Valley Fe Park Talk Foc on Gay Revolutnary War General - Lower Province, PA - The Valley Fe Natnal Historil Park will nclu s webar seri on park monuments tonight wh talk on gay revolutnary general.
Contents:
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- VALLEY FE PARK TALK FOC ON GAY REVOLUTNARY WAR GENERAL
- FRIEDRICH VON STBEN, GEE WASHGTON’S OPENLY GAY GENERAL WHO SAVED AMERI
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- GAY HISTORY – MARCH 10, 1778: MEET LT. FRERICK GOTTHOLD ENSL. THE FIRST SOLDIER COURT MARTIALED AT VALLEY FE FOR BEG GAY
- HOW A GAY PSSIAN WHO SPOKE NO ENGLISH BEME A HERO OF THE AMERIN REVOLUTN
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary. 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
But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story. 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. He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy.
FRIEDRICH VON STBEN, GEE WASHGTON’S OPENLY GAY GENERAL WHO SAVED AMERI
But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers.
”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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.
GAY HISTORY – MARCH 10, 1778: MEET LT. FRERICK GOTTHOLD ENSL. THE FIRST SOLDIER COURT MARTIALED AT VALLEY FE FOR BEG GAY
But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. 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.
” The article stat that historians believe he was an openly gay man durg a time when sex between men was a punishable crime.
HOW A GAY PSSIAN WHO SPOKE NO ENGLISH BEME A HERO OF THE AMERIN REVOLUTN
This man would be openly gay, Pssian ary expert, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Stben.