BC 57 - AD 918 ~ KOREA: Hyekong the 36th king of the Shilla dynasty was described as 'a man by appearance but a woman by nature'.
AD 8th century ~ KOREA: Myojung, a very young Buddhist monk was loved and sought after by several male aristocrats, and even by a Chinese Emperor from the Tang dynasty
1436 ~ KOREA: Choson dynasty: Sejong, the 4th Choson ruler, convened a
meeting of his to discuss the rumors that his daughter-in-law had been
sleeping with her maidservant.
17th century ~ KOREA: In folklore there are many stories about male
homosexuals, including the hwarang (flower boy) of the Yi dynasty.
Islam, the last of the great world cultures to emerge, was a contradiction with regard to homosexuality. On one hand, The Qur’an condemned homosexuality unequivocally. And on the other, Muslim societies showed a great deal of tolerance toward men who loved men. Although Muhammad, writer of The Qur'an, condemned homosexual sex, his version of paradise included "seductive young boys as well as houris (maidens)."