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British Museum connects 11,000 years of LGBTQ history
And you thought it was just a phase...
The British Museum will showcase its historic links to the LGBTQ community in a new exhibition featuring relics going back 11,000 years.
At the centre of the show is the Ain Sakhri pebble, the world’s oldest known depiction of a couple of unknown gender having sex. The stone is an 11,000 year old carved calcite pebble which was found in caves near Bethlehem.
The British Museum said the stone possibly depicts gay sex, as...
