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This gay tortoise is older than the word “homosexual” (lemmynsfw.com)
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[–] [email protected] 110 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And "The first known public appearance of the term homosexual in print is found in an 1869 German pamphlet."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology_of_homosexuality

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which is 36 years after this guy hatched