In WWII, Two Gay Soldiers' Forbidn Romance Liv On In Their Love Letters

Contents:

• IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS
• READ THIS HEARTBREAKG GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIER’S LOVE LETTER
• SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF TWO GAY SOLDIERS OM WWII MA TO MOVIE
• THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS
• NEW SHORT FILM 'THE LETTER MEN' REVEALS SECRET LOVE LETTERS AMONG GAY SOLDIERS WWII
• LETTERS REVEAL THE STORI OF GAY SOLDIERS WORLD WARS
• THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIERS TELL A HEARTWARMG STORY OF FORBIDN LOVE

IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS

Letters between gay men are credibly rare bee they were almost always stroyed. Letters between a gay civilian and a soldier? This is an credibly rare photograph of a gay soldier and a man Paris durg World War II.

READ THIS HEARTBREAKG GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIER’S LOVE LETTER

Homosexualy was illegal at that time, and beg ught the army as a gay man was so much worse. If he was found out, was likely that he would serve time prison, or even get shot by a homophobic soldier, and left for ad. Two gay soldiers relaxg together uniform.

Beg openly gay would not be crimalized until The Sexual Offens Act 1967. Even then, no one uld have gay sex until over the age of 21. Not surprisgly, there were other gay men that were drafted to the army as well.

For the vast majory of gay men wrg letters to one another durg that time, they actually did burn the letters. For years, they had dreams of leavg England and movg to the Uned Stat, where they uld live sunny California, which was known for beg more acceptg of homosexuals. The Newly Disvered Love Letters Between Two Gay Soldiers In World War II Will Have You In Tears.

SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF TWO GAY SOLDIERS OM WWII MA TO MOVIE

War Time Love Letters Reveal Epic Gay Love Story Kept Secret for Des.

The Newly Disvered Love Letters Between Two Gay World War II Soldiers Tell A Heartwarmg Story Of Forbidn Love. A love letter wrten by a gay World War II soldier has been makg the rounds on the ter, and ’s givg all the feels. The text of the gay World War II soldier’s letter reads:.

What do you thk about this gay World War II letter?

THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS

As wartime stori of homosexual relatnships go, theirs is a happy one. Homosexualy was illegal until 1957, and partakg any homosexual act was punishable by 10 years prison.

“Beg a gay filmmaker, bed wh my love for World War II history, I knew I had to tell this story, ” Vallente, the director and -wrer of the film, said. Homosexualy was illegal the U. As a rult, rrponnce tailg gay love om that time is extremely rare.

NEW SHORT FILM 'THE LETTER MEN' REVEALS SECRET LOVE LETTERS AMONG GAY SOLDIERS WWII

” For Vallente, highlightg the posivy of gay love was important when producg “The Letter Men. In 2008, hundreds of love letters between two gay WWII soldiers, Gilbert Bradley and Gordon Bowsher, were disvered and then sold to Owtry Town Mm. Durg WWII, soldiers who were disvered as gay uld be imprisoned, or much worse.

A small mm owner Shropshire, England has unvered a secret gay romance between two World War II soldiers, and the power of their heartbreakg relatnship is now beg brought to life almost 80 years sce their love blossomed. Unfortunately, the letters have e to light ne years after Gilbert's ath 2008 aged 92 ( is thought Gordon died 15 years prevly) when they were found by a hoe removal pany and sold to an art aler who specialis ary urse, the real value of the letters is not moary, but li the fact they have survived s sce homosexualy was not only illegal before the Sexual Offenc Act 1967, but those servg the armed forc would have been shot for havg sexual terurse wh a man.

'Most love letters om homosexuals at the time were burned, bee if they were found, they would have been ed as evince, ' Higt told the Metro about the letters.

LETTERS REVEAL THE STORI OF GAY SOLDIERS WORLD WARS

'Getty ImagWhat's strikg about the letters, acrdg to gay rights activist Peter Rose, is the fact the pair's homosexual relatnship is prented such a posive light, spe the prejudic that the pair would have suffered if their relatnship had e out. Rose told the BBC: 'There is a gay history and isn't always negative and tearful. But spe all the awful circumstanc, gay men and lbians managed to rise above all and have fascatg and good liv, ' he ntued.

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THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIERS TELL A HEARTWARMG STORY OF FORBIDN LOVE

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However, the Brish ary did not allow for gay and lbian servicemembers to be open about their sexualy until relatnship between Bowsher and Bradley — and their shared rrponnce — reportedly end 1945. “Such letters are extremely rare bee they were crimatg – gay men faced years prison wh or whout hard labour, ” Higt told the BBC 2017. “There was even the possibily that gay soldiers uld have been shot.

He said that he was terted the story of Bradley and Bowsher both bee he is gay himself and bee when he was a child, his grandfather opened up to him about his own experienc servg the story of the two lovers, he said, was not about g out but about them livg their liv and not beg able to be together bee of the war. ”Article Sourc +Forbidn Love: The WW2 Letters Between Two MenGay WWII Secret Letters Ga Hollywood IntertThe Love Story of Two Send World War Soldiers is Set to be Brought to Life wh a One-Off Talk and ExhibnNew Insights to Forbidn Love WW2Gay Brons Serve Milary Wh Ltle Fs, as Predicted Disrd Do Not OccurGilbert and Gordon's Forbidn Love Story to Bee a Hollywood Movie. They dited their youth to fendg a untry that was often reluctant to accept the way they lived their liv - even at the risk of gettg now the credible stori of the gay men who fought the two world wars has been revealed a new book on the 50th anniversary of the crimalisatn of clu the love letters of First World War sweethearts, workg-class Ralph Hall and middle-class soldier Montague Glover, who began a long-term relatnship the 1930s.