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BALBOA'S DOGS ATTACKING A GROUP OF PANAMAIAN SODOMITES1920 |
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'This apparent and intrinsic relationship between homosexual relations and their religious activity was deeply troubling to the Spanish conquerors. It added to their beliefs that the natives were devils, and it caused an even stronger gap to separate the two groups. Because sodomy was present in the religious realm of the natives.' view.academic.reed.edu/.../MeganL/berdache_web.html |
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DEBRY 1C1920 |
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And in each important temple or house of worship, they have a man or two, or more, depending on the idol, who go dressed in women's attire from the time they are children, and speak like them, and in manner, dress, and everything else they imitate women. |
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DEBRY 4C1920 |
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MASSACRE OF THE INCA DYNASTY 'It is true that, as a general thing among the mountaineers and the coastal dwellers [Yungas], the devil has introduced his vice under the pretense of sanctity. academic.reed.edu/.../MeganL/berdache_web.html |
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HERMAPHPRODITES AS LABOURERS1920 |
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... With them especially the chiefs and headmen have carnal, foul intercourse on feast days and holidays, almost like a religious rite and ceremony (Trexler, 107). |
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DEBRY 111920 |
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. . primary sources from these early years do want us to believe that, even as children, native Americans were introduced to homosexual behavior, presumably anal penetration but perhaps fellation as well, and usually in conjunction with their assumption of female clothing (Trexler, 88-9). |
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DEBRY 12C1920 |
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'The domestic berdache was a projection of military actions, in which young vanquished were taken. Domestically, while enjoying the boys themselves and benefiting from the protection they afforded, some caciques made them available to others in exchange for some price or service, even as they certainly used other men's dependents as 'payment' for various services' (Trexler, 95). |