing that up.

    • @alicedefrance4411
      @alicedefrance4411 2 роки тому +18

      I thought about Sappho, on Lesbos island, and the anti trans bill for WC...

    • @Martin-ph8zx
      @Martin-ph8zx 2 роки тому +4

      Bro that relationship was pederasty if it even happened, idk what there is to celebrate about that

    • @noemie1771
      @noemie1771 2 роки тому +5

      @@Martin-ph8zx yeah it was pedestary, but what is to celebrate was the sexual liberty those Ancients had. It really didn't matter what your sexuality was back then, and in a society where a lot of values, including christian ones, are inspired by Plato, I feel like it's a good reminder of the meaning of the history of what we now call LGBTQ+. And Alcibiades is undeniably an damn ancient icon, and nobody can take this away from me lmao

    • @Martin-ph8zx
      @Martin-ph8zx 2 роки тому +3

      @@noemie1771 More sexual liberty was a thing among the elites and aristocrats in ancient Greece, commoners didn't practice it. Also saying your sexuality didn't matter back then (in a general sense) is such an overreaching conclusion.

  • @jogle9013
    @jogle9013 2 роки тому +272

    "NO! They were roomates! Brothers! Friends! Anything but lovers!"

    • @tryx-i1426
      @tryx-i1426 2 роки тому +50

      History hates lovers

    • @torusuetsugu2353
      @torusuetsugu2353 2 роки тому +15

      Me and my "roommate" agree with this.

    • @unirarhissa7697
      @unirarhissa7697 2 роки тому +18

      Oh my god they were roomates

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 2 роки тому +6

      @@unirarhissa7697 -- Oh no! Not roommates!! 😱😵

    • @darkshadowrule2952
      @darkshadowrule2952 2 роки тому +8

      I love historic roommates, especially when they were both women, never married, and often went out clubbing in mens clothes

  • @emilianofernándezmartín
    @emilianofernándezmartín 2 роки тому +662

    "TheRe'S nO gAY peOpLE In hIStorY"

    • @stacyroth8836
      @stacyroth8836 2 роки тому +135

      “ThE LefT Is SPeWinG TheIR LiES”

    • @SamuelSamuelSamuel1
      @SamuelSamuelSamuel1 2 роки тому +127

      “THEY WERE SUCH GREAT FRIENDS”

    • @bear_bear7766
      @bear_bear7766 2 роки тому +127

      “ThEY wErE jUsT RoOmaTEs”

    • @aisha5156
      @aisha5156 2 роки тому +97

      @@bear_bear7766
      Oh my god, they were roommates…

    • @djalenakoerhuis5349
      @djalenakoerhuis5349 2 роки тому +42

      @@SamuelSamuelSamuel1tHEy WeRE JusT BudDiEs

  • @Muflie
    @Muflie 2 роки тому +263

    About the nazis: We also can't forget that Ernst Röhm, the leader of the nazi's paramilitary SA, was also openly gay. Hitler simply tolerated it at first, but he ordered his death after being told that Röhm was trying to molest children (which probably wasn't true). Röhm was then executed in his prison cell by two SS men on the first of July 1934 after he had been captured during the Röhm Putsch which began a day earlier.

    • @zenpie5093
      @zenpie5093 2 роки тому +33

      And after his death Hitler really began pushing the anti gay laws. At first it seemed like gay people were „safe“ (they weren’t really before but they haven’t been in a focus) but this soon changed.

    • @tomasroma2333
      @tomasroma2333 2 роки тому +18

      That's not true. The excuse Hitler gave for killing Röhm was because he was led into thinking Röhm was going to overthrow him. Literally nothing to do with molesting children.

    • @Muflie
      @Muflie 2 роки тому +2

      @@tomasroma2333 Well first your source

    • @tomasroma2333
      @tomasroma2333 2 роки тому +15

      @@Muflie Richard Evans (one of the most respected historians on Germany)- The Third Reich in Power
      What's your source?

    • @Muflie
      @Muflie 2 роки тому +4

      @@tomasroma2333 A documentation done by one of Germany‘s state funded tv channels - the zdf

  • @inkedvamp
    @inkedvamp 2 роки тому +1145

    I think it is important to remember our history. LBGTQ+ history is varied and interesting. It is important to remember LGBTQ+ history and activism began before Stonewall. My one critique is: No one was burned in the Salem witch trials. They were hanged except for Giles Corey. He was pressed to death for refusing to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.

    • @FieldOfHats3
      @FieldOfHats3 2 роки тому +18

      And some died in prison

    • @rakisuzuki-burke4148
      @rakisuzuki-burke4148 2 роки тому +26

      More weight

    • @arlaux1099
      @arlaux1099 2 роки тому +11

      Honestly being pressed is worse than being burned alive

    • @theshinyturtle9836
      @theshinyturtle9836 2 роки тому +24

      There were some trials before the Salem witch trials that killed hundreds to thousands of women that took place in England, Scotland etc. in which women were burned at the stake. He might have been discussing specifically the Salem trials and accidentally messed up a fact, but I thought this was an interesting thing.

    • @zweks
      @zweks 2 роки тому +20

      @@arlaux1099 madlad didn't complain and didn't plea either, just kept saying "more weight"

  • @tobeseve4020
    @tobeseve4020 2 роки тому +107

    My parents were born the year of the Stonewall Riots. The Netherlands legalized gay marriage 2 days after I was born. The US legalized gay marriage my freshman year of high school. Just to give a bit of a time reference. This is very, very recent shit. And yet progress has inched forward extremely slowly.

  • @King_Andrew
    @King_Andrew 2 роки тому +180

    As a straight guy i must say... This whole historic rewind was so informative, fascinating and entertaining, i couldn't stop watching!
    life would be so darn boring without diversity that's for sure! thanks for the video, so much love and support!!! 🏳‍🌈

  • @ThePalrex
    @ThePalrex 2 роки тому +16

    I don't know man, i'm not denying what you said but that LGBT acceptance graph showing "max acceptance" just beacause some gay couple were recorded in some paintings doesn't seem accurate, i don't think that's enough proof to say 100% of people accepted the LGBT community, or any porcentage at all, they are just drawings.

