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In addition, Ahmad al-Tifashi wrote a collection of stories, known as A Promenade of the Hearts, which included some poems on homosexual and lesbian themes. One man protested that if male affairs were legitimized, then lesbianism would soon be condoned as well, an unthinkable notion. The question of Christina, Queen of Sweden's sexuality has been debated, but her relationships with women were noted during her lifetime. For women to be mesollelot [women rubbing genitals against each other] with one another is forbidden, as this is the practice of Egypt, which we were warned against: "Like the practice of the land of Egypt . In the Eastern Bloc, although there were no standard laws regarding discrimination against gays and lesbians, self-expression was discouraged as it encouraged people toward actions that were outside the accepted norms of a harmonious socialist society.
There was allegedly a lesbian relationship between Anne, Queen of Great Britain and her courtier Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham.The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century saw the flourishing of " Boston marriages" in New England.
The Sunday Club would not gain official sanction and the ability to register as an organization until 1990. that lesbian marriages were performed in the Roman imperial period," but the mere fact that it exists and survives is remarkable.Phaedrus attempts to explain lesbianism through a myth of his own making: Prometheus, coming home drunk from a party, had mistakenly exchanged the genitals of some women and some men. Workforce Diversity: The Stonewall Inn, National Historic Landmark National Register Number: 99000562". The Debate Between Heterosexual Feminism and Political Lesbianism" [130] with the Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group. In the medieval Arab world, lesbianism [note 3] was considered to be caused by heat generated in a woman's labia, which could be alleviated by friction against another woman's genitalia.