Historical gay couples

Throughout history, same-sex couples have fallen in and out of love and experienced joy and heartbreak, just like anyone else. For anyone who can't get enough of vintage love stories, here are

Khnumhotep & Niankhkhnum The manicurists Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are claimed by some scholars to be the first same-sex couple in recorded history. They were both personal attendants of the king Niuserre of the 5th Dynasty of Egypt during the period of the Old Kingdom (c. BCE).