    • @TheSyborgue
      @TheSyborgue 2 роки тому +2

      this graph is so so wrong on so many points, definitely some fuel for LGBT history skeptics that would stumble upon this video

  • @eliza4101
    @eliza4101 2 роки тому +28

    As a queer Christian the role of mistranslating the torah and bible had in queerphobia is so infuriating. I hate having to prove myself to fellow Christians just because someone hundreds or thousands of years ago changed a translation

    • @ueIl
      @ueIl 2 роки тому

      Heretic

    • @redyeti34
      @redyeti34 2 роки тому +1

      @@ueIl bigot

    • @ueIl
      @ueIl 2 роки тому +1

      @@redyeti34 You can't be religious and other than straight. God denounces such lifestyle. And yes I'm a bigot or whatever shitty term you "people" use

    • @redyeti34
      @redyeti34 2 роки тому

      @@ueIl yeah, Bigot seems about right, I'm not religious but if hell were real I'd most definitely be seeing you there bucko.

    • @williamgoldsman8513
      @williamgoldsman8513 4 місяці тому

      @@ueIl no he doesn’t ur just wrong! it’s a mistranslation try again bigot!

  • @スノーハッピー
    @スノーハッピー 2 роки тому +25

    8:13 and this is why translators have a huge responsibility (speaking as an amateur translator). To be fair translation choices and mistakes usually don't have THIS big of a negative impact, but sometimes it does. And people do die for it.

  • @luxeford547
    @luxeford547 2 роки тому +476

    Thanks! Without our history, we're nothing.

    • @LayTheAmazing
      @LayTheAmazing 2 роки тому +5

      Indeed

    • @hiimpeyton671
      @hiimpeyton671 2 роки тому +13

      You just gave homophobes the opportunity to reply with “you are”
      Look, I know how homophobes think. They’re as clear as glass

    • @insertname1883
      @insertname1883 2 роки тому +2

      @@hiimpeyton671Guess What am i thinking i am no homo
      And what does "you are'' do exactly

    • @hiimpeyton671
      @hiimpeyton671 2 роки тому +11

      @@insertname1883 “thanks! Without our history, we’re nothing”
      “You are”
      Which is saying that we are nothing. Thought that would have been obvious

    • @HenrikMyrhaug
      @HenrikMyrhaug 2 роки тому +23

      That is not true. The history of people who came before you does not have any impact on the validity of your own identity. Even if there was no history of lgbtq+ acceptance, that wouldn't mean you aren't valid and don't deserve acceptance in the present.

  • @ItsCubet
    @ItsCubet 2 роки тому +29

    17:54 _April 4, 2001- Netherlands approved same sex marriage_
    _April 4 ,2012- us democratics are the first political party to support queer rights_
    "Around a year later-"
    *Dw, we, gays aren't good at maths- /nm /pos*
    Side note: Happy LGBTQ+ history month from BCN!

    • @ItsCubet
      @ItsCubet 2 роки тому

      @Sumfkn Bunny I didn't mean that, it's more like a meme, but I can really agree that gnc and trans people are still f'd up today...
      And let's not talk about the situation in Texas or Florida... That is F*CKED UP, and I'm SORRY for every LGBTQ+ person living there

  • @Jpatient
    @Jpatient 2 роки тому +573

    I'm not part of the LGBTQ community but I support you guys

    • @nukiradio
      @nukiradio 2 роки тому +38

      👍

    • @mememan1546
      @mememan1546 2 роки тому +52

      Thank you. It really means a lot.

    • @morpheusbloodeaglegamesoff6506
      @morpheusbloodeaglegamesoff6506 2 роки тому +40

      U the best bruh glad to see someone like u exist
      I really appreciate It
      And If i could i wish i could Hug you
      Bc u are an awesome person
      Tnx

    • @123youbia
      @123youbia 2 роки тому +27

      Ty bro
      We appreciate the support, I hope one day be able to help you too

    • @_anonymous_creature_
      @_anonymous_creature_ 2 роки тому +4

      Epic B)

  • @JunoCat1890
    @JunoCat1890 2 роки тому +32

    Christina: Bi Queen

  • @atlas8845
    @atlas8845 2 роки тому +237

    Thanks for the great video!
    Alan Turing was another great gay man who should be remembered, he was highly responsible for cracking the enigma code! Sadly due to England's laws and society, all did not go well. But to this day he is one of my heroes due to his talent in Cryptography and his membership to the LGBT+ community!

    • @thievi_evie
      @thievi_evie 2 роки тому +2

      @@honkhonk8009 shut up loser, even in countries that have the most "lgbt rights" lgbt ppl are still discriminated against and murdered for who they are... gfys :D

    • @erlgro
      @erlgro 2 роки тому +1

      I believe Turing was killed by the government; (with estrogen injections?) because they didn't need him after his services in the war.
      (they'd fear, he could pose a problem in the future).
      Same thing with John Nash; I strongly believe the government gave him hallucinogens, or induced his mental illness in some other way.
      chewed on, and spat out...
      \m/

    • @KFP_Prophet
      @KFP_Prophet 2 роки тому +2

      @@erlgro He was made to take estrogen injections in return for probation instead of imprisonment, his death was 2 years later from cyanide poisoning, believed to be suicide, though there was also evidence that it may have been accidental inhalation of cyanide fumes from electroplating equipment he had.
      Still a tragedy but it wasn't an assassination or execution.

    • @krokuke
      @krokuke 2 роки тому +2

      @@thievi_evie It is almost like you can't turn 100% of society into accepting lgbt in 40 years.

    • @darthbigred22
      @darthbigred22 2 роки тому +3

      That's mostly a lie, he did his part no doubt but they leave out the Polish doing the majority of the work and escaping when Poland fell, the Brits finding the weather station with the code book, AND finding the last wheel of the enigma machine.
      It's a lot easier to figure out the code when you have all that and makes Turing a lot less impressive then.

  • @TaterPIEguy
    @TaterPIEguy 2 роки тому +49

    I want to be a gay pirate 🥺

    • @timpullen4941
      @timpullen4941 2 роки тому +12

      There were lots of gay pirates. There were also pirate marriages.

