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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. 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. ”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal.
John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron.
GAY LIBERATN FRANCE: A HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF FILM, 1968-1983
Durg von Stben’s lifetime, the ncept of gay marriage, gay pri or g out was unthkable and there was no language or open culture of homosexualy.
But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri.