Same-Sex Civil Unions in Medieval Europe?

According to historian Allan Tulchin, "Gay" Civil Unions Were Sanctioned in Medieval Europe.
ieval Europe, a historian now says.

Historical evidence, including legal documents and gravesites, can be interpreted as supporting the prevalence of homosexual relationships hundreds of years ago, said Allan Tulchin of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.

If accurate, the results indicate socially sanctioned same-sex unions are nothing new, nor were they taboo in the past.