Ludicrous H0Mθ fantasy

Although to be fair they were always at it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Greece

Men of ancient Greece and Rome didn't define themselves by a sex act. There was no "gay" or "straight". They had sex with whoever they wanted. Yeah, Alexander had both male and female lovers. It's documented.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BALLS TO USE A WORD IN CORRECT FORM...DON'T USE IT AT ALL.

You're correct, he wasn't gay. He was bisexual.

I thought the Oliver Stone film was a bit too all over the place and weirdly focused on a gay angle. So I was excited about this new portrayal. But just 9 minutes in and we're already seeing Alexander snuggling up with Hephaestion, holding hands with him, having romantic makeout sessions on the beach, caressing each other's ripped bodies, etc. Clearly, yet again, it's another cringe excuse to paint him as a gay icon.

All we know about those two, really, was that they were close friends and Alexander was extremely sad when the guy died. While gay acts MAY have been a norm during these times (debatable), there's no evidence it was a norm in the way they keep portraying it; like some LGBTQ+ utopia or something, where lubby-dubby gay couples were accepted and everywhere. It was just occasional pederasty, where the sub was usually a young boy/man (who probably reminded them of girls in a society where girls were kept constantly away); not their military generals and equals. And penetration was frowned upon. Almost like in prison (assuming most prison b*tches were underage), you were only looked down on if you were the sub. If anything, it was more of a pedo utopia than a gay one.

That aside, even if it were this paradise for gay love, there's little to suggest Alexander was "gay" himself. We know he had sex with women, we know he married several women, we know he had a child with a woman, and we know that he mentioned being attracted to women.

The evidence he was gay/bi? Well, he was sad that his childhood friend who he loved died and he made a big deal out of it (people jump to conclusions about Achilles and Patroclus for similar reasons). Also, it was once noted in one fragmented quote from an ancient historian that Alexander was "excessively keen on boys" and he was once (allegedly) goaded into kissing a Persian eunuch named Bagoas. That's pretty much it that I can recall. And, from this, it's somehow been concluded that he was basically Lance Bass with a military.

Did you expect something else from Netflix, the Gay Network?