Valley Fe Park Talk Foc on Gay Revolutnary War General | Lower Province, PA Patch

Contents:

• THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
• VALLEY FE PARK TALK FOC ON GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR GENERAL
• FRIEDRICH VON STBEN: THE OPENLY GAY WAR HERO WHO WHIPPED THE CONTENTAL ARMY INTO SHAPE
• HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERAL
• THE GAY GENERAL WHO SAVED THE US REVOLUTN
• INSI THE LIFE OF THE US REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS ALSO REVOLUTNARY AND FLAMBOYANTLY GAY
• HISTORY MA HONORG OPENLY GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO

THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY

In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters.

VALLEY FE PARK TALK FOC ON GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR GENERAL

Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime.

FRIEDRICH VON STBEN: THE OPENLY GAY WAR HERO WHO WHIPPED THE CONTENTAL ARMY INTO SHAPE

”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal. John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron. Durg von Stben’s lifetime, the ncept of gay marriage, gay pri or g out was unthkable and there was no language or open culture of homosexualy.

But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. We n state why he might be spected of beg gay, but aga, to suggt that he might be out as you know, as blatant has to be he has to be uched properly. In other words, we don't have enough of a enough of an accurate termology to e or enough of a shared termology for all of as a group to get together, or for strangers to e together ont of a monument and jt hear a term like he's a gay general.

HISTORY’S GREATT GAY GENERAL

I thk both you have, and I, well, sort of a ristance to a very easy label like the "gay general.

THE GAY GENERAL WHO SAVED THE US REVOLUTN

In other words, von Stben is beg lled the "gay general, " part to to talk about why queer people today should have rights and should be able to serve the army. So that if a reference was ma to the fact that others have referred to him as the "gay general, " other words, that's another way of dog then. And so, you know, sometim, rather than focg on you the more physil aspects of the particular relatnships, whether be hetero or whether be heterosexual or homosexual, the general foc should be stead on how they exprs their affectn towards one another and love for one another.

While von Stben for years may have been regnizable for that very reason, he has also been embraced recent time by members of the LGBTQ muny for a different aspect of his inty – his beg openly gay durg a time when sexualy was not discsed. Durg the prentatn, atten will get to learn about the “gay man who saved the Amerin Revolutn, ” the Park Service’s prs release stat.

INSI THE LIFE OF THE US REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS ALSO REVOLUTNARY AND FLAMBOYANTLY GAY

” The article stat that historians believe he was an openly gay man durg a time when sex between men was a punishable crime. It was enacted by Print Bill Clton 1993, as a way of “liftg” the ban on homosexual service members that was put place after World War II.

HISTORY MA HONORG OPENLY GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO

Walker and North lived wh him, along wh another Revolutnary War veteran, John Mulligan, who was also thought to be gay. In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters same-sex enunters.