The Revolutnary War Hero Who Was Openly Gay | HISTORY

Contents:

• WAS GEE WASHGTON GAY? CONSIR THE EVINCE
• THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
• GEE WASHGTON AND MOST OF JAMTOWN HAD GAY SEX, THE AMERIN PEOPLE BOOK SAYS
• GAYS THE MILARY
• JACQUELE GAY GA
• HOW THIS GAY ACH FOUND HIS HOME THE WORLD OF WOMEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL
• WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'
• A HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON THAT LETS HOMOPHOBIA STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT
• FROM GEE WASHGTON TO COLONEL FISHER GAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 1776
• GEE WASHGTON, NATNALIST (GAY HART GA DISTGUISHED LECTUR) HARDVER – JULY 11, 2016

WAS GEE WASHGTON GAY? CONSIR THE EVINCE

Larry Kramer's recent novel, The Amerin People: Volume 1: A Search for My Heart, has got tongu waggg aga about which great men Amerin history were gay. In terviews, as well as the book, Kramer has claimed that many of the founrs, cludg Gee Washgton, were gay.

As Kramer knows, the terms "heterosexual" and "homosexual" were ed the late neteenth century, and many will dismiss the book bee he appears to be a bad historian by assertg morn ias about the past.

THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY

Kramer has long argued that amic historians are as much to blame for the straight-washg of Amerin history as even the most rabid of anti-gay, right-wg, history myth-makg foundatns. We should know enough by now that neher n stand scty as clear evince of sexual his terview wh the New York Tim Kramer said: "People say, 'Can you prove to me that Gee Washgton was gay? Assertg that Gee Washgton was gay garners headl bee Amerins thk they know that Gee Washgton was as straight as uld be -- a visn that partly reli on the tradnal image of virtuo, Amerin manhood.

GEE WASHGTON AND MOST OF JAMTOWN HAD GAY SEX, THE AMERIN PEOPLE BOOK SAYS

For Kramer, assertg that Washgton was gay reveals not only that Amerins are bigots who straight-wash their histori, but also tells somethg about LGBTQ Amerins. There has never been any history book wrten where the gay people have been the history om the begng.

GAYS THE MILARY

Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary. In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters. But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story.

JACQUELE GAY GA

Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime. He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy. But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers.

HOW THIS GAY ACH FOUND HIS HOME THE WORLD OF WOMEN’S LLEGE BASKETBALL

”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal. John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron. Durg von Stben’s lifetime, the ncept of gay marriage, gay pri or g out was unthkable and there was no language or open culture of homosexualy.

But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. Gee Washgton and most of Jamtown had gay sex...

WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'

And John Wilk Booth was one of Abraham Lln's spurned lovers, says new book Abraham Lln and Gee Washgton were gay, says a new book by Larry Kramer, 79, who is a gay activist and award wng wrerIn 'The Amerin People, ' Kramer says that Abraham Lln was gay and his killer John Wilk Booth was actually Lln's spurned gay loverThe book claims that the origal Jamtown settlement was all male and that men would have sexual relatnships when there were no womenLarry Kramer claims that many historians don't have 'gaydar' and uldn't regnize gay attribut Published: 19:21 BST, 15 April 2015 | Updated: 19:59 BST, 18 April 2015.

Abraham Lln and Gee Washgton were gay, says a new book by a gay activist and award wng Kramer, 79, says he believ what's wrten his history book is te though he is sellg as fictn to avoid legal Volume One of his two part book 'The Amerin People, ' Kramer says that Abraham Lln was gay and his killer John Wilk Booth was actually Lln's spurned gay lover. 'We know that Abraham Lln was gay, ' Kramer told CBS an terview about the book which me out this month. Were they gay?

A HISTORY OF GAY WASHGTON THAT LETS HOMOPHOBIA STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT

: Wrer and gay activist Larry Kramer claims that Abraham Lln (left) and Gee Washgton (right) were gay The Amerin People: Volume one of the two part book by Larry Kramer explor prehistoric Ameri's unwrten gay history up to the prent day 'Historians don't have gaydar': Larry Kramer's ditors that Abraham Lln, Gee Washgton, Alexanr Haton, and many men Jamtown were gay Abraham Lln Acrdg to Larry Kramer, Abraham Lln slept wh several men cludg actor John Wilk Booth who later fatally shot him a theater on April 14, 1965.

FROM GEE WASHGTON TO COLONEL FISHER GAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 1776

Another ditor that Lln was gay is that he would share beds wh other men, pecially when his wife Mary left town. ' Gee Washgton Larry Kramer says that historians jt don't have 'gaydar' when to studyg historic figur and that Gee was was 'basilly a big queen.

GEE WASHGTON, NATNALIST (GAY HART GA DISTGUISHED LECTUR) HARDVER – JULY 11, 2016

Bee all history books are wrten by straight people, and they don't wanna eher adm that, or they wouldn't know how to regnize what we ll 'gaydar. 'Acrdg to Kramer, Jamtown was a mec of gay sex where men chose to sleep wh men bee there weren't any women around.

Everythg there happened, ' said Kramer who has long wanted to wre a book on gay history. Spurned lover: Larry Kramer claims John Wilk Booth, who murred Abraham Lln, was one of Lln's spurned male lovers The wrer: Larry Kramer, 79, is an HIV posive Amerin wrer and gay rights advote who spent 40 years wrg his most recent book 'It may look like fictn, but to me, ’s not, ' Kramer told the New York Tim. There has never been any history book wrten where the gay people have been the history om the ’s ridiculo to thk we haven’t been here for ever.