<p>Schools will be enuraged to hold lsons explorg the achievements of gay men and women throughout history as part of the first gay history month.</p>
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GAY HISTORY MONTH TO 'OUT' NEWTON AND NIGHTGALE
A book by Walter Isaacson lled Leonardo da Vci: The Bgraphy showed the extent to which da Vci lived as an openly gay man 15th century Florence. The artist was twice publicly acced of havg gay sex, his youthful male protege was removed bee of the “wicked life he had led” wh Leonardo, and his own wrgs repeatedly med on his own attractn to men – and borrle revulsn to sex wh women. The Merchant of Venice, centrg on how the world treats gays as well as Jews, has a love triangle between an olr man, younger man and a woman.
The emperor was mocked by some polil adversari as the “Queen of Bhynia”, which shows that the history of homophobic tnts is long and undistguished. "They were all great gay women who ma great ntributns to our society, " says Ms. "Only they are not regnized gay by historians.
But beg gay ma the women who they are. Richards is a self-scribed polil gay journalist who has been wrg about gay liftyle issu for the past 10 years.