“There was nothing abnormal about it when homosexuality was the norm.”

—  Marcel Proust, book In Search of Lost Time

Il n'y avait pas d'anormaux quand l'homosexualité était la norme.
Pt. I
In Search of Lost Time, Remembrance of Things Past (1913-1927), Vol. IV: Cities of the Plain (1921-1922)

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