Obviously this is not exclusive to the West and other cultures during the same periods were likely intolerant as well. However, it seems like every time the subject of homosexuality in non-Western cultures gets brought up, be it in Native Americans, Middle Eastern sultanates, African tribal customs, or even Southeast Asian kingdoms, those societies are far more tolerant, or at least nuanced, in their treatment of men having sex with other men, only for those customs and traditions to be forcibly removed upon contact with the West.

Am I completely off here or was the Western world really much more intolerant toward homosexual behaviors than their contemporaries elsewhere? Is there a particular reason or reasons why they were so much less tolerant?