Homo History

I find it most sobering to wonder over homosexuality through the ages. Perhaps it’s the historian in me coming out (pun not intended), or maybe it’s because looking at the history of secrecy and persecution, I can relate fully with lesbians hundreds of years ago.

Stories of homosexuality in history are somewhat scarce. Those that there are, are usually biased. It would be easy to imagine that lesbianism just didn’t exist, but it would be daft to say it never did. In the world of the time though, people faced persecution, they were condition to believe it was something horrible. In many cases, did women even really know what a lesbian was?

Sometimes I reckon I have it quite hard. Being trapped in a closet, Yet, I am lucky, I live in a relatively liberal society where there are really no laws to stop me being who I am. I can in theory associate freely. I can attend a clubs and pubs and pride events and be open about who and what I am. I can publish my thoughts in a blog.

It makes me wonder, if I didn’t know what a lesbian was, would I still be who I am? I think I would be. At age 14 it dawned on me that I was attracted to a woman who was attracted to woman. She was a lesbian. That made me a lesbian too.