Shocking Top 10 GAY Friendly Civilizations Across History

Why These Were History's Most GAY-Friendly Civilizations 🩷 Want to support my content? Click the 'Thanks' button below this video to leave a direct tip, or join my membership and support me with a coffee each month! Queer History's Most Accepting Civilizations, RANKED Everyone names ancient Greece. Almost no one names the islands that did it better. Long before the modern world worked itself into a panic, civilizations on every inhabited continent built room for same-sex love and for genders beyond two — in temples, in poetry, on the battlefield, at the imperial court. And then, again and again, the same visitor arrived to tear it all down. A Roman emperor who turned his lover into a god. Gender-crossing priests who blessed kings in ancient Iraq. A Zuni ambassador who charmed a US President. Bestselling samurai love stories. Hawaiian chiefs who kept male companions without a flicker of shame. And one empire so brutal it executed people for it — proof there was never a single "ancient" attitude at all. 🔔 Subscribe for more hidden history. From the temples of Inanna to the beaches of pre-contact Hawaii, this is a countdown through the ten civilizations that accepted queer life most openly — what they actually allowed, where the "golden age" myth breaks down, and why so much of today's hostility turns out to be a colonial import rather than an ancient truth. — 📚 Sources and further reading: Kenneth Dover — "Greek Homosexuality" (Harvard University Press, 1978) Bret Hinsch — "Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in China" (University of California Press, 1990) Gary Leupp — "Male Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan" (University of California Press, 1995) Ruth Vanita & Saleem Kidwai (eds.) — "Same-Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History" (St. Martin's Press, 2000) Khaled El-Rouayheb — "Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World, 1500–1800" (University of Chicago Press, 2005) The Conversation — "In ancient Mesopotamia, gender-diverse people held positions of power" The Canadian Encyclopedia — "Two-Spirit"; Encyclopædia Britannica — "Hijra" #QueerHistory #LGBTHistory #AncientHistory #TwoSpirit #Hijra #SamuraiHistory #Polynesia #HiddenHistory #PrideHistory #Documentary Thanks for watching! 🩷 Want to support my content? Click the 'Thanks' button below this video to leave a direct tip, or join my membership and support me with a coffee each month! 🤝 For brand deals and business inquiries, email me at: [email protected]. Recommended videos: 1️⃣ https://youtu.be/D8ywE6Hd4Y0 2️⃣ https://youtu.be/9dsoI-meYA0 3️⃣ https://youtu.be/_1V9UAeg0dY © This video is created for educational and informational purposes only. Any copyrighted material is used under fair use for the purpose of commentary, explanation, and analysis as permitted by copyright law. All rights remain with their respective owners. For copyright concerns, please contact: [email protected].