Homosexuality in the Empire

Homosexuality in The Empire and records of such stretch back to the Second Wolf Palatinate, and it is postulated that it has been taking place undocumented during the First Wolf Palatinate. Atyaism has taken both positive and negative views on homosexuality, and scholars in particular have analyzed the behavior of the Apostle András the Enlightened, who wrote within the Epistles of András of his unrequited affection towards Apostle Aiasz the Disciplined. This has began disputations within several sects as to the sexuality of András, who has since been viewed by the Northern Atyaic Orthodox Church as the diety of homosexual love.

During the Second Wolf Palatinate, records indicated that often homoseuxal behavior was coterminus with warriors and warrior society. While the two are not mutually exclusive, records dating back before the Extinction of the Wolves indicated that certain units originating from the Eastern Palatinate comprised of Szerető-Harcosok (Imperial Standard: Lover-Warriors). Homosexual acts within the Northern Palatinate were on the opposite side of the spectrum, outright outlawing homosexuality with the punishment of ritualized bloodletting that was practiced as a punishment by Northern wolves known as Megszentelés (Santification).

During the Proto-Imperial Era, opinions on homosexuality varied from tribe to tribe. Within the Imperial South among all Hegyhát tribes, male-on-male homosexuality was legal while female-on-female homosexuality was punishable by death due to Hegyhát matriarchy. Within the Imperial South, Hegyhát warriors and matriarchs often owned one or more male szolgák or servants. Most areas within the Imperial Central, the Imperial East and the Imperial North were generally tolerant of both forms of homosexuality, with the exception being the Ároktő tribes, which illegalized both forms of homosexuality. Sivatag tribes have had varying views on homosexuality, while within the Imperial West most tribes did not illegalize but stigmatized homosexuality.

Since the Unification of the Empire, the Imperial Constitution makes no mention of homosexuality. Subsequent amendments, specifically the 7th Garancia in the Tizenöt Garancia legalized homosexual behavior across the Empire with the exception of female-on-female homosexuality within the Imperial South due to overarching political conflicts with Hegyhát matriarchy. The exception provided to the 7th Garancia does not allow the Hegyhát to continue their pracrice of capital punishment, instead now using banishment. This exception also applies to the Sivatag tribes due to their location in the Imperial South, regardless of the tribe's original views.