TY - BOOK AU - Naphy,William G. TI - Born to be gay: a history of homosexuality SN - 0752429175 AV - HQ76.25 .N3 2004 U1 - 306.7/66/09 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Stroud PB - Tempus KW - Homosexuality KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-281) and index; Prologue: putting people in pigeonholes -- Before Sodom and Gomorrah (pre-1300 BCE): 'Joined in life, joined in death' -- The birth of homophobia (1300-100 BCE): 'They must be put to death' -- Classical civilisations and the birth of Christianity (100 BCE-600 CE): 'Every woman's husband and every man's wife' -- Closing minds (600 CE-1550): 'The Amir wants to see what I look like when I'm sodomised' -- Spreading Christian 'values' (1550-1800): 'Because the white people thought it was evil' -- Colonising minds (1800-2000): 'They had grown from childhood in their own natural way' -- Conclusion: rediscovering diversity ER -