From Behan and Brorick to Ridgway and Tóibín, gay fictn is marked by s diversy
Contents:
- “GAY GAELS” WHO HAVE ENRICHED IRELAND’S HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR THE WORLD
- GAY POET HIGHLIGHTS JOY AND STRA OF IRISH
- TRACKG A HISTORY OF IMAGARY QUEER OR GAY MEN MORN IRISH LERATURE
- GAY HISTORY – FEBARY 9: IRISH POET BRENDAN BEHAN, ARCHIE BUNKER’S GAY BUDDY, AND JERRY FALWELL OUTS A TELETUBBY
“GAY GAELS” WHO HAVE ENRICHED IRELAND’S HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR THE WORLD
I once served a team wh a whe, gay, middle-class male. * irish gay poet *
In recent years, Irish society has unrgone sweepg transformatns, cludg legalisatn of same-sex marriage and crimalisatn of homosexualy. It may e as a surprise to learn that late medieval/early morn Ireland a cult of male homosexualy/bisexualy was apparently not only prevalent but wily tolerated among the upper echelons of Gaelic society, particularly the lerati, but cludg also native kgs and chieftas.
Of implyg a homosexual relatnship wh his patron...
GAY POET HIGHLIGHTS JOY AND STRA OF IRISH
Edward Heath was told poet should be led out over ‘utterly revoltg’ vers about gay sex and Aun’s cisn to be an Amerin cizen * irish gay poet *
From a psychologil standpot seems unlikely that a heterosexual male, even of poetic ste, would have posssed eher the abily or clatn to adopt the role of homosexual lover, or been pable of stag .
TRACKG A HISTORY OF IMAGARY QUEER OR GAY MEN MORN IRISH LERATURE
* irish gay poet *
The likelihood is that those givg exprsn to homoerotic sentiment were naturally so cled.
GAY HISTORY – FEBARY 9: IRISH POET BRENDAN BEHAN, ARCHIE BUNKER’S GAY BUDDY, AND JERRY FALWELL OUTS A TELETUBBY
At the very least he mt have been plic – a monstratn, perhaps, of the power exercised by poets wh Gaelic Irish seems unlikely a heterosexual male, even of poetic ste, would have posssed eher the abily or clatn to adopt the role of homosexual lover, or been pable of stag Homoerotic sentiment apparently survived among the Gaelic Irish lerati until well to the 17th century.
We know, for stance, that the Kerry poet Piaras Feiréar (1600-1653) one of the greatt Irish language poets of his day, posed both homoerotic and heterosexual verse.
" While, as already noted, bed-sharg was regard as a privilege enjoyed by distguished followers as well as poets of kgs and chieftas, the nial by mentators that had any homosexual nnotatns is not nvcg.