Tony McMahon vtigat whether the Knights Templar were gay as has often been alleged bee sodomy was mentned at their trials
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TEMPLARS AND SODOMY – WERE THE KNIGHTS REALLY GAY?
I have been asked on several ocsns whether the Knights Templar were gay. One er got que irate when I sisted you uldn’t classify the Templars as a medieval LGBT anisatn – though that’s not to say some of the knights weren’t gay. Homosexual love is as old as humany but LGBT inty as we unrstand today is que morn.
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So – why this associatn between the Knights Templar and homosexualy? So what were the accatns levelled agast the Templars that gave rise to the ia many were gay?
Ithier of Rochefort unr torture admted to “obscene” kiss and “the cement to homosexualy”. Ralph of Granville had homosexualy “enjoed upon him” via the ual kiss. When alg wh other heri, the church and s quisn often saw homosexualy as a symptom of hery.
Addg homosexualy to the mix was a given. Templars, homosexualy and s. If you were gay the Middle Ag, then jog a brotherhood of some scriptn was a good way to avoid that faiar and annoyg qutn at fay gathergs:.