Trompe-la-MortĪppears in a total of five novels of Balzac's La Comédie humaine, two are cameo appearances often considered the first openly homosexual character in French literature. In this novel, Basil has a 'repressed homosexuality' while Dorian has his own ambivalence, meeting with male prostitutes, even proposing to Sybil Vane in an attempt to suppress his homosexual feelings. Ī Marriage Below Zero is considered to be the first English-language gay-themed novel. Jack is a male prostitute for other men, and also crossdresses Sins is one of the earliest pieces of English-language pornography to explicitly and near-exclusively concern homosexuality. Teleny and de Grieux engage in a passionate sexual/romantic affair Teleny is one of the earliest pieces of English-language pornography to explicitly and near-exclusively concern homosexuality.