  • @lunarfish_003
    @lunarfish_003 2 роки тому +45

    As a Czech Enby, very glad to know about the grave one

  • @jasonrencureg4363
    @jasonrencureg4363 2 роки тому +83

    It's so overwhelming having knowledge about the history of LGBT. I believe they also said Philippines was LGBT friendly before the spaniards ever forced their religion, "Christianity" to us, and just imagine if that didn't happened? Will this archipelago with thousands of islands be LGBT friendly? As a gay person myself, gay people are suffering here because of mistreatment towards the community. We also have this eveil, homophobic politician named "Manny Pacquiao" and I just hopes they'll never elect him as president for this upcoming election in May, 2022 because that's pure stupidity, he doesn't think of us as human beings. I have no choice but to immigrate to one of the countries which has same-sex marriage.

    • @xxlmi1164
      @xxlmi1164 2 роки тому +9

      stay safe please 🥺💜

    • @hwaitboii8346
      @hwaitboii8346 2 роки тому +2

      Don't worry, He's best as a boxing champ, rather than a politician.

    • @adonissabinorio2639
      @adonissabinorio2639 2 роки тому +8

      fellow filipino here! in some tribal religions (pre-colonial) they had queer gods/goddesses/deities/shamans etc. in general queer people were normalised/common and there were no stigma. though i don’t truly believe that everyone was accepting for various reasons. also i didn’t knew about manny tho

    • @johnpaulvillarin7905
      @johnpaulvillarin7905 10 місяців тому

      Wait what, Manny Pacquiao was homophobic?

  • @johngadbois1097
    @johngadbois1097 3 місяці тому +4

    Not my mom telling me 2 days ago “when I was a kid, this just didn’t exist. I just don’t understand” (her sister is a closeted lesbian and has been her whole life)

  • @tyler_does_arson
    @tyler_does_arson 2 роки тому +370

    Seeing the super super early depictions of gay couples like the Egyptian ones honestly makes me want to write a story about 2 gay people and their love in ancient times.... I think I'll do that actually, it sounds like a fun little hobby to get started on🤔

    • @Demicleas
      @Demicleas 2 роки тому +5

      Just don't do anchint Greek ones beacuse uhhhhh that usually involves alot of phedophilia.

    • @simbasad2
      @simbasad2 2 роки тому +16

      @@Demicleas ah yes...."anchint"

    • @canaanb8090
      @canaanb8090 2 роки тому +10

      @@simbasad2 ah yes… “Phedophilia”

    • @yes7353
      @yes7353 2 роки тому +7

      @@Demicleas ah yes...... "beacuse"

    • @vvvnokk8309
      @vvvnokk8309 2 роки тому +8

      @@Demicleas You have some spelling mistakes, but it doesn't matter because I still understand what you are saying.

  • @lunar.enigma08
    @lunar.enigma08 2 роки тому +33

    Fun fact: There's an openly gay K-pop idol named Go Tae-seob who uses the stage name Holland. (He chose it because the Netherlands is also called Holland and they were the first country to legalize same-sex marriage.) I'd say that he's pretty widely known within the K-pop community, though unfortunately some people just know him for being "that one gay K-pop idol," but he's more than just that; he has good music, too. His story is pretty interesting; I'd suggest reading up on him if you like K-pop or generally want to know more about him.

  • @johncrandall5782
    @johncrandall5782 2 роки тому +102

    As an historian I loved this

    • @timpullen4941
      @timpullen4941 2 роки тому +1

      The word 'an' only happens before a vowel. AEIOU. Grammatically in this case it should be 'a' .

    • @steakfilly5199
      @steakfilly5199 2 роки тому +4

      @@timpullen4941 there are other languages that actually include h in that rule. For example, the Latin words ex and ab change depending on the letter of the next word including h. So “ego ē villā” because there isn’t a vowel or h but “ego ex hortō” because the next word starts with a vowel or h

    • @kowa8846
      @kowa8846 2 роки тому +4

      @@timpullen4941 he's an historian, not a grammar teacher.

  • @shanetristenentertainment9261
    @shanetristenentertainment9261 2 роки тому +36

    For those who didn’t know, Alexander Hamilton, writer of the constitution, is suspected to be Bisexual, and may have even had a relationship with John Laurens, one of his “close friends”, and even had more enthusiasm describing his love for Laurens then he did describing his own wife! And looking at letter between the two, it is pretty evident, there is a book where you can see all recovered letters

    • @TheTrooper1878
      @TheTrooper1878 2 роки тому +2

      And what? How does that affect anything? This is useless rhetoric.

    • @redyeti34
      @redyeti34 2 роки тому +4

      @@TheTrooper1878 you know scrubbing public figures of their identities to make them more comfortable for homophobes to accept and thus allowing them to further appropriate history in order to justify their own bigoted beliefs is bad right?

    • @TheTrooper1878
      @TheTrooper1878 2 роки тому +1

      @@redyeti34 And again, even if he was this kind of person, how does that affect anything. This is still useless rhetoric.

    • @redyeti34
      @redyeti34 2 роки тому +4

      @@TheTrooper1878 you really have terrible reading comprehension, so I’ll try to dumb this down for you.
      Mean people like to look up to people like Alexander Hamilton, but don’t like gay people (because they’re mean) so if we make the sexuality of their hero’s easier to see, we take the mean peoples hero’s away from them, and gives them less historical figures to point to when they’re trying to be mean to people.
      There, now even a 4th grader can understand what I said and how stopping the historical appropriation of queer people by bigots is good.

