I quite enjoy the description of gifts and mutual affection, but nothing in this article is new or surprising -- not sure if I'm more familiar than the average

I quite enjoy the description of gifts and mutual affection, but nothing in this article is new or surprising -- not sure if I'm more familiar than the average reader with queer history or everybody will feel the same. It's in general quite astonishing to see how different the view of homosexual relationship is and has been over different cultures. It's not just a binary acceptable/not acceptable difference, but homosexuality has had a different social role in different societies in a way that is difficult to imagine today.