Judgement aside. Historical societies were actually far more open to embracing same-sex relationship. Male same-sex culture was generally held with relative decency in quite a few pre-modern civilisations.

A go-to read for a quick, insightful historical account of homosexuality across various major cultures – the ancient Roman-Greco Era, the Medieval Europe, Renaissance, and the Enlightenment Age, coupled with the Chinese and Japanese civilizations, alongside the Indian-Hindu and Arab-Islamic communities.