Upvote. For anyone else wanting more context, this is an ok starting point: https://www.artofmanliness.com/people/relationships/the-history-and-nature-of-man-f

Upvote. For anyone else wanting more context, this is an ok starting point: https://www.artofmanliness.com/people/relationships/the-history-and-nature-of-man-friendships/ https://www.artofmanliness.com/people/relationships/the-hist... (but note that the side of the story from inside the gay community is yet another matter, as niom hints at) Basically, before most people knew that "gay" was a thing, there was much less pressure on men to be performatively straight.