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In the untry that first legalised gay marriage, the Dutch crown prcs has the right to marry a person of any genr whout givg up her right to the throne, the prime mister said on Tuday.

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5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY

Many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. * gay european monarchs *

But while the Netherlands, which 2001 beme the first untry to legalize gay marriage, has paved the wave for a queer royal to officially wear the crown, LGBTQ people have long been dog so unofficially. (The term “cut sleeve” remaed a Che phemism for male homosexualy for centuri. The liph’s sexualy has been the source of some bate: Acrdg to the French medievalist Évariste Lévi-Provençal, the phrase “hubb al-walad, ” found 16th-century historian Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari’s pendium "Nafh at-Tib" reference to Al-Hakam II, translat as a “preference for boys, ” though other scholars mata refers to paternal Medieval Europe scholar Francis Prado-Vilar wrote that knowledge of Al-Hakam’s homosexualy the urt of Córdoba “enuraged the ambns of the factns gathered around his much younger brother, Prce al-Mughira.

”“In his youth his lov seem to have been entirely homosexual, ” queer studi scholar Louis Crompton wrote “Male Love and Islamic Law Arab Spa. Young as “​​the most proment homosexual figure the early morn perd. )“To the shock of many urtiers, the pair were monstratively affectnate to each other public, spe Jam’ var proclamatns agast homosexualy, ” Daniel Smh wrote “Love Letters of Kgs and Queens.

GUS WHO'S THE FIRST EUROPEAN ROYAL TO POSE FOR A GAY MAGAZE?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 23, 2015/2:07 PMBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 23, 2015 / 2:07 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GUS WHO'S THE FIRST EUROPEAN ROYAL TO POSE FOR A GAY MAGAZE?","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-01-23T19:07:07.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-01-23T19:07:07.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A EUROPEAN MONARCH HAS POSED FOR THE VER OF A GAY MAGAZE FOR THE FIRST TIME HISTORY. ALAS, 'S NOT PRCE HARRY (HE'S PRETTY FAR DOWN THE WDSOR FOOD CHA)—'S KG FELIPE VI OF SPA, WHO TOOK THE THRONE JUNE 2014 AFTER HIS FATHER, JUAN CARLOS I, STEPPED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KG FELIPE BEAMS OM THE VER OF THE JANUARY ISSUE OF RAGAP, A GAY MAGAZE SPA, BUT 'S NOT A G OUT STORY: THE HANDSOME ROYAL IS HAPPILY HETEROSEXUAL. HE'S JT AN ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF LGBT EQUALY AND THE FIGHT AGAST HIV/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: MISS SPA COM OUT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIPE WAS BORN 1968, AT THE TAIL END OF FRAN'S REGIME, AN ERA MARKED BY REPRSN AND HOMOPHOBIA. NOW, HOWEVER, SPA HAS ONE OF EUROPE'S MOST VIBRANT GAY MUNI AND LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BACK 2005. PATRICIA YURENA, WHO REPRENTED SPA AT THE MISS UNIVERSE NTT 2013, ME OUT AS A LBIAN LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT DAYS AFTER HIS RONATN, FACT, FELIPE AND WIFE QUEEN LETIZIA MET WH REPRENTATIV OM LGBT GROUPS AS ONE OF THEIR FIRST PUBLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: SEXY ITALIAN TOURISTS "TERRORIZG" {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE KG AND QUEEN RECEIVED ON THEIR FIRST WEEK ON THE JOB," SAID NATNAL FERATN OF LGBTS PRINT BOTI GARCíA AT THE TIME, "WHILE THE PUTY PRIME MISTER DID NOT EVEN RETURN OUR LLS ON THE TWO OCSNS WE REQUTED A MEETG WH HER,”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FELIPE LLED PARTICIPANTS "THE IMAGE OF SOLIDARY SPA.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}READ THE FULL RAGAP ARTICLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Could an openly gay queen or kg le the Uned Kgdom? * gay european monarchs *

Frerick the Great of Pssia (1712 - 1786)Even his lifetime, this Pssian royal was wily mored to be a homosexual, though that term wouldn’t be ed till nearly 90 years after his years after the kg’s ath, his physician Johann Ge Rter von Zimmermann published a book which he sperately tried to dispel gossip Frerick had a “Grecian taste love.

And rather than let that secret out, Frerick pretend to be gay, “so that he would ntue to appear virile and pable of sexual terurse, albe wh men. But he did ltle to obscure his sexualy: Sanssouci, his palace Potsdam, was filled wh homoerotic art and, across Europe, “l Potsdamists” beme slang for kg allegedly pursued the Veian philosopher Franc Algarotti and even famed French philosopher Voltaire, who lived wh him at Sanssouci, though ’s not certa if eher relatnship was Voltaire’s ath 1778, a mancript of his memoir tailg Frerick’s homosexual tennci tail was stolen and published the Netherlands.

”The archde spent the rt of his life secln at Klsheim Palace near Salzburg, where he died at the age of 76 1919, three years after his brother’s ath and one year after the Atro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved after the end of World War II of Buganda (1868 - 1903)Discsn of Uganda’s treatment of homosexualy ually settl on Print Yoweri Meveni’s “Kill the Gays” bill, but this 19th century kabaka, or kg, of Buganda allegedly had sexual relatnships wh men along wh his 16 1886, Mwanga II orred the btal torture and aths of dozens of urtiers and pag, wh many burned alive. “I hear there was homosexualy Mwanga’s palace, ” Meveni told a crowd of thoands on Martyr Day 2010, the Atlantic reported. The Queen’s beme the first member of the Brish royal fay to e out as gay after revealg he is datg Jam Coyle.

LOVE IS LOVE: GAY MARRIAGE POSSIBLE FOR DUTCH MONARCH

The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. * gay european monarchs *

Openly homosexual, Kg Louis XIV’s younger brother also enjoyed drsg women’s cloth. It is known om his diary, private letters, and other survivg personal documents, that he had strong homosexual sir. This is the only se Roman history where a named dividual male is stated as homosexual.

Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil is an openly gay Indian prce who ns The Lakshya Tst. However, there is very ltle proof to substantiate the claims, wh Kg Henry crimalisg gay sex the Buggery Act of 1533.

‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

The rights of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people have taken centre stage ahead of Spa's July 23 natnal electn. * gay european monarchs *

Manvendra Sgh Gohil beme the first openly gay prce the world when he me out 2006. Queen Elizabeth's Lord Ivar Mountbatten me out as gay  September 2016.

Philippe I, the De of Orléans, was known and often cricized for drsg women's clothg and his homosexualy was monly acknowledged. " While the terms gay, queer, or even bisexual were rarely directly ed to scribe the royal, his relatnships wh men were well-documented. Philippe later married Prcs Palate Elizabeth Charlotte, who slept separate bedchambers and was generally fivg of what she lled "the Italian vice, " a lloquial term for homosexualy that era.

In the untry that first legalized gay marriage, the Dutch crown prcs has the right to marry a person of any genr whout givg up her right to the throne, the Prime Mister of the Netherlands said on Tuday. * gay european monarchs *

Shortly after he took the throne followg the abditn of his father Kg Victor Emmanuel III, Umberto was outed the prs as homosexual. Acrdg to World of Wonr, he also told an Italian newspaper that gay clubs like the Flamgo were among his favore plac to spend time and equently partied on Fire Island, a known lotn for the LGBTQ+ muny to e together.

Lord Ivar Mountbatten is the first extend member of the Brish royal fay to e out as gay. Lord Ivar Mountbatten, who is related to both Queen Elizabeth and her late hband Prce Philip, married his partner Jam Coyle 2018 two years after g out publicly as gay.

Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil publicly me out an terview to a lol newspaper 2006, beg the first openly gay royal the untry. He was 41 at the 2018, homosexualy was illegal India unr a lonial era law that mand up to life imprisonment for anyone mtg sexual acts "agast the orr of nature.

For much of history, LGBTQ+ royalty need to hi their inti. Even though some societi embraced homosexualy, most refed to accept a gay ... * gay european monarchs *

Today, Gohil is fightg to outlaw gay nversn therapy India and fight the stigma agast the LGBTQ muny the untry.

Centuri before homosexualy was ma legal between nsentg adults 1967, the ‘love that dare not speak s name’ was viewed as a s England, particularly by the church, and technilly punishable by ath. It is not surprisg that many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. Known as ‘Ruf’ due to his ddy plexn and red hair, the third son of William the Conqueror beme Kg of England 1087 and is assumed to have been gay or bisexual.

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The fourth son of Henry II, he is also believed to have been homosexual spe marryg Berengaria of Navarre.

A European monarch has posed for the ver of a gay magaze for the first time history. Alas, 's not Prce Harry (he's pretty far down the Wdsor food cha)—'s Kg Felipe VI of Spa, who took the throne June 2014 after his father, Juan Carlos I, stepped Felipe beams om the ver of the January issue of Ragap, a gay magaze Spa, but 's not a g out story: The handsome royal is happily heterosexual.

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