Ronnie Kray, the vlent gangster who led London's East End durg the late Fifti and Sixti, shocked his olr brother Charlie by admtg his homosexualy and goad his tw brother Reg to experimentg wh gay sex, a new bgraphy reveals.
Contents:
- GANGSTER TWS RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY 'HAD SECRET GAY SEX WH EACH OTHER'
- GAY HISTORY: RONNIE KRAY – “THE QUEEN MOTHER”.
- 'THE KRAY TWS WERE BOTH GAY' CLAIMS FREDDIE FOREMAN, EX-ENFORCER FOR THE FIRM
GANGSTER TWS RONNIE AND REGGIE KRAY 'HAD SECRET GAY SEX WH EACH OTHER'
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Ronnie Kray, the vlent gangster who led London's East End durg the late Fifti and Sixti, shocked his olr brother Charlie by admtg his homosexualy and goad his tw brother Reg to experimentg wh gay sex, a new bgraphy O'Leary, thor of A Man Among Men and a childhood iend of the Krays, says Ronnie summoned him to Broadmoor Hospal eight weeks before he died. 'Ron discsed his homosexualy wh only a very few people, but put simply was a part of his nature he disvered, explored and enjoyed, ' O'Leary said.
The tws' rceratn tensified media attentn and did nothg to prevent Ronnie's homosexual activy. 'I am certa that Ronnie had lovers si prison, ' O'Leary died of a heart attack Broadmoor, the hospal for the crimally sane, on 17 March 1995, and Reggie, who was released om prison on passnate parole wh jt weeks to live, died om bladr ncer on 1 October last Kray first admted to O'Leary he was gay his mid-teens, after fallg love wh a younger boy lled Willy. 'The members of the tws' gang, known as the Firm, were overwhelmgly tolerant of Kray's homosexualy.
'Even if they objected, Ron jt sed at them and told them they didn't know what they were missg, ' O'Leary 's mother, Vlet, was fortable wh her son's homosexualy, but his father and olr brother, both lled Charlie, were horrified. 'Although Ronnie Kray did have a number of regular sexual partners and strong iendships wh other homosexual men - cludg Lord Boothby, for whom he obtaed youths - O'Leary says he had a particular penchant for dark, clean-cut, boys wh very whe the Sixti, Ronnie fell love wh a young Arab boy on one of his many trips to Tangier North Ai.
GAY HISTORY: RONNIE KRAY – “THE QUEEN MOTHER”.
Gangster tws Ronnie and Reggie Kray 'had secret gay sex wh EACH OTHER'Ronnie and Reggie Kray had a secret ctuo relatnship wh each other so crimal rivals would not disver they were gay acrdg to thor John Pearson who terviewed them bothKray TwsVic gangster tws Ronnie and Reggie Kray had an ctuo sexual relatnship wh each other as they were growg up.
9 thgs you never knew about the Krays They were worried that rivals would see their sexualy – Ronnie was a homosexual and Reggie was bisexual - as a sign of weakns so only had sex wh each other orr to keep the secret.
John said: “Homosexualy was nothg to be proud of the East End. It has long been known that Ronnie was a homosexual and Reggie was bisexual but the news they had a sexual relatnship wh each other giv a tellg sight to their close nnectn.
'THE KRAY TWS WERE BOTH GAY' CLAIMS FREDDIE FOREMAN, EX-ENFORCER FOR THE FIRM
John wrote: “All of which nformed, of urse, to a classic pattern; and wh their warm, dulgent mother, their effectual father, and their surroundg st of lovg women, was not surprisg that, wh adolcence, the Tws disvered that they were gay. However there was a problem for the tws as back the macho world of 1950s East End was seen as a weakns to be gay. Soon he began hobnobbg wh a number of high-society gay men that clud policians, actors, and bsmen.
While acunts vary, ’s generally reported that both tws were bisexual, though Ronnie intified more as gay and Reggie more so exhibed tert women, acrdg to the Mirror. But when news of the sndalo relatnship (homosexualy was a crime 1960s Bra) between Ronnie and Boothby broke the Sunday Mirror, Boothby threatened to sue the newspaper.