Whether you unrstood what gay meant or not. Maybe you heard your parents say they were gay or implied they were gay.
Contents:
- THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?
- WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY PERSON YOU KNEW?
- IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
- WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE GAY?
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
- THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?
Archaelogists have unvered what they believe to be the remas of the first-known gay, or transgenr, prehistoric man. * whos the first gay person *
April 7, 2011 -- Archaeologists the Czech Republic have unearthed the grave of what may be the remas of the olst known homosexual or transgenr prehistoric body dat to the Copper age -- or 2900 to 2500 years ago -- and was buried a manner that was typilly rerved for male skeleton was found on s si, facg east, and was surround by domtic jugs, objects prevly seen only female grav. Homosexualy, as Wterners thk of today, wh a lot of add societal baggage that wouldn't ronate at all wh prehistoric man, Arnold said. "Homosexualy is found a great many other speci -- om ducks to chimps -- as well as many cultur where people are allowed to exprs .
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The inic work was then ma to a 1961 film starrg Sidney Poier and Ruby to “A Rais the Sun” fame, Hansberry — who never publicly acknowledged she was a lbian — joed lbian rights group Dghters of Bilis and ntributed letters about femism and homophobia to s magaze, “The Ladr, ” acrdg to LGBTQ historian Eric Marc, host of the “Makg Gay History” podst. Now 79, Miss Major, known to many simply as “Mama, ” ris Ltle Rock, Arkansas, where she ntu to be a vol Sprg's mayor Ron On, April 18, Khan / LA Tim via Getty ImagRon On (Born 1950)When On was elected mayor of Palm Sprgs, California 2003, he ma history by beg the first openly gay Ain Amerin man elected mayor of an Amerin cy. Whether you unrstood what gay meant or not.
WHO WAS THE FIRST GAY PERSON YOU KNEW?
* whos the first gay person *
Maybe you heard your parents say they were gay or implied they were Anonymoreply 49October 21, 2020 4:33 AM. The first gay I knew was a guy I met a llege prep summer program. He was my age, and was openly gay.
One of my classmat is now openly gay, and liv wh her fiancee, and they have eight kids between Anonymoreply 7October 19, 2020 1:22 AM.
IN A FIRST FOR THE NFL, JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
Democratic printial ndidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of repeatedly sharg unfound nspiraci that man-ma chemils the environment uld be makg children gay or transgenr and g the femizatn of boys and masculizatn of girls. * whos the first gay person *
I didn't know what homosexualy or gay was but I knew that he was forever sgle bee he liked men. I met a iend of my mom's, she later said that he was gayby Anonymoreply 12October 19, 2020 2:17 AM. We (and his wife) found out he was gay many years later when he died of AIDS.
He got stabbed to ath a gay bar. Pretty sure he was gay.
His close kn Italian Amerin fay was very supportive of him and his gay Anonymoreply 17October 19, 2020 2:35 AM. I remember he got ntuo harassg phone lls of a homophobic nature om a neighbor kid bee his number was the phone book.
WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO BE GAY?
Pablo, the partner of the brother law of a former ary school classmate of my father' parents beme iends wh him and they talked about him as though he was a stylish acquisn of some that eher of parents were anythg other than homophobic.
The first openly gay person I met was a very brave high school classmate who me out our senr year, ral Illois, , of urse, terrified Anonymoreply 24October 20, 2020 8:51 AM. He was my first gay pal. Gay on so many Anonymoreply 32October 20, 2020 12:39 PM.
When I was a child around seven the fay next door had an adult dghter who was gay, and she had a "girliend". Years later, I asked my Mom, and she said they never really thought about I was 11 or 12, the manager of the club where we spent the other half of each summer was obvly gay. I do not thk he ever announced he was gay, but he didn't have to -- not so much effemate as artistic.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS
A gay guy named JR at my lol vio store. I'm gog to gus that both of them were the first gay people I Anonymoreply 40October 20, 2020 2:27 PM. He was also very gay even though he was married.
No one was open and out my world until llege, where I met a very femme bchy guy who was gay om space. My married the most pletely obv gay man the early '70s Spa.
THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
EVERYONE, apparently, knew/believed he was gay, I found out years later. My parents were iends wh a neighbourhood uple, and their son was gay.