    • @raiorai2
      @raiorai2 2 роки тому +3

      @@TheTrooper1878 It's not useless rethoric to investigate history, what was told and what was hidden

  • @stacyroth8836
    @stacyroth8836 2 роки тому +67

    I have visited the stonewall inn before and it was a great experience to be able to see such an important part of our history

  • @samanthamae11
    @samanthamae11 2 роки тому +197

    Thanks for this video, im happy and proud for my self as a trans mtf

  • @JJHussinger
    @JJHussinger 3 місяці тому +2

    A little known historical fact:
    Eight years before Stonewall, Milwaukee was the scene of an early uprising unlike anything local police had ever seen before. On Saturday night, Aug. 5, 1961, four troublemakers got more trouble than they bargained for at the Black Nite (400 N. Plankinton Ave.,) one of Milwaukee's most popular gay bars of the time.
    partying at a Kane Place tavern, four 20-year-old servicemen (Kenneth Kensche, John Cianciolo, Bruce Pulkkila and Edward Flynn) decided to check out the Black Nite on a dare. Despite being asked several times, they refused to show any identification to the bouncer and wound up being forcibly removed. One of the servicemen would later claim that he was grabbed, punched and hit on the head with a bottle for no reason. But that’s not exactly what happened.
    "We didn’t start anything, but we sure as hell finished it,"said Josie Carter, contributor to the Wisconsin LGBT History Project in 2011. "Those guys only came down there to cause trouble. When he tried to kick them out, they all tried to fight him. And I thought, 'Oh no, you’re not going to hurt MY husband.' I went out there with a beer bottle in each hand, ready to knock some heads.
    "This man turned on me. I thought, I can’t let him put his hands on me. He was big, and he kept coming at me. I thought he would kill me. In that moment, I could fight off an army in a bathrobe. I let him have everything that was in that bottle. He went down."
    The servicemen fled the bar, took their injured friend to the County Emergency Hospital and went back to the Kane Place tavern. They rounded up a dozen men and decided to go back Downtown and "clean up the Black Nite."
    "Wally said, 'OK, you guys have to get out of here, because God knows what is about to happen.' But we did not run from a fight. We did not run from nothing," said Josie. "And, wouldn’t you know it, those big ass mothers came back and just tore apart that bar, looking for little old me and my husband, because their buddy got beat up."
    Wally Whetham later reported that "this gang came in and started tearing the bar apart, and the bar fought back." Earlier that night, the servicemen had found a nearly empty bar and a 4-1 fight against the bouncer. This time, they found a packed bar of 75 patrons ready and willing to defend their turf by any means necessary.
    The battle didn’t last long, but it was intense: One patron suffered extreme lacerations when he was thrown through a broken window; another patron experienced a brain concussion when he was hit in the head with a barstool.

  • @alicedefrance4411
    @alicedefrance4411 2 роки тому +8

    Very important fact: Stonewall, it began because of two transgender women, and they were not white.

  • @sunnymagicalwinx
    @sunnymagicalwinx 2 роки тому +21

    Good work! But it’s actually 31 countries that have legalized same-sex marriage. Chile and Switzerland will enact it in 2022 but the law was enacted in 2021, and they’re already passing I believe. On average, 1.5 countries have legalized it per year.
    Making up about 1.2 billion of the population having access to marriage equality. Let’s hope the trend continues.

  • @silvertopaz509
    @silvertopaz509 2 роки тому +144

    Thank you so much for this information. Being a gay man and knowing our history as well as living though it. I'm very proud of all you do for our community. I'm a proud 67 year old gay man. Out at 13 to my family in Ohio and out to the world in 1973. Take care.

    • @greg77389
      @greg77389 2 роки тому

      Gays were not treated better in history.

    • @charadreemurr874
      @charadreemurr874 Рік тому +1

      Seeing older gay people that survived gives me hope every time.

  • @beefairy8620
    @beefairy8620 2 роки тому +22

    This made me incredibly happy, things fell fast but are coming back up even faster and it's incredible!

  • @samsharghy5042
    @samsharghy5042 2 роки тому +20

    This was mostly accurate except that 1. The first law to accept homosexual relationships was in the achaemenid empire at around 500 BCE
    And 2. Alexander the great was openly bi, so he would be the first person in a position of power to be openly LGBTQ+

  • @jeffreycauwels1974
    @jeffreycauwels1974 2 роки тому +16

    17:06
    When catching "the gay" was a lot scarier than it is now

    • @rosieg6989
      @rosieg6989 2 роки тому

      It is still terrifying now, but if you have money in the usa or live in a country with free/affordable healthcare it is at least possible to live with it.

  • @pondazen450
    @pondazen450 2 роки тому +57

    Funfact, Switzerland had a referendum (national voting) on the 26th of September 2021 and voted at 2/3 for marriage equality and it will come in effect on the 1st of July 2022

    • @taviiancu
      @taviiancu 2 роки тому

      well, one of the best countries just became a awful. Congrats Switzerland, may this mistake not be repeated

    • @redyeti34
      @redyeti34 2 роки тому +8

      @@taviiancu L + Ratio + Bigot + bad grammar

  • @ifyourehomophobicgojowillk5402
    @ifyourehomophobicgojowillk5402 2 роки тому +211

    These videos really encourage me . I'm still closeted and my parents are super religious ( my father is super homophobic) , but your all videos make me feel that I'm valid and proud for myself to be a part of LGBTQ. Thank you very much for your efforts.❤️🏳️‍🌈

    • @Demicleas
      @Demicleas 2 роки тому +17

      Just tell them if they hate you then they are hypocrites for you are not supposed to hate but forgive. I'm religious myself and trust me not telling them will just make them more entrenched in there ideals you must remind them that god loves all his children and that mistranslations of his word do not give them the right to peruscute anyone. Seriously if they don't love you for who you are then they arnt as religious or following gods teachings as they say they are even if they disown you and abandon you remember you have an entire community of people like you to look after you and other who will accept you may the lord bless you.

    • @crealupy
      @crealupy 2 роки тому +12

      If you are to tell in the future, make sure you research and find shelter, a friend's house, or somewhere safe and warm. Just incase they're THAT heavy on it, and kick you out. Pack a bag of necessities and cash. Find a place where you can support yourself, like get a job, so you can pay rent if you choose to live with someone. I'd encourage, not to tell until you can legally drive and get a job.

    • @ifyourehomophobicgojowillk5402
      @ifyourehomophobicgojowillk5402 2 роки тому +4

      @Demicleas I want to come out to them but I don't have enough courage and I'm also not financially stable(in case they kick me out). So I will study hard, then come out so that I can financially support myself .Thank you for giving me courage .

