loving*blackness

love, in excess.

while the *spirit* of this is awesome and yay! and all that good stuff, it is important to recognize that the “gay” identity is a recent (and very western) historical concept. while these two men may very well have had an intimate and perhaps sexual relationship, we don’t know if they would have identified as “gay” as we understand it today…that’s a significant distinction to keep in mind. pervertsofcolor: did-you-kno: Source Ancient Queer POC FTW!

while the *spirit* of this is awesome and yay! and all that good stuff, it is important to recognize that the “gay” identity is a recent (and very western) historical concept. while these two men may very well have had an intimate and perhaps sexual relationship, we don’t know if they would have identified as “gay” as we understand it today…that’s a significant distinction to keep in mind.

pervertsofcolor:

did-you-kno:

Source

Ancient Queer POC FTW!

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