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• GAY HISTORY: ALL THE KGS AND QUEENS WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY LGBTQ+
• WHAT IS MART LUTHER KG JR.'S LEGACY TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY?"INJTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JTICE EVERYWHERE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 15, 2018/8:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3533PX;WIDTH:5300PX;}CORBIS DOC/GETTY IMAG PLBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 15, 2018 / 8:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT IS MART LUTHER KG JR.'S LEGACY TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-01-15T13:00:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-01-15T13:00:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH RACIAL JTICE AND LGBTQ DISCRIMATN MAKG HEADL DAILY, MART LUTHER KG JR. DAY HAS TAKEN ON CREASED SIGNIFINCE RECENT YEARS. BUT WHAT ARE THE LKS BETWEEN THE TWO MUNI? WHAT LSONS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT N LGBTQ PEOPLE SHARE WH THE WORLD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE EXAME DR. KG'S LEGACY AND S IMPACT ON THE LGBTQ MUNY.PHOTO12/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGDEMONSTRATN WASHGTON, WHICH GATHERED 200,000 BLACKS AND WH, AND DURG WHICH PRINT KENNEDY ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM FAVOUR OF, CIVIL RIGHTS, AUGT 1963, UNED STAT, NATNAL ARCHIV. WASHGTON, . (PHOTO BY: PHOTO12/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM POED THE RADIL IA THAT ALL AMERINS SHOULD BE JUDGED ON THEIR ACTNS, NOT ON IMMUTABLE FACTORS LIKE RACE. THE LGBTQ MUNY HAS EXPAND THAT BELIEF TO CLU SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY.PATRICK A. BURNS/NEW YORK TIM CO./GETTY IMAG2ND FEBARY 1964: AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BAYARD RT (1912 - 1987), SPOKMAN FOR THE CYWI COMMTEE FOR INTEGRATN, AT THE ANIZATN'S HEADQUARTERS AT SILM PRBYTERIAN CHURCH, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY PATRICK A. BURNS/NEW YORK TIM CO./GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAYARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARCHECT OF THE MARCH ON WASHGTON, RT ALSO PNEERED THE EARLIT FREEDOM RIS; HE REFED TO GIVE UP HIS SEAT ON A SEGREGATED B MORE THAN A BEFORE ROSA PARKS. BUT AS A GAY MAN, RT, AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF KG, WAS OFTEN SILED BY THE VERY MOVEMENT HE HELPED FOUND: AFTER A 1953 ARRT FOR SOLICATN, HE WROTE "SEX MT BE SUBLIMATED IF I AM TO LIVE THIS WORLD LONGER." IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE MARCH ON WASHGTON, SEN. STROM THURMOND READ RT'S ARRT REPORT TO THE NGRSNAL RERD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS LATER YEARS, RT DIRECTED HIS ENERGY TO THE NASCENT GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT, CLARG, "THE NEW N*GGERS ARE GAYS." A YEAR BEFORE HE DIED, HE CLARED "WE NNOT FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF GAYS UNLS WE ARE READY TO FIGHT FOR A NEW MOOD THE UNED STAT. UNLS WE ARE READY TO FIGHT FOR A RADILIZATN OF THIS SOCIETY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2013 PRINT OBAMA AWARD BAYARD RT A POSTHUMO MEDAL OF FREEDOM. LOGO HONORED HIS LEGACY 2015 BY ANNOUNCG THE BAYARD RT TRAILBLAZER AWARD, HONORG UNSUNG HERO OF LGBTQ EQUALY.WILLIAM LOVELACE/EXPRS/GETTYMARCH 1965: AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR MART LUTHER KG (1929 - 1968) (CENTRE) WH HIS WIFE CORETTA STT KG AND LLEAGU DURG A CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH OM SELMA, ALABAMA, TO THE STATE PAL MONTGOMERY. