Homosexuality has been a feature of human culture since earliest history (see History section below). The first known appearance of homosexual in print is found in an 1869 German pamphlet by the Austrian-born novelist Karl-Maria Kertbeny, published anonymously. Gay and lesbian are the most common alternatives. Pejorative terms include queer, faggot, fairy, poof, and homo. Conversely, gay, a word originally embraced by homosexual men and women as a positive, affirmative term (as in gay liberation and gay rights), has come into widespread pejorative use among young people. In cultures under the sway of Abrahamic religions, the law and the church established sodomy as a transgression against divine law, a "crime against nature" practiced by choice, and subject to severe penalties, including capital punishment—often inflicted by means of fire so as to purify the unholy action. Richard von Krafft-Ebing's 1886 book Psychopathia Sexualis.

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