703: sodomy and buggery Nov 10, 2016
Those
familiar with the Western canon, or otherwise familiar with any one of
the three Abrahamic religions would likely be familiar with the story of
Sodom and Gomorrah. First, from the story in Genesis, the cities were
associated with impenitence and sin, but then over time, people began to
associate the homosexual tendencies as written in Genesis 19:1-11.
Thence, 'sodomy' as we know it today was adopted into English through
Latin. This is not the only derogatory term, however, for gay-sex to
derive from a place-name. 'Buggery', which people mostly know from the
exclamation, 'bugger', has been used as both an insult and in legal
contexts in England. This word comes from the Latin, 'Bulgarus' meaning
'Bulgarian', due to association with the Bogomils accused of sodomy.
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