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Giovanni di Giovanni

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<p>Many of us discuss matters of gay persecution today, but I was reading about one poor prick from several hundred years ago called Giovanni di Giovanni.</p>
<p>He lived in Florence, in Italy, and was charged and convicted of being a bottom to a large number of men and labelled "a public and notorious passive sodomite".</p>
<p>His punishment was to be castrated (eekk!) and a red hot iron shoved up his backside!</p>
<p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_di_Giovanni</p>

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10 years ago

Yeowch!!! I'm sitting here cross legged now and believe me... that's not easy for me!! hahaha

10 years ago

lol "poor prick", haven't heard that one; sort of an oxymoron. England's Edward II met supposedly the same fate in 1327. It was suggested he was seeing Piers Gaveston on the side. His queen, Isabella, (Mel Gibson's love interest in Braveheart) plotted with her lover Roger Mortimer and had Edward thrown in prison; his son Edward III took over and dealt with those two later. It's now regarded as a more romanticized version. Edward II was said to have been killed while in prison by the insertion of a red hot poker in the you know where. Modern historians suggest he died of starvation.

10 years ago

What impresses and amazes me about this is that during the Dark Ages you could, apparently, have an active gay sex life. Aspects of history are fascinating! ...(sorry for any offence caused by using the word 'prick')

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10 years ago

Just a cultural note: In Amerika, a prick is not a term of endearment. A prick is the other side of an asshole, someone you don't like. Anyway, this guy was brave way beyond his time. I hear they still do similar things to homosexuals in the radical Islamic world. Glad I live in the English speaking world, although even here you can still be tortured and murdered by marauding homophobes.

10 years ago

This was in 1365 but I think it is relevant today to show how cruel and evil homophobes can be.