After reading the script, the Greek government decided to let the film be released. There were riots and protests against it. Alexander the Great was too masculine, too good a commander, too heroic and important to Greek history to be bisexual, the protesters argued (Esfandiari). Queer erasure, the act of changing a historical figure's sexuality from a textbook or censoring them in other ways, has been very harmful to the LGBTQ+ community and significantly hindered their fight for acceptance. The existence of sexualities other than the "straight" one has been known and understood since the beginning of human history. From BC to modern times, humans have known about the existence of sexual acts and same-sex relationships. In ancient Greece there is documentation of homosexuality being accepted by society. In ancient India, China, Japan and Persia, homosexuality was recognized and tolerated, if not accepted. It was only when Christianity began to spread that the natural destruction of the values ​​of these ancient cultures culminated, and the medieval period brought an attitude of intolerance towards all cultures influenced by Christian values ​​(Crompton 150). In the Renaissance, rigid social attitudes loosened somewhat with the advent of humanism, a revival of Greco-Roman ideology, but quickly fell back into intolerance (Crompton 389). The 17th and 18th centuries were no more accepting than the medieval period, with figures such as Thomas Jefferson suggesting a punishment of “castration” for a homosexual man and, for a homosexual woman, “[…] cutting the cartilage of her nose a hole at least half an inch in diameter” (Papers 2:492-504). The punishment he suggested was never written into law, but at least it was... half of the paper... UP, 1961. 34-38. 1779-1781. Founders Online, National Archives. Network. May 19, 2014.Jefferson, Thomas. Papers 2:492-504. 1778. The Founders' Constitution. Network. May 20. 2014Johnson, Ramon. "The most famous (gay?) leaders in history." About.com Gay Life. About.com. Network. May 17, 2014. .MacDonogh, Giles. Frederick the Great: a life in facts and letters. New York: St. Martin's, 2000. Print.Morello, Carol. “Acceptance of gays in society varies widely.” Washington Post. The Washington Post, June 4, 2013. Web. May 21, 2014. Spielvogel, Jackson J. Western Civilization. New York: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2009. Print.Vasiljevic, Vera. "Embracing His Double: Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep." Academia.edu. Accademia, 2008. Web. 20 May 2014. .