The Future President’s Secret Operation: How Franklin Roosevelt Spent a Million Dollars on a Hunt for Gay Men in the Navy
…to rid the U.S. Navy in Newport, Rhode Island, of ‘cocksuckers and rectum receivers.’
Law
An Ancient Punishment for Adultery – Inserting Fish and Radish into the Anus (Rhaphanidosis)
What we know about it and how it surfaces in literature – from Aristophanes to Juvenal.
The Earliest Laws in History Against Same-Sex Relations – Assyria in the Twelfth Century BCE
But perhaps the text was concerned above all with sexual violence and the protection of male status.
Sex Reassignment in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Comprehensive Overview
How it became possible, what Islamic law says, and the statistics on surgeries.
Male Same-Sex Intercourse in Iran After the Islamic Revolution: Criminal Law and Prosecution Statistics
According to documented cases, between 100 and 241 executions; some estimates put the figure as high as 6,000.
The Gay Romance Option in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2: Are Same-Sex Relationships Possible in 15th-Century Bohemia? Reviewing the Historical Record
Historical Accuracy or Creative License?
Did Swedes Really Take Sick Leave for Homosexuality to Protest or Get Out of Work?
What really happened?
Homosexuality in the 18th-Century Russian Empire — Homophobic Laws Borrowed From Europe and How They Were Enforced
From Peter the Great to Alexander I.
Grigory Teplov and the Sodomy Case in 18th-Century Russia
Nine serfs accuse their master of rape.
Homosexuality in Ancient and Medieval Russia
Same-sex relationships and how they were viewed from Kievan Rus to Peter the Great.
