Homosexuality & Civilization

An archive of poetry, pictures, history, and quotes dedicated to queer individuals before the year 1900.

The title is an homage to a book by Louis Crompton, but the blog will contain content expressing all forms of sexuality and gender identity.

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Diana Leaving Her Bath. Francois Boucher, 1742.

Diana Leaving Her Bath. Francois Boucher, 1742.

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    I love these paintings. These kinds of women were seen as beautiful back then. Not so much now. I look like these women....
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