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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.

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But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story.

FRIEDRICH VON STBEN, GEE WASHGTON’S OPENLY GAY GENERAL WHO SAVED AMERI

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.

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But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers.

GAY HISTORY – MARCH 10, 1778: MEET LT. FRERICK GOTTHOLD ENSL. THE FIRST SOLDIER COURT MARTIALED AT VALLEY FE FOR BEG GAY

”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.

HOW A GAY PSSIAN WHO SPOKE NO ENGLISH BEME A HERO OF THE AMERIN REVOLUTN

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.

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