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King Edward II of England, a homosexual, was claimed by some contemporary accounts to have been executed by having a heated poker shoved up his rectum, though this account has been disputed by many historians.<ref>https://thehistoryvault.co.uk/the-mystery-of-edward-iis-death/</ref> | King Edward II of England, a homosexual, was claimed by some contemporary accounts to have been executed by having a heated poker shoved up his rectum, though this account has been disputed by many historians.<ref>https://thehistoryvault.co.uk/the-mystery-of-edward-iis-death/</ref> | ||
One particularly barbaric method of execution, Impalement, widespread throughout the Ottoman Empire in particular, typically involved shoving a sharpened stake up a man's rectum through his body to exit out of the shoulder, with the stake typically being inserted in the vagina in the case of women.<ref>https://emadion.it/en/tortures/the-excruciating-torture-of-impalement/</ref> | |||
== Homophobia == | == Homophobia == |
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