    • @ifyourehomophobicgojowillk5402
      @ifyourehomophobicgojowillk5402 2 роки тому +4

      @Rose Crealupy Thank you a lot for your advice. I don't think there are many people around me who will support me but i will try my best to support myself.

    • @crealupy
      @crealupy 2 роки тому +3

      @@ifyourehomophobicgojowillk5402 Please be careful. You may also need to form a faux relationship with someone of the opposite gender in the same situation as you to keep both of you safe. If they ever suspect you are.

  • @lesterabastillas9291
    @lesterabastillas9291 2 роки тому +5

    i lived in the UAE for 7 years, it was confusing, anyone can be gay, but you dont talk about, because if you do; you get jailed or worse, deported, or even worse: executed. So for a long time i didnt know that "gay" existed, i knew men can like men but i didnt understand, but now im in the UK where i see flags everywhere and it is just euphoric.

  • @carb_8781
    @carb_8781 2 роки тому +12

    the beginning of the video proved to me that humans are in their purest form inclusive and loving. power inequality causes most of our problems

  • @theaveragecomment1014
    @theaveragecomment1014 2 роки тому +10

    "In honour of the United Kingdom's LGBTQ History Month"
    *Happy British noises*

  • @alextapia2107
    @alextapia2107 Рік тому +4

    SPAIN 🇪🇸 legalized gay marriage = 2005
    That had a huge impact worldwide in Europe and in all Latin America including USA.

  • @mactalk2871
    @mactalk2871 2 роки тому +7

    im sorry but saying gay men were treated worse than jews is just wrong.

    • @SmashingCapital
      @SmashingCapital 2 роки тому +1

      ?

    • @PoweredByRainbows
      @PoweredByRainbows  2 роки тому +1

      I'm not saying Jews weren't treated poorly, please understand me. I'm saying - yes, of course Jews were treated terrible. But gay men were discriminated against by BOTH Nazis and Jewish prisoners in concentration camps. Then on the Allies side of the war, gay men were treated terribly there too. So while sure, the Jews had it bad - at least some people were on their side. For gay men, no one was on their side, not even the Jews.

    • @mirajoe1829
      @mirajoe1829 2 роки тому

      @@PoweredByRainbows am sorry that you have to respond to that Again and Again. I think3that you did well. 👋🏻

  • @jakubdojcar3117
    @jakubdojcar3117 2 роки тому +9

    As history student I can say that facts in video are relatable and can be considered as important moments. BUT. But I just have to say, that one thing in this video was a massive bullshit. That dumb graph. It's just so flawed. It makes no sense.
    1. You can't translate one or two specific facts into general graph as proof of maximal acceptance (according to graph). In that case every cave painting of heterosexual relationship woud mean exact opposite. Or it would mean that if I and my brother like some new movie, everybody in the world like that movie too.
    2. Graph is flawed in representing value of facts. Why legal marriage in ancient Rome is shown as maximal acceptance, while legal marriage in present day is shown as minimal acceptance.
    3. That type of graph is acumulative, which is good for things like bank account, but not for part of social system, that isn't exact. sociology at all isn't exact science = you can't translate sociology into pure numbers and equations.

  • @achromatopsic
    @achromatopsic 2 роки тому +30

    very nicely edited video! i learned some stuff i didn't even know! do you have a list of sources you use for your videos?

    • @PoweredByRainbows
      @PoweredByRainbows  2 роки тому +4

      Yes we do, all of our sources are listed in the description of each episode.

  • @lynnbethechange
    @lynnbethechange 2 роки тому +31

    Interesting. Although, many "first time...." sentences might be more accurate if "as far as we currently know" where added.

  • @robfrancis4364
    @robfrancis4364 2 роки тому +6

    aaah videos like these always make me emotional 😭 for so long, our community and its history has always been erased from history on paper, but now, with the advent of queer historians who make it their personal mission to reclaim our shared history as a community, i now have hope that maybe we can mitigate the damages done on our history after all 😭 keep up this good work!!!

  • @PirateQueen1720
    @PirateQueen1720 2 роки тому +9

    7:16 I do wonder about the "Trajan as first gay emperor" thing, given that the Ancient Greeks assumed men could be attracted to anyone. Though that would make people like Alexander the Great, who had a documented eunuch lover, two wives, and probably-longterm-male-partner Hephaestion bisexual by our definitions, so maybe that's the distinction? Though there was that Chinese emperor who gave rise to the term "cut sleeve" for gay people when he cut off the sleeve of his robe to avoid waking up his boyfriend, and people in the court apparently thought that was super cute and started imitating him!

  • @markmh835
    @markmh835 2 роки тому +5

    And so, just skipped over the ancient Greeks, where homosexuality was accepted and celebrated. Also, no mention at all of early Chinese and Indian societies where homosexuality was a common part of life -- right up to the level of the emperor.

  • @nikad6675
    @nikad6675 2 роки тому +19

    Thanks,now I'm sure that I'm normal,well in the past I was bullied because I was friends only with girls,but now I'm in college and I know that I'm bi and I'm sure I'm normal

  • @yellowtoad6803
    @yellowtoad6803 2 роки тому +2

    We don't learn this stuff in schools so thank you for your videos. :)

  • @kitebrethren
    @kitebrethren 2 роки тому +18

    This is very informative. It doesn’t really account for any homophobic cavemen, because how would we know if they were homophobic?

  • @marieladimitrova3129
    @marieladimitrova3129 2 роки тому +9

    If that was the kind of history we were learning at school that would of been my favorite subject

  • @ocsanik502
    @ocsanik502 2 роки тому +4

    19:09, there's something so funny to me about the sentence "gay pirates roamed the seas"

    • @lippu580
      @lippu580 3 місяці тому

      @ocsanik502 this is just ateez

  • @TheTabascodragon
    @TheTabascodragon 2 роки тому +5

    Random bi guy here. While the super ancient examples like the cave paintings and such are very significant and interesting because they confirm LGBT people existed back then, it's a bit of a stretch to draw the conclusion that the whole culture was heavily accepting of them. That's like historians and archeologists of the future finding evidence of LGBT people existing in our time period and assuming that everyone in our time period was heavily accepting too. I imagine it was probably nuanced and complicated back then just like nowadays. We'll probably never know definitively though, it is called prehistory for a reason after all. Otherwise, a well made and informative video.

