New study shows Chinese tolerance for homosexuality over thousands of years. Chinese sociologist Pan Guangdan has documented acceptance of same-sex relationships in China going back thousands of years, suggesting that tolerance for LGBTs may be coming full circle in the People’s Republic of China. Pan made the discovery while translating the 1933 Havelock Ellis book Psychology of Sex from English into Chinese. Ellis was the first person to author a medical textbook on homosexuality and the book inspired Pan to see what evidence there was for homosexuality in Chinese historical documents. The China Daily reports that Pan found plenty of evidence that the ancient Chinese were well aware of same-sex relationships, with many couples living quite openly.
The earliest mention Pan found was in chronicles from the Shang Dynasty (1600 BC-1046 BC) where sex between men and youths was one of ten criminal acts that court officials could be punished for. Instead the man decided to let the official ‘hug him from behind.’ 14 Steps That Will Evolve Your Views On Gay Marriage. An Essay on Gay Equality by Jonathan Bannon Maher. An Essay on Gay Equality by Jonathan Bannon Maher Maine Senate floor reading by sponsor of marriage equality bill immediately before marriage equality passed: This essay was sent through postal mail to each of 535 members of Congress, 9 Supreme Court Justices, 50 governors, the President and the President-Elect, and there after to the leadership at the Department of Defense and nearly every member of every state legislature, causing the legislative marriage equality victories in the United States (I didn't have the time or desire to self-promote so others stepped in to claim credit) and catalyzing the successful vote to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell.
When trade smiths, farmers, teachers and clergy sailed west on boats from Europe with their families in the early 1600s, they sought to leave behind oppression in favor of opportunity and freedom. I am gay, but at 27, marriage is not necessarily the first thing on my mind as I write this. 1) Family. 2) Nature. 3) Religion. Responses. Famous Gay People. November 2009. I, Beloved Boyd, am a Gay Mormon Boy and everything I say here is the truth to the best of my knowledge: After coming out to Hayden I had a solid month of first experiences. A world was opened up to me and I looked at it from a view I had never before seen. I felt like Alice, who had fallen through the rabbit hole or peered into the looking glass only to discover that the world I was living in was rather queer.
The first if these was my first date. I had been on dates with girls before, but this was the first real date. You see before I was officially moved to the friend zone, before I was told about Neil and Hayden's deep feelings for him, I had the opportunity to go out on a date with Hayden. When I finally got Hayden to agree to go out with me on an official date, I was so excited. We sat down and had a good dinner and talked and then went and watched “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” When we got back to the apartment I was flying high, Hayden wasn't. End of Part 1. My Ex-Gay Friend. Ricky Martin Issues Statement Against Homophobia | VivirLatino. Ricky Martin has issued a statement speaking out against homophobia.
Author and activist Larry La Fountain-Stokes, author of Queer Ricans, posted this story in English and Spanish. Martin writes: Well, when we believe in peace, there is simply no room for complacency. The murders of James Byrd, Matthew Shepard, Jorge Steven Lopez, Marcelo Lucero, Luis Ramirez and countless others who were victims of violent “hate crimes” should be completely unacceptable to every human being; because we’re all human beings.
Las muertes de James Byrd, como la de Matthew Shepard, Jorge Steven López, Marcelo Lucero y Luis Ramírez, entre tantas otras víctimas de crímenes violentos “de odio” deben ser inaceptables para todos los seres humanos; porque todos somos seres humanos. I have to say that I agree with Martin’s deconstruction of the term “tolerance.” The Science of Gaydar - New Research on Everything From Voice Pitch to Hair Whorl -- New York Magazine. As a presence in the world—a body hanging from a subway strap or pressed into an elevator, a figure crossing the street—I am neither markedly masculine nor notably effeminate. Nor am I typically perceived as androgynous, not in my uniform of Diesels and boots, not even when I was younger and favored dangling earrings and bright Jack Purcells.
But most people immediately read me (correctly) as gay. It takes only a glance to make my truth obvious. I know this from strangers who find gay people offensive enough to elicit a remark—catcalls from cab windows, to use a recent example—as well as from countless casual social engagements in which people easily assume my orientation, no sensitive gaydar necessary. I’m not so much out-of-the-closet as “self-evident,” to use Quentin Crisp’s phrase, although being of a younger generation, I can’t subscribe to his belief that it is a kind of disfigurement requiring lavender hair rinse. The official homo thread.