Gays Among the Royals

Contents:

• WAS OMAN'S LATE SULTAN THE 'ONLY GAY MONARCH' THE WORLD AND WHY DO PEOPLE CARE?
• WAS OMAN’S LATE SULTAN THE ‘ONLY GAY MONARCH’ THE WORLD AND WHY DO PEOPLE CARE?
• GAYS AMONG THE ROYALS

WAS OMAN'S LATE SULTAN THE 'ONLY GAY MONARCH' THE WORLD AND WHY DO PEOPLE CARE?

He died unmarried, whout an heir and, spe long-standg mours that he was gay, homosexualy Oman remas illegal and n be punished wh a jail sentence of up to 3yrs. He was gay and had no children...

Over the last 40 years, mors claimed that the Sultan was leadg an openly gay life, whout g out publicly. ) the only gay monarch the world. Even though many onle mentators scribe the Omani Sultan's sexual inty as an 'open secret', homosexualy remas illegal the nservative gulf Sultanate and is punishable by law.

WAS OMAN’S LATE SULTAN THE ‘ONLY GAY MONARCH’ THE WORLD AND WHY DO PEOPLE CARE?

Are you gay? Unr Sultan Qaboos, gay people went straight to jail (ironilly ahem).

GAYS AMONG THE ROYALS

Some activists argued that the Sultan's sexualy should have phed him to e out publicly, as his wealth and polil power uld have helped efforts to crimalize homosexual relatnships the Middle East.

Even though many onle mentators scribe the Omani Sultan’s sexual inty as an ‘open secret’, homosexualy remas illegal the nservative gulf Sultanate and is punishable by law. He told a Gujarati daily newspaper about his sexualy 2006, makg him the first openly gay morn monarch the world — but then his fay quickly disowned him.

Style was at the fore of the Prce’s life and he later published two books about fashn and terr sign: The Power Look 1978 and a follow-up, The Power Look at Home: Deratg for Men, 1980.Von Fürstenberg had a well-known fondns for gay nightlife. But far more explosively, he also claimed to have wnsed a promisg homosexual enunter between a senr royal ai and a member of the royal fay.