Going to original source material, can you actually prove that the Spartan military tolerated homosexuality?
I ask because when the movie "Alexander" came out, there was a great effort to suggest that Alexander practiced homosexuality.
What became evident was that there was only conjecture supporting that opinion.
Now, I don't know the answer to this question. I am curious, though, for the actual support undergirding the opinion that the Spartan military practiced homosexuality. For all I know they did.
But I'd like to see the proof.
They did tolerate homosexuality, probably. It was a widely accepted practice in Greece. I don't think it was as common as some make it out to be, though. Also, I suspect the pederasty was also largely an upper-class thing, at least in the other Greek cities.
And historical accounts suggest that Alexander probably was bi-sexual. He fell in love with Roxanne and was married, however. Additionally, he was Macedonian, not Spartan. Although one of his senior generals (who was his father's senior general before him) was Spartan. Parmenion.