The Mattachine Society drew large amounts of support for the first time in 1952, when it supported and defended a gay gentleman, as well as a founder of the group, Dale Jennings, against charges for lewd and dissolute behavior. ... This was the first time an American court was forced to make a distinction between homosexual behavior and illegal behavior. ...
Xavier Maine, the author of "The Intersexes: A History of Similisexualism as a Problem in Social Life-, which was published privately in Italy, lists "New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, St. ... It is completely foreign to me to wish to regard such people as less valuable, less moral, or incapable of noble sentiments and behavior . ... Sex intercourse with minors and extravagantly homosexual mannerisms and dress were specifically condemned.9 The Society's insistence on high standards of behavior and morality was met with the objection that homosexuals should not be expected to behav...
Homosexuals (gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, and transgendered - or quite simply, gays) vary in age, emotional maturity, social status, personality, and many other ways. ... That doesn't mean people should give in to it; No matter how homosexuals live - no matter how monogamous or how loving or how religious - they are living in sin because heterosexuality is the only acceptable form of sexuality . ... Sodom has become so identified with homosexuality that laws banning same-sex behavior are called sodomy laws. ...
