spartans, who were notorious for their penchant for buggery, fared pretty well in life-and-death struggles.
Not because they were gay. It’s pretty much accepted that, in combat, you don’t fight for cause and country, you fight for the people in your unit.
To be certain, they did. However, they were more the masculine type, and would likely pound most of these modern-day fairies into the ground.
That being said, let's see, how's Sparta doing as a world power these days?