Homophobia in the 1800's or earlier

With the spread of the plague, the spread of gay aversion started. The start of homophobia is documented to be all the way back in the Middle Ages. Britannica explains that the reason for this is because of the blossoming religious times, paving the way for Christianity and Islam. These religions have scriptures, such as "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination" (Leviticus 18:22), that are taken by the followers of said religions as a statement that homosexuality is a sin. Christianity and homophobia is still a heated debate topic today, as some people describe the scripture as something other than a rule to not engage in homoerotic relationships.

Fast forwarding to the 1800's, where famous political figure Alexander Hamilton took his final breath, homophobic activity was still raging, and many people sought to find an explanation for why a person would date a person of their own sex. William James thought up a, then logical, deduction that homosexuality was against a man's true instincts, and was caused by environmental factors and ritual practice in more accepting areas. William James also concluded that he found more men being openly gay than women, which is a piece of his research that brought him to his simple thesis. The 1800's may have also been where the stereotype of gay men being attracted to minors started, and it spread like wildfire. In the 1900's, these thoughts and beliefs continued and forwarded themselves into propaganda and other PSAs declaring homosexuals unsafe and a danger to children and teens.