  • @Yui-Chan9124
    @Yui-Chan9124 2 роки тому +5

    16:13 - Good to see a flag with the right color order (red at the bottom, violet at the top) like it is in the chakra system.

    • @danielcrafter9349
      @danielcrafter9349 2 роки тому

      ...the flag has literally nothing to do with the chakra system, tho
      Why you forcing your spirituality on the rest of us? Right way, indeed!

    • @Yui-Chan9124
      @Yui-Chan9124 2 роки тому

      @@danielcrafter9349 I am not forcing anything to anyone. It doesn't change the fact that the cabal is inverting/perverting basically everything and yes, I am a transwoman and I am able to question things!

  • @_chloehq_
    @_chloehq_ 2 роки тому +25

    learned so much about lgbt history in 20 mins than school will ever teach you

    • @taviiancu
      @taviiancu 2 роки тому +1

      why would they teach us thsi crap in schools?

    • @ramihearts
      @ramihearts 2 роки тому +5

      @@taviiancu because this crap is important.

    • @enauaae
      @enauaae 2 роки тому +1

      @@taviiancu try to learn basic English first. Btw look they are kissing 🥰🥰👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩💏👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨

  • @gh_stie
    @gh_stie 2 роки тому +10

    nice
    I just love that intro

  • @g4ppy491
    @g4ppy491 2 роки тому +1

    this made me really emotional tbh, thank you for it

  • @personareference3825
    @personareference3825 2 роки тому +9

    Really great and informative video! Keep up the good work

  • @theworstgamer5967
    @theworstgamer5967 2 роки тому +2

    Bro said Ronald Reagan was one of the worst presidents. I don't like him for his homophobia and his actions taken against drugs. But he wasn't one of the worst. That can go to Woodrow Wilson, Nixon, George W Bush, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden.

  • @turtle4llama
    @turtle4llama 2 роки тому +6

    " One of the worst presidents in history, Ronald Reagan"
    *subbed*

    • @greg77389
      @greg77389 2 роки тому +2

      Ronald Reagan was literally one of the best presidents in history.

  • @joshuadk13
    @joshuadk13 Рік тому +2

    Note: no “witches” were burned in the Salem witch trials, that was a European thing. Punishment in Salem was hanging or essentially stacking rocks on someone until they can’t breathe

  • @roboticbloxxer9427
    @roboticbloxxer9427 2 роки тому +7

    3:49 About Egypt, I just wanna say that they criminalized homosexuality in the year 2000.
    Many islamic countries have these laws, and Iran has to be the worst case of it all.

  • @NoNTr1v1aL
    @NoNTr1v1aL 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely amazing video! Subscribed.

  • @zenpie5093
    @zenpie5093 2 роки тому +8

    I just want to add about the Nazi time that 1. Lesbians could get send to concentration camps, wearing a black triangle and marked as antisocial.
    2. Even after the Nazi regime in Germany the law that made homosexual acts illegal wasn’t lifted. So people who were sent into jail by the Nazis still had to do their time even after Germany was in the hands of the Allies/ had their new democracy. The law remained up until 1994! (It had existed before too, but the Nazis added some parts and pushed actually imprisoning people for it)

    • @wannabecake1
      @wannabecake1 2 роки тому +1

      yea, this is true. But i don't know why he said homosexuals were treated the worst, becuase they were not.

    • @zenpie5093
      @zenpie5093 2 роки тому

      @@wannabecake1 from what I heard they were given the least amount of food and the most amount of physical work for some time. I don’t know what it looked like after the first few years when the Nazis got crueler and crueler though.

  • @OseaSeastar
    @OseaSeastar 2 місяці тому +1

    17:01 I did research on Aids and it's said that it began when a person ate chimpanzees that were infected with diseases. But I'm not 100 percent sure if thats the case, I'll have to do more research, and I'm completely open to anyone educating me if I got anything wrong!

  • @fredstercooney5497
    @fredstercooney5497 2 роки тому +9

    I've stopped after the stonewall inn part. As a massive history enjoyer and someone who considers themselves pretty informed on some of these topics I believe what you have brought up as a severe miscommunication of history. First off your timeline is completely wrong, for most of history in most of the population centers of the world (China and India) being a homosexual was a real crime, you could get killed or turned into a eunuch. and those cultures haven't really changed much since then besides the eunuch part. but you will still be shamed and essentially removed from society if you are found out as homosexual in the places of history where most of the people lived. And to that point everything you mention in this video is a completely westernized point of view. the ancient Assyrians which you have clearly never heard of since you cant pronounce their name for the life of you were a very tolerant society similar to the ottomans or Persians of the coming centuries. They are an outlier NOT the standard by any means. the same goes for the rest of the points. not only this but every time you bring up the bible you always say "we don't know why" in some form or another. the answer is simple. Gay people don't make kids. and if you notice the first change is after the fall of the roman empire when people were sparse and constantly raided, its a pretty simple deduction that can be brought up with a few google searches or reading any actual sources on the topic. In my opinion the graph should be much more like a line of absolute 0 for pretty much all of history and spiking up in the recent decades, its pretty much inconceivably that you think past societies were more opening to homosexuals. other than that I enjoyed the ww2 section of the video and found it pretty interesting as I myself am bisexual. have a good day and I hope I taught you something about something I love!!!

    • @Zpice
      @Zpice 2 роки тому

      This is more for the western sorta space, but otherwise yh fair point

    • @kaiyodei
      @kaiyodei 2 роки тому +1

      that is what people like to do on these issues. even to the point that they will say anti pedestery graffiti is homophobic graffiti

  • @lemurblue6041
    @lemurblue6041 2 роки тому +32

    Thank you so much for making this. LGBTQ+ eraser is far too rampant in our history lessons today.

  • @batata1976
    @batata1976 2 роки тому +41

    I don't know why but I started tearing up watching this, it's really incredible to hear out history, and what we as a community have accomplished in all these years :')

    • @brandonwilliams6221
      @brandonwilliams6221 2 роки тому +1

      You’ve accomplished being one of the worst groups of people on the planet for centuries. Congrats.