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM LOVELACE/EXPRS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CORETTA STT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE MLK WAS ASSASSATED BEFORE STONEWALL, HIS WIDOW, CORETTA STT KG, WAS A STNCH ALLY TO THE LGBTQ MUNY—AND BELIEVED HER HBAND WOULD HAVE BEEN, TOO. BEFORE HER ATH, MRS. KG SPOKE ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE NNECTN BETWEEN RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, ANTI-SEMISM, AND OTHER FORMS OF HATE, SISTG THEY ALL "SEEK TO HUMANIZE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE, TO NY THEIR HUMANY, THEIR DIGNY AND PERSONHOOD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF HER HBAND'S LEGACY, MRS. KG SAID, "I STILL HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT I SHOULD NOT BE TALKG ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE AND I SHOULD STICK TO THE ISSUE OF RACIAL JTICE. BUT I HASTEN TO REMD THEM THAT MART LUTHER KG JR. SAID, 'INJTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JTICE EVERYWHERE.'" BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGTHE SUPREME COURT LED UNANIMOLY THAT A VIRGIA LAW BANNG MARRIAGE BETWEEN AIN AMERINS AND CSIANS WAS UNNSTUTNAL, TH NULLIFYG SIAR STATU 15 OTHER STAT. THE CISN ME A SE VOLVG RICHARD PERRY LOVG, A WHE NSTCTN WORKER AND HIS AIN AMERIN WIFE, MILDRED. THE UPLE MARRIED THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1958 AND WERE ARRTED UPON THEIR RETURN TO THEIR NATIVE CAROLE COUNTY, VIRGIA. THEY WERE GIVEN ONE YEAR SPEND SENTENC ON NDN THAT THEY STAY OUT OF THE STATE FOR 25 YEARS. THE LOVGS CID 1963 TO RETURN HOME AND FIGHT BANISHMENT, WH THE HELP OF THE AMERIN CIVIL LIBERTI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOVG V. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1967, LONG BEFORE THE LGBTQ MUNY FOUGHT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY, WAS RICHARD AND MILDRED LOVG WHO RAN AFOUL OF VIRGIA'S ANTI-MISCEGENATN LAWS. THEIR SE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT, WHERE CHIEF JTICE EARL WARREN CLARED THAT MARRIAGE WAS A BASIC CIVIL RIGHT "FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR VERY EXISTENCE AND SURVIVAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TO NY THIS FUNDAMENTAL EEDOM ON SO UNSUPPORTABLE A BASIS AS THE RACIAL CLASSIFITNS EMBODIED THE STATUT, CLASSIFITNS SO DIRECTLY SUBVERSIVE OF THE PRCIPLE OF EQUALY AT THE HEART OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, IS SURELY TO PRIVE ALL THE STATE'S CIZENS OF LIBERTY WHOUT DUE PROCS OF LAW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEARS LATER, MILDRED LOVG SPOKE SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: "GOVERNMENT HAS NO BS IMPOSG SOME PEOPLE’S RELIG BELIEFS OVER OTHERS. ESPECIALLY IF NI PEOPLE’S CIVIL RIGHTS," SHE CLARED. "I AM PROUD THAT RICHARD’S AND MY NAME IS ON A URT SE THAT N HELP RERCE THE LOVE, THE MMENT, THE FAIRNS AND THE FAY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE, BLACK OR WHE, YOUNG OR OLD, GAY OR STRAIGHT, SEEK LIFE. I SUPPORT THE EEDOM TO MARRY FOR ALL. THAT’S WHAT LOVG, AND LOVG, ARE ALL ABOUT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT THE LEGAL STGGLE FOR FERAL MARRIAGE EQUALY, LOVG V. VIRGIA WAS CED AS A PRECENT.BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGSEGREGATED DRKG FOUNTA E THE AMERIN SOUTH. UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH. SIGN READS "FOR LORED ONLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEPARATE BUT (NOT) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1960S WAS SEPARATE WATER FOUNTAS. TODAY 'S BAKERI AND SCHOOL BATHROOMS. THE AIN-AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT CREATED A CULTURAL UNRSTANDG THAT WE AS AMERINS NNOT PICK AND CHOOSE THE PEOPLE WE AL WH THE PUBLIC SPHERE. AND WHILE SOME RNERS STILL BRISTLE AT THAT NCEPT, THE MAJORY OF AMERINS AGREE THAT RELIG BELIEFS DON'T TMP CIVIL LIBERTI.ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGUS PRINT BARACK OBAMA S DURG THE GURAL SSN OF THE COP 21 UNED NATNS NFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ON NOVEMBER 30, 2015 AT LE BOURGET, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE FRENCH PAL PARIS. MORE THAN 150 WORLD LEARS ARE MEETG UNR HEIGHTENED SECURY, FOR THE 21ST SSN OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTI TO THE UNED NATNS FRAMEWORK CONVENTN ON CLIMATE CHANGE (COP21/CMP11), ALSO KNOWN AS "PARIS 2015" OM NOVEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 11. / AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRINT OBAMA SPOKE OFTEN ABOUT THE BT HE AND THE ENTIRE NATN OWED TO DR. KG: IN 2015 