Homosexuality in pre-Columbian Peru

Some evidence for homosexual behavior in pre-Columbian Peru has survived since the Spanish conquest of Peru in the form of erotic ceramics (Spanish: huacos eróticos). Same-sex relationships are also described in accounts of Catholic Missionaries in the 16th century. Such pottery originated from several ancient civilizations of Peru, the most famous of these being the Moche, Recuay, and Chimu cultures. The ceramics often served a religious function as funeral offerings until they were exhumed from graves and destroyed by Spanish conquistadors. Aymara and Quechua speaking peoples in Peru today do not have a unified stance on same sex relationships. Their communities are influenced in varying degrees by the legacies of the Incan and Spanish empires, which legally condemned sexual relationships between men.

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