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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.
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.
FROM REVOLUTN TO VOLUTN: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE GAY MOVEMENT FRANCE
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. 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.
GAY LIBERATN FRANCE: A HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS OF FILM, 1968-1983
But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. The legalizatn of homosexual acts between two nsentg adults me as part of the French Penal Co of 1791, durg the French Revolutn.