Actually, in the grand spectrum of 10,000 years of recorded human history, homosexuality is relatively new, only being in use for about 200 years. In this I speak of the word, not the act. :)
I'm not sure when the actual word was invented, but I think its been in use since the 1830s.
And you're right about homosexuality only being attributed to effeminate white men (myself being one). John Amaechi said that when he came out, an elderly white woman came up to him and said something along the lines of, "I didn't know black people could be gay..."
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Date: 2008-02-17 06:08 pm (UTC)I'm not sure when the actual word was invented, but I think its been in use since the 1830s.
And you're right about homosexuality only being attributed to effeminate white men (myself being one). John Amaechi said that when he came out, an elderly white woman came up to him and said something along the lines of, "I didn't know black people could be gay..."