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In the early days of Ancient Greece, queer love was celebrated. The most famous warrior in antiquity loved another man, the poet whose lyrics were memorised by philosophers and kings sang of her desire for women. Men could swear oaths of undying love and live out the rest of their lives together in peace. What fragments survive of this ancient world all tell us one thing: it was not a sin to be queer.
In this episode of the podcast, historian Harry Tanner uncovers the origins of homophobia in the West, following the traces of this sinister idea as it swept across the ancient Mediterranean. Harry reveals how inequality, fear, and an obsession with self-control are the repeated crises which drive societies to turn on their queer citizens, time and time again, since the dawn of history. Harry also turns to how we can move forward and resist homophobia in the future.
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