Sat John's only gay nightclub will close at the end of March bee members of the younger generatn don't feel limed to gay bars, says s -owner.
Contents:
- ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
- SAT JOHN'S ONLY GAY BAR CLOSG
- GAY BLOG ARCHIVE FOR ST. JOHN
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ST JOHN'S
ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
What's like beg gay NB (Sat John)? I unrstand that the ocsnal homophobia, as well as the people who are 100% support of the ath to the gays! Also, is there a "gay scene" prent NB?
Many believe that John the Evangelist was J’ “beloved disciple” -- and possibly his gay lover. An excellent analysis is clud “The Man J Loved: Homoerotic Narrativ om the New Ttament” by Theodore Jenngs, Biblil theology profsor at Chigo Theologil Semary. As happens, both J and the beloved are male, meang that their relatnship may be said to be, morn terms, a ‘homosexual’ relatnship, ” Jenngs wr (p.
Author-prit Henri Nouwen, famo but stgglg wh a secret gay inty, missned 1983.
SAT JOHN'S ONLY GAY BAR CLOSG
“Henri ed to e to grips wh his own homosexualy, ” Lentz said an terview for my book “Art That Dar, ” which clus this in and the story behd . ” Nouwen’s goal was celibacy and he did not e out publicly as gay before his ath 1996. ” I nsir John to be one of the gay sats.
Sats and holy people of special tert to gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr (GLBT) people and our alli are vered on appropriate dat throughout the year. Is he the Catholic Church’s first openly gay sat? The answer to that qutn pends on your fns of “openly, ” “gay, ” and “first.
Many tradnalist Newman scholars refute the ia that this was a gay relatnship. Ian Ker, one of the foremost Newman scholars, says that the relatnship was not homosexual bee, by all acunts, the two were celibate.
GAY BLOG ARCHIVE FOR ST. JOHN
Other scholars believe that to ll the uple gay is readg our own 21st century ias to 19th century phenomena. I agree that is not right to terpret a past relatnship terms of today’s morn awarens of homosexualy. But that’s where we need to qutn what we might mean by “gay” and “openly.
John were not gay bee is apparent that they were celibate.
EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS ST JOHN'S
Ker’s prumptn then is that “gay” means “sexually active. Of urse, the two men uld be gay and have had a strong affectnate and timate relatnship whout beg sexually active, jt as many gay men the prithood and relig life today mata their promis and vows of celibacy. Many gay lay also live their liv by choosg not to be sexually timate wh someone.
That don’t make them ls gay. Defendg Newman’s non-homosexualy by sayg that the prit was affectnate relatnships wh both men and women tri to expla away Newman’s love for St. While some people thk that homophobia agast gay men om a revulsn about male sex acts, I thk that for many people the more horrifyg and sndalo phenomenon is men beg emotnally sensive, tenr, and affectnate wh one another.
Of urse, such gentle and timate rpons by men is only a problem if one suffers om tense homophobia or believ the enforcement of strict genr expectatns that men should not be emotnal and rg toward one another.