  • @rimtaud5951
    @rimtaud5951 2 роки тому +3

    Hi, I'm from Uruguay. I think we were the first ones in America (the continent) to recognise LGBTQ+ civil unions in 2008 and marriages in 2012, along with weed legalization, abortion and other nice things.
    Though I am heterosexual, I'm proud of every person that fights in order to make a difference and makes me truly happy all the positive things that are happening.
    We have to make sure to never repeat what other people did in the near past since there are A LOT of things we need to change in order to live in equity.
    Love knows no gender, color or faith!!!! Peace.

    • @Coccinelf
      @Coccinelf 2 роки тому

      No in Canada it was in 2005. And earlier than that for some provinces.

    • @rimtaud5951
      @rimtaud5951 2 роки тому

      @@Coccinelf oh thank you, I did not know.

  • @franksg2635
    @franksg2635 2 роки тому +52

    This video assumes that each example represents the whole of humanity at that date. Which is incorrect. Pro-LGBT and Anti-LGBT ideas were prevalent throughout the world in different cultures at almost all dates mentioned. This is incredibly Western focused when it comes to 1000 AD dates +
    Edit: The Stonewall Riots are not the most important day for LGBTQ+. There is an argument it is the most important for Western LGBTQ+ but to argue that it defined LGBT history is naïve and incorrect. Secondly, to compare it to pearl harbour or 9/11 is pretty bold.
    Another edit: To define Raegan as one of the worst presidents is only valuable on the view of LGBT and not other important issues.

    • @pen1505
      @pen1505 2 роки тому +11

      As you said about the graph, it also bothered me that it represents the word when it only focuses on precise places only.

    • @actualgoblin
      @actualgoblin 2 роки тому +6

      Nah, Raegan did a lot of horrible shit even disregarding how harmful he was to LGBT people

    • @redyeti34
      @redyeti34 2 роки тому +1

      I mean, the War on Drugs and Reaganomics quite literally ruined the US and the affects of his piss poor presidency has continued to kill people for decades and will continue to do so for decades to come, so I'd probably list Reagan pretty low lmao.

    • @donnieslabs
      @donnieslabs 10 місяців тому

      When it comes to Regan he failed everyone, by trying to alienate gays. So he may not be the worst president but he’s a contender because the safety of the people should always be top priority

  • @WildWuff
    @WildWuff 2 роки тому +5

    Very informative, glad I had this video recommended to me :)

  • @ChristianStran
    @ChristianStran 2 роки тому +2

    I love this so much. Wow. Going to share this with everyone!
    You mispronounced some of the words like Emperor Trajan “Tray-Jin” is like how most historians pronounce his name in English.
    Your work is incredible though! Really glad I watched this! Brilliant work :)

  • @smwish6010
    @smwish6010 2 роки тому +3

    1:50 - 2:02, dude, homosexuality did happen back then, we have records of it happening in the early Bible, that doesn't mean it was widely accepted back then, also that may have depicted men playing games together or hanging out, just because there are two men near each other does not mean they are supposed to be depicted as having gay intercourse. Also, if the majority of the world was gay and or "approved" being gay then the world population would be a hell of a lot less than it currently is, considering that there were only about 5 million people back then, if there was a large portion that were gay humans might not have existed today, being gay was an extreme minority of the population back then, and still is today.

    • @ckaybit
      @ckaybit 2 роки тому

      First part yes, second part no. You don't know that lol. Besides, your argument bases itself on the assumption that people turn gay. India was very accepting of lgbt before the brits came and they still had a big population.

    • @smwish6010
      @smwish6010 2 роки тому

      @@ckaybit dude i'm talking over 11,000 years ago, not 200, and also yes people turn gay, no one is born inherently gay, being gay comes from life experience and discovering you are who you are, and again, 11,600 years ago there were no "big populations" worldwide there were estimated to be about 5 million people. Like i said as well, being gay has ALWAYS been a minority of the population, and all major religions spanning all the way until current date say that being gay is either a sin or something you should not do or act as.

    • @noncatholiccatholicrat6309
      @noncatholiccatholicrat6309 2 роки тому +1

      @@smwish6010 Being gay doesn't come inherently from life expierence and "discovering who you are". Its so crazy how people like you can say a flat out opinion as if its a proven fact, especially with no further explanation, sources, or reason.

    • @smwish6010
      @smwish6010 2 роки тому

      @@noncatholiccatholicrat6309 nah I mean if you can tell me a legitimate case of someone being born gay with actual proof I'll believe you, but your saying this, watching and believing this video maker's bs so please don't get into "flat out opinion...with no further explanation..." - you

  • @KlavierGayming
    @KlavierGayming 2 роки тому +3

    kinda weird that its just "yea sure you can be gay." and then it just suddenly "HELL NAW THATS BAD AF WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT"

  • @Teddy_Bear81
    @Teddy_Bear81 2 роки тому +7

    I would have a 10/10 on history classes if I had you as the teacher

  • @donlimonesioyt9644
    @donlimonesioyt9644 3 місяці тому +1

    7:46 Visigoth kingdom of Toledo, SPAIN🇪🇸. It covered the whole Iberian peninsula and southern France. They’re descendants were the ones who kicked out the Muslim invaders in 1492, same year that the new world was discovered

  • @javieradorno2503
    @javieradorno2503 2 роки тому +5

    Plato’s philosophy on love was based on same sex relationships! And it was commonly accepted during his time that Achilles and Patroclus from the Iliad were lovers.

  • @BioluminescentTree
    @BioluminescentTree 2 роки тому +6

    Slavery has existed across cultures around the globe since the dawn of time, and still exists in a lot of places today, practiced then and now by non-white people. Black people were also sold by fellow black people in Africa to white colonizers. Furthermore, white people have been enslaved, both by fellow whites AND non-whites. Also: history cover-ups are absolutely not something exclusive to white people, and even a very basic knowledge of historical controversies among neighbouring countries all over the world would have you know that.
    The British Empire was literally the first State to completely outlaw the practice of slavery because it deemed it immoral. So if anything, a bunch of "straight white men" were the first in human history TO ABOLISH slavery.
    And what about the American Civil War, where countless "straight white men" died largely literally for the cause of abolishing slavery nationwide?
    I'm 1 (ONE) minute in and I had to stop as I'm already staggered by how utterly asinine the views spouted are. How am I supposed to take anything past this seriously? Is this level of idiotic, harmful, hateful and divisive misinformation considered acceptable infotainment in America?
    And just to prevent ad-hominem replies by barely literate commenters, I'm literally a gay non-white guy living in Europe. Try countering the facts that I've mentioned.

    • @saythealphabet776
      @saythealphabet776 2 роки тому +2

      I absolutely agree here. 'Straight white men" being used in the first few minutes shows that this video is absolute garbage.

  • @justyourlocalcommeterd1986
    @justyourlocalcommeterd1986 2 роки тому +10

    These are proud days for us folks

  • @copycatkids2576
    @copycatkids2576 2 роки тому +1

    Him:Gayborhoods. nobody: me:🎵Daniel Tigers Gayborhood(LOL)

  • @slothslothslothslothslothsloth

    they didnt actually burn people at the salem witch trials, they just hung them most of the time

  • @TomatoBlender
    @TomatoBlender 2 роки тому +20

    "LgBtQ+ iSnT aPaRt Of HiStOrY"
    Lgbtq+ history:

  • @rys_undr1328
    @rys_undr1328 2 роки тому +2

    I will start my degree in ancient history very soon and it baffles how much lgbtq+ history is completely ignored most of the time. Even with solid proof in certain instances historians still say that a big part of it is "unconfirmed" or "lack proof".
    It really frustrates me.

  • @anonimosu7425
    @anonimosu7425 2 роки тому +12

    Japan had male homosexuality (nannshoku) going since the yayoi first arrived, so much that it’s a punchline in historic drama.
    It’s associated with masculinity and warrior culture, so it’s quite different to the west. There’s sex, but no marriage. More so an entertainment partnership rather than modern homosexuality.
    Because of that association, during the early imperial years, nannshoku ran rampant in the military branches.
    As part of modernisation, Meiji government discouraged acts of homosexuality, but, since nannshoku is associated with masculinity, it’s a bit weird.
    Nannshoku was fully banned when people started hunting down boys for pleasure after the Russo-Japanese war, big oof there.
    In historical drama, or just random shows even, nannshoku influences can still be seen but often as punchlines rather than anything serious.
    Post-war Yakuza group members can sometimes have a non-binary motif, not sure about actual orientation.
    BL (boys love) content is currently around, very popular but only with female readership. Not so much anything girls love.

    • @Frenchfrys17
      @Frenchfrys17 2 роки тому

      You do realize Japanese homosexuality during the medival ages was largely pedophilic in nature?

    • @anonimosu7425
      @anonimosu7425 2 роки тому

      @@Frenchfrys17 compared to feudal europe it’s nothing.

    • @kaiyodei
      @kaiyodei 2 роки тому

      do people often forget context of the time and culture when they talk about these topics?

    • @anonimosu7425
      @anonimosu7425 2 роки тому

      @@kaiyodei yep.

    • @anonimosu7425
      @anonimosu7425 2 роки тому

      @@kaiyodei it’s like saying arquebuses were sniper rifles.

  • @EtamirTheDemiDeer
    @EtamirTheDemiDeer 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for making this. I finally accepted who I was back in 2020. I feel very in the dark about our history and was overwhelmed regarding where to start
    And thank you people in the comments for recommending further information!

  • @whomidity3953
    @whomidity3953 2 роки тому +5

    Oh sweet, I can make fun of homophobic comments
    Oh, by the way, if you reply to this in anyway shape or form, then you officially come out as gay and are single looking for a partner

  • @mattoneill1272
    @mattoneill1272 Рік тому +1

    great work here. Well done.

  • @Grammarsaurus
    @Grammarsaurus 2 роки тому +4

    Wow. Less than 15% of countries recognise us as equal human beings. It's better than 0, but it's still a horrible feeling!

  • @Pehz63
    @Pehz63 2 роки тому +1

    Why was the criminalization of sodomy 7:40 (which affected queers and straight cis people alike) rated as almost 3 times worse for LGBT acceptance than castrating all gay men 5:11?

  • @EllyCatfox
    @EllyCatfox 2 роки тому +6

    We need another Stonewall Riot, honestly. Maybe not an actual riot, but like, get out and make those talking heads out there know we mean business.

    • @kaiyodei
      @kaiyodei 2 роки тому

      maybe when the aromatic asexuals throw their weight around they will be accepted and lgbtqp people will stop saying things to them they would never tolerate being told to them(mentaly ill, get your hormones checked, asking if they were abused, being told they haven't met the right person yet, how do you know if you haven't tried it, "shut up about your lifestyle, nobody cares"

  • @PinkSpaceDinosaur
    @PinkSpaceDinosaur 2 роки тому +1

    I thought the “straight white men bad” bit was satire but damn little did I know I’m a homophobic nazi. My bad

  • @pinkou6806
    @pinkou6806 2 роки тому +3

    Some mfs really think there's no gay people in history

  • @baedyo4629
    @baedyo4629 2 роки тому +1

    as a bisexual living in a country that is mostly homophobic I am so exhausted because of the homophobics and their excuses only for their religions

  • @thesamo-finnicviking6435
    @thesamo-finnicviking6435 2 роки тому +5

    I think it's a bit insincere to have that graph
    also the vikings thought that it was only wrong to be homosexual if you where a bottom
    edit: This is clearly a simplification but still

    • @alsatusmd1A13
      @alsatusmd1A13 2 роки тому

      …that is if you were doing things with the anus, which they probably didn’t take too kindly to when it was by other than two men either. Just goes to show you that if anti-LGBTQ+ never really existed, we wouldn’t be misrepresenting our history so badly.

  • @lambdamax2455
    @lambdamax2455 2 роки тому +1

    Aside from learning gay histories, I believe learning all kinds of history is important. Thank you so much for this