Outness and public knowledge: The idea of being "out" as we understand it today is an even newer concept. So the idea of a "gay" person, as you describe would only apply to fairly recent times (and is also a primarily western concept.)Ģ. That is to say that people did not see the gender of their sex partners as a factor in their identity. Historically, homosexuality was something someone did, not something they were. Gayness as identity: Something I talk about a lot on this sub is the newness of the concept of homosexuality as an identity. This is a difficult question to answer for a couple reasons.ġ. Previous AMAs | Previous Roundtables Featuresįeature posts are posted weekly. May 25th | Panel AMA with /r/AskBibleScholars Please Subscribe to our Google Calendar for Upcoming AMAs and Events To nominate someone else as a Quality Contributor, message the mods. Our flaired users have detailed knowledge of their historical specialty and a proven record of excellent contributions to /r/AskHistorians. Please Read and Understand the Rules Before Contributing.
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Underwood told Roberts that he did love Rudolph but wishes he could have "been courageous enough to fix myself before I broke anybody else." In 2019, Underwood started dating Cassie Rudolph from his season of "The Bachelor," and the pair broke things off in 2020 after Rudolph filed and then dropped a restraining order against the reality star. Underwood said there were even moments he had suicidal thoughts prior to coming out. He explained he's known since he was a teenager but prayed he would be straight. And the next step in all of this was sort of letting people know." And I came to terms with that earlier this year and have been processing it. I've hated myself for a long time," Underwood said on the show. Underwood came out to Robin Roberts on "Good Morning America" in April after previously denying his sexuality to the public.