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A survey reported by Jana Ris seemed to show 1 5 Latter-day Sats is gay, but the data isn’t as accurate as should be.

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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. An abbot medieval France, Bernard of Clairvz mataed a lengthy personal relatnship wh the archbishop Malachy, acrdg to gay liberatn theologian Richard Cleaver.

SERGI AND BACCH: THE GAY SOLDIERS WHO WERE MA SATS BY THE CHURCH

Boris would go on to hold special signifince for gay Christians bee of his apparently romantic relatnship wh his servant, Gee the Hungarian.

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.

GAY SATS (AND BI-POSIVE ON)

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. 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.

WHEN I ME OUT AS A GAY CATHOLIC, SATS AUGTE AND MONI HELPED ME GROW CLOSER TO MY MOM — AND GOD

Y, the Good Kg Wencls, a sat and a de, also was likely gay.

UPDATE — JANA RIS: THERE ARE MORE YOUNG LBIAN, GAY OR BISEXUAL LATTER-DAY SATS THAN PREVLY BELIEVED

The wrgs ma reference to such classil gay figur as Adonis and Ganyme.

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.

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Sergi and Bacch: The Gay Soldiers Who Were Ma Sats By The Church .

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