gay parades in antiquity

[eugene]

Were there gay parades in Antiquity?

[Epictetus]

Elaborate, please.

[Jona Lendering]

Were there gay parades in Antiquity?

For a Gay Parade, you need to recognize a homosexual identity. People must label themselves as gay or lesbian. To the best of my knowledge, this never happened. The ancients would have said, I think, that acts, not people were homosexual. That people could have preferences was recognized, but not to the extent that it became a person's identity.

[Tarbicus]

No parades, but same-sex marriages were around.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/R ... o/62*.html

While Nero had Sporus, the eunuch, as a wife, one of his associates in Rome, who had made a study of philosophy, on being asked whether the marriage and cohabitation in question met with his approval, replied: "You do well, Caesar, to seek the company of such wives. Would that your father had had the same ambition and had lived with a similar consort!" — indicating that if this had been the case, Nero would not have been born, and the state would now be free of great evils.

http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/marti ... book12.htm

XLII. ON CALLISTRATUS AND AFER.
The bearded Callistratus has been taken in marriage by the lusty Afer, in the same way as a virgin is usually taken in marriage by her husband. The torches shone forth, the flame-coloured veil concealed the bride's countenance, and the language heard at bridals was not wanting. Even the dowry was settled. Does not this seem yet enough to you, Rome? Do you expect that the bride should present the spouse with pledges of affection?

More here, including a reference by Cicero to a same-sex wedding, which I'm having trouble finding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_o ... x_marriage

[Rumo]

On Roman same-sex marriage ceremonies read this.

[caiusbeerquitius]

Were there gay parades in Antiquity?

Well, there were Greek Army Parades, no?

*ducks-and-runs-away*

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Were there gay parades in Antiquity?

Well, there were Greek Army Parades, no?

*ducks-and-runs-away*

Throws lots of heavy objects at him as he runs away!