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Cyberia-- Sharpen your pencils, girls and boys! It's time for the gay quiz.
1) Around 1050, St. Peter Damian coined the word "sodomy." He believed it was caused by:
a) the mental illnesses of old age.
b) unbridled lust.
c) the devil acting through man.
d) childhood masturbation.
2) In which of these cities have historians not identified 18th Century sodomitical subcultures?
a) Utrecht
b) London
c) Philadelphia
d) Paris
3) How many American colonies had death penalty statutes for sodomy before the American Revolution?
a) 10 out of 13
b) 11 out of 13
c) 12 out of 13
d) all of them
It you fear you're failing the test, it's time to browse over to www.gayhistory.com, a web site with both fascinating close-ups of homosexuality's trees and nice vistas of the forest. The site is the work of Andrew Wikholm,
an anthropologist who, after getting married in his 20s, decided that his "childhood obsession with Tarzan was more than a fluke." Gayhistory.com serves up its learned wisdom on the theory that "if people know more about gays
and our history, they will find it harder to hate." Oh, and the answers? Unbridled lust, Philadelphia, and all of 'em.
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