This say sketch the velopment of the morn French gay movement relatn to s polil ntext, particular to the French Socialist Party. The thor argu that s curvilear velopment the movement started very mostly the 1950s, spread wh small, radil left-wg circl …
Contents:
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- FROM REVOLUTN TO VOLUTN: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE GAY MOVEMENT FRANCE
- GAY LIBERATN FRANCE: A HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF FILM, 1968-1983
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
* gay french revolutionary *
Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary. In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters.
But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story.
FROM REVOLUTN TO VOLUTN: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE GAY MOVEMENT FRANCE
Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime.
GAY LIBERATN FRANCE: A HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF FILM, 1968-1983
He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy. But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers.