Hugh Young
Compiler of “Ngā Ingoa o Aotearoa: An oral dictionary of Māori placenames” http://ingoa.maori.nz Kaitautoko kaha ki te reo Māori, obviously.
Long-term (26 y) intactivist, I maintain The Intactivism Pages http://www.circumstitions.com)
Human rights, LGBTI+ rights, gay history, classical music, words, an old cis gay Pākehā male, he/him/ia
Header image. Pukerua Bay after sunset, with Kāpiti Island in the distance.
Avatar: Hugh Young in 2022, tinted with the blue and yellow of Ukraine.
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Cake day: November 19th, 2022
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“The concept of homosexuality as a distinct sexual orientation or distinct kind of behavior did not exist.”
Hell, it didn’t exist until the late 19th century. It had been demonised, then it was pathologised through the first half of the 20th century.
Even your term “LGBTQI-like” tends to impose our thinking on it. They were who they were and they did what they did, and maybe things like honour, virtue, valour and status were more salient than sex and gender to them.