HE PRAISED MLK, SAYG, "IN A WORLD FULL OF POVERTY, HE LLED FOR EMPATHY; THE FACE OF BTALY, HE PLACED HIS FAH NON-VLENCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HIS TEACHGS REMD WE HAVE A DUTY TO FIGHT AGAST POVERTY, EVEN IF WE ARE WEALTHY; TO RE ABOUT THE CHILD THE CREP SCHOOL LONG AFTER OUR OWN CHILDREN HAVE FOUND SUCCS; AND TO SHOW PASSN TOWARD THE IMMIGRANT FAY, KNOWG THAT WE WERE STRANGERS ONCE, TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUCH TEACHGS NO DOUBT RMED OBAMA'S EVOLUTN ON LGBTQ RIGHTS, OM TENTATIVE SUPPORTER TO STNCH ALLY. IN A 2012 NEWSWEEK VER STORY, ANDREW SULLIVAN EVEN CLARED OBAMA AMERI'S FIRST "GAY PRINT," WRG, "I HAVE ALWAYS SENSED THAT HE TUIVELY UNRSTANDS GAYS AND OUR PREDIMENT—BEE SO MIRRORS HIS OWN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE KNOWS HOW THE LOVE AND SACRIFICE OF MARRIAGE N HEAL, TEGRATE, AND REBUILD A SOUL," SULLIVAN NTUED. "THE POT OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AFTER ALL, IS NOT ABOUT HELPG PEOPLE BE GAY. IT IS ABOUT CREATG THE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE THEMSELV."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND
• MEET ALVEDA KG, THE FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR WHO BLAM NATURAL DISASTERS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY HISTORY: ALL THE KGS AND QUEENS WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY LGBTQ+

GAY HISTORY: ALL THE KGS AND QUEENS WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY LGBTQ+

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But while the Netherlands, which 2001 beme the first untry to legalize gay marriage, has paved the wave for a queer royal to officially wear the crown, LGBTQ people have long been dog so unofficially. (The term “cut sleeve” remaed a Che phemism for male homosexualy for centuri. The liph’s sexualy has been the source of some bate: Acrdg to the French medievalist Évariste Lévi-Provençal, the phrase “hubb al-walad, ” found 16th-century historian Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari’s pendium "Nafh at-Tib" reference to Al-Hakam II, translat as a “preference for boys, ” though other scholars mata refers to paternal Medieval Europe scholar Francis Prado-Vilar wrote that knowledge of Al-Hakam’s homosexualy the urt of Córdoba “enuraged the ambns of the factns gathered around his much younger brother, Prce al-Mughira.

WHAT IS MART LUTHER KG JR.'S LEGACY TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY?"INJTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JTICE EVERYWHERE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 15, 2018/8:00 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3533PX;WIDTH:5300PX;}CORBIS DOC/GETTY IMAG PLBY DAN AVERYJANUARY 15, 2018 / 8:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT IS MART LUTHER KG JR.'S LEGACY TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNY?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-01-15T13:00:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-01-15T13:00:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH RACIAL JTICE AND LGBTQ DISCRIMATN MAKG HEADL DAILY, MART LUTHER KG JR. DAY HAS TAKEN ON CREASED SIGNIFINCE RECENT YEARS. BUT WHAT ARE THE LKS BETWEEN THE TWO MUNI? WHAT LSONS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT N LGBTQ PEOPLE SHARE WH THE WORLD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, WE EXAME DR. KG'S LEGACY AND S IMPACT ON THE LGBTQ MUNY.PHOTO12/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGDEMONSTRATN WASHGTON, WHICH GATHERED 200,000 BLACKS AND WH, AND DURG WHICH PRINT KENNEDY ANNOUNCED A PROGRAM FAVOUR OF, CIVIL RIGHTS, AUGT 1963, UNED STAT, NATNAL ARCHIV. WASHGTON, . (PHOTO BY: PHOTO12/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 1963 MARCH ON WASHGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM POED THE RADIL IA THAT ALL AMERINS SHOULD BE JUDGED ON THEIR ACTNS, NOT ON IMMUTABLE FACTORS LIKE RACE. THE LGBTQ MUNY HAS EXPAND THAT BELIEF TO CLU SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND GENR INTY.PATRICK A. BURNS/NEW YORK TIM CO./GETTY IMAG2ND FEBARY 1964: AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST BAYARD RT (1912 - 1987), SPOKMAN FOR THE CYWI COMMTEE FOR INTEGRATN, AT THE ANIZATN'S HEADQUARTERS AT SILM PRBYTERIAN CHURCH, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY PATRICK A. BURNS/NEW YORK TIM CO./GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BAYARD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARCHECT OF THE MARCH ON WASHGTON, RT ALSO PNEERED THE EARLIT FREEDOM RIS; HE REFED TO GIVE UP HIS SEAT ON A SEGREGATED B MORE THAN A BEFORE ROSA PARKS. BUT AS A GAY MAN, RT, AN EARLY SUPPORTER OF KG, WAS OFTEN SILED BY THE VERY MOVEMENT HE HELPED FOUND: AFTER A 1953 ARRT FOR SOLICATN, HE WROTE "SEX MT BE SUBLIMATED IF I AM TO LIVE THIS WORLD LONGER." IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE MARCH ON WASHGTON, SEN. STROM THURMOND READ RT'S ARRT REPORT TO THE NGRSNAL RERD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS LATER YEARS, RT DIRECTED HIS ENERGY TO THE NASCENT GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT, CLARG, "THE NEW N*GGERS ARE GAYS." A YEAR BEFORE HE DIED, HE CLARED "WE NNOT FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF GAYS UNLS WE ARE READY TO FIGHT FOR A NEW MOOD THE UNED STAT. UNLS WE ARE READY TO FIGHT FOR A RADILIZATN OF THIS SOCIETY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 2013 PRINT OBAMA AWARD BAYARD RT A POSTHUMO MEDAL OF FREEDOM. LOGO HONORED HIS LEGACY 2015 BY ANNOUNCG THE BAYARD RT TRAILBLAZER AWARD, HONORG UNSUNG HERO OF LGBTQ EQUALY.WILLIAM LOVELACE/EXPRS/GETTYMARCH 1965: AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR MART LUTHER KG (1929 - 1968) (CENTRE) WH HIS WIFE CORETTA STT KG AND LLEAGU DURG A CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH OM SELMA, ALABAMA, TO THE STATE PAL MONTGOMERY. (PHOTO BY WILLIAM LOVELACE/EXPRS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CORETTA STT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE MLK WAS ASSASSATED BEFORE STONEWALL, HIS WIDOW, CORETTA STT KG, WAS A STNCH ALLY TO THE LGBTQ MUNY—AND BELIEVED HER HBAND WOULD HAVE BEEN, TOO. BEFORE HER ATH, MRS. KG SPOKE ELOQUENTLY ABOUT THE NNECTN BETWEEN RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA, ANTI-SEMISM, AND OTHER FORMS OF HATE, SISTG THEY ALL "SEEK TO HUMANIZE A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE, TO NY THEIR HUMANY, THEIR DIGNY AND PERSONHOOD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SPEAKG OF HER HBAND'S LEGACY, MRS. KG SAID, "I STILL HEAR PEOPLE SAY THAT I SHOULD NOT BE TALKG ABOUT THE RIGHTS OF LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE AND I SHOULD STICK TO THE ISSUE OF RACIAL JTICE. BUT I HASTEN TO REMD THEM THAT MART LUTHER KG JR. SAID, 'INJTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JTICE EVERYWHERE.'" BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGTHE SUPREME COURT LED UNANIMOLY THAT A VIRGIA LAW BANNG MARRIAGE BETWEEN AIN AMERINS AND CSIANS WAS UNNSTUTNAL, TH NULLIFYG SIAR STATU 15 OTHER STAT. THE CISN ME A SE VOLVG RICHARD PERRY LOVG, A WHE NSTCTN WORKER AND HIS AIN AMERIN WIFE, MILDRED. THE UPLE MARRIED THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1958 AND WERE ARRTED UPON THEIR RETURN TO THEIR NATIVE CAROLE COUNTY, VIRGIA. THEY WERE GIVEN ONE YEAR SPEND SENTENC ON NDN THAT THEY STAY OUT OF THE STATE FOR 25 YEARS. THE LOVGS CID 1963 TO RETURN HOME AND FIGHT BANISHMENT, WH THE HELP OF THE AMERIN CIVIL LIBERTI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LOVG V. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1967, LONG BEFORE THE LGBTQ MUNY FOUGHT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY, WAS RICHARD AND MILDRED LOVG WHO RAN AFOUL OF VIRGIA'S ANTI-MISCEGENATN LAWS. THEIR SE WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT, WHERE CHIEF JTICE EARL WARREN CLARED THAT MARRIAGE WAS A BASIC CIVIL RIGHT "FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR VERY EXISTENCE AND SURVIVAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TO NY THIS FUNDAMENTAL EEDOM ON SO UNSUPPORTABLE A BASIS AS THE RACIAL CLASSIFITNS EMBODIED THE STATUT, CLASSIFITNS SO DIRECTLY SUBVERSIVE OF THE PRCIPLE OF EQUALY AT