Contents:
- ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
- SERGI AND BACCH: THE GAY SOLDIERS WHO WERE MA SATS BY THE CHURCH
- GAY SATS?
- WHEN I ME OUT AS A GAY CATHOLIC, SATS AUGTE AND MONI HELPED ME GROW CLOSER TO MY MOM — AND GOD
ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: THE FIRST OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC SAT?
His wrgs nvced historians John Boswell and Brian Patrick McGuire that Aelred was a gay man, albe one who still disuraged any sexual activy outsi the bounds of marriage. Several relig anizatn, s cludg the Natnal Anglin Catholic Church and Integry the Epispal Church the Uned Stat have regnized Aelred as the patron sat of such gay-iendly groups as the Orr of St.
SERGI AND BACCH: THE GAY SOLDIERS WHO WERE MA SATS BY THE CHURCH
An abbot medieval France, Bernard of Clairvz mataed a lengthy personal relatnship wh the archbishop Malachy, acrdg to gay liberatn theologian Richard Cleaver. Boris would go on to hold special signifince for gay Christians bee of his apparently romantic relatnship wh his servant, Gee the Hungarian.
GAY SATS?
This 16th-century Spanish sat was prone to g homoerotic imagery poetry exprsg his love of Christ, most notably his poem "On a Dark Night. By that terpretatn, such scripture as referenc to the disciple reclg upon the bosom of the Lord have spired homoerotic art pictg the relatnship between Christ and John as romantic. This is the view explored Martti Nissen and Kirsi Stjerna's Homoeroticism the Biblil World: A Historil Perspective.
The 19th-century Brish subversive scholar was beatified 2010, spe speculatn that he may well have been gay. Consired the ma patron sat of gays by many, Sebastian was martyred Rome the year 288 on the orrs of Emperor Dcletian.
WHEN I ME OUT AS A GAY CATHOLIC, SATS AUGTE AND MONI HELPED ME GROW CLOSER TO MY MOM — AND GOD
While no tal actually exist providg rmatn about Sebastian's love life or sexual orientatn, the fact so much Renaissance art picts him homoerotic pos monstrat a strong nnectn to LGBT people. Y, the Good Kg Wencls, a sat and a de, also was likely gay.
The wrgs ma reference to such classil gay figur as Adonis and Ganyme.