One of the reasons we’re able to unrstand, wh such vivid knowledge, what life was like durg WW1 is thanks to some great poetry. But did you know some of the most famo war poets were revere gay, bi and queer?
Contents:
- BRA’S GAY WAR POETS
- IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS
- THE FOTTEN GAY SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
- DO ASK, DO TELL: POETRY LLECTN ABOUT U.S. SOLDIER WS GAY LERARY AWARD
- THE UNTOLD GAY HISTORY OF BRA’S FIRST WORLD WAR POETS REVEALED
BRA’S GAY WAR POETS
Poems & More for LGBTQ Pri Month - June is Pri Month, an annual celebratn memoratg the 1969 Stonewall Rts, which took place New York Cy and lnched the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer rights movement the Uned Stat. Pri Month is also a time to honor the many ntributns of LGBTQ dividuals. Explore the rich tradn of LGBTQ poets and poetry through a showse of d, vio, poetry, and prose. * gay soldier poem *
Bra’s Gay War Poets. But many of the ft poems of the Great War—cludg “Anthem for Doomed Youth” and “Dulce et Dem Est”—might not exist were not for the pivotal bond between two gay men who were the era’s ft war poets: Siegied Sassoon and Wiled Owen.
IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS
Soldiers reprentg the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny virtually celebrated Pri Month Thursday * gay soldier poem *
Explore the rich tradn of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and queer poets and poetry by browsg a selectn of poems & d.
Bt LGBTQ Poems1 I Sg the Body Electric by Walt Whman2 A Lany for Survival by Audre Lor3 Poem about My Rights by June Jordan4 The Aureole by Nikky Fney5 What Kd of Tim Are The by Adrienne Rich6 One Girl by Sappho7 A Lady by Amy Lowell8 Homosexualy by Frank O’Hara9 The Lyric In a Time of War by Eloise Kle Healy10 Who Said It Was Simple by Audre Lor11 FAQS. Homosexualy by Frank O’Hara.
‘Homosexualy’ scrib the act of g out as gay through the metaphor of an actor takg off his mask.
THE FOTTEN GAY SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
They make g out and livg as a gay man or woman a much harr task than needs to be.
DO ASK, DO TELL: POETRY LLECTN ABOUT U.S. SOLDIER WS GAY LERARY AWARD
Letters between gay men are credibly rare bee they were almost always stroyed. Letters between a gay civilian and a soldier?
THE UNTOLD GAY HISTORY OF BRA’S FIRST WORLD WAR POETS REVEALED
This is an credibly rare photograph of a gay soldier and a man Paris durg World War II. Homosexualy was illegal at that time, and beg ught the army as a gay man was so much worse. If he was found out, was likely that he would serve time prison, or even get shot by a homophobic soldier, and left for ad.
Two gay soldiers relaxg together uniform.