Which of the following is true of people who were part of the gay subculture in late-nineteenth-century American cities?
A) They usually faced little or no discrimination from the larger community.
B) There is no evidence that such people ever formed lasting relationships with same-sex partners.
C) They were labeled as "homosexuals" and faced laws specifically designed to deny them employment and housing.
D) They were usually categorized by their actions rather than by their sexual partners.

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In the late-nineteenth-century American cities, the concept of homosexuality as an identity was not as prevalent as it is today. People were more often categorized and judged based on their actions rather than the gender of their sexual partners. This period predates the widespread use of the term "homosexual" to categorize people based on their sexual orientation, and societal attitudes towards same-sex relationships were more focused on behavior than on identity.

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