The sexualy of Kg Jam VI of Stland & I of England has been long bated by historians. He is long held as an example of an openly gay kg paradg his lovers for all the urt to see. Meanwhile, his passnate love letters to his ‘male favour’ are held up by those who disagree…
Contents:
- QUEER KGS & QUEENS: WAS JAM I & VI GAY?
- A RSIAN REALY TV SHOW LLED 'I'M NOT GAY' MAK 8 NTTANTS GUS WHICH IS GAY — AND 'S HOSTED BY A RIGHT-WG POLICIAN
QUEER KGS & QUEENS: WAS JAM I & VI GAY?
At the same time, is easier for Cudjo to sistep any accatns of beg gay bee he has the other markers of stereotypil masculy (like wrtlg prows and strength) to fend him om any ridicule, while Quey do not.
For even potentially beg gay, Quey is separated not only om his bt iend but also om his society as a whole, teachg him a harsh lson about the expectatns placed on him as a man. The societal expectatns that Quey feels about beg gay then affect his feelgs about takg part the slave tra: he to expect that self-loathg is a normal part of life, and that one is expected to overe that kd of weakns.
Quey’s chapter revolv around his personaly, and the narrator reveals Quey’s homosexualy. Quey do not explicly or verbally exprs his emotns, but they are apparent externally, which suggts that Quey feels self-nsc about his inty sce homosexualy is stigmatized society. Quey reprents an anomaly om Akan people, one who mt hi his te sir and homosexualy to ensure that his love will be prerved.
A RSIAN REALY TV SHOW LLED 'I'M NOT GAY' MAK 8 NTTANTS GUS WHICH IS GAY — AND 'S HOSTED BY A RIGHT-WG POLICIAN
He is long held as an example of an openly gay kg paradg his lovers for all the urt to see. Acceptg that he was gay, however, ntribut to the trend of erasg bisexual people history. This would seem to be evince enough that Jam uldn’t possibly have been volved homosexual relatns, but rts heavily on the assumptn that a relatnship between two men trsilly volved perative sex.
Regardls of whether you nsir Jam I & VI gay, bisexual, or anythg on the LGBTQ+ rabow, the double standard when lookg at his ncrete relatnships wh men vers a potential reference to Anne Murray is obv. Quey's chapter is the only one the book that als directly wh homosexualy. Homosexualy clearly had no place Akan society, where powerful men often took multiple wiv, and women were seen as f to marry as soon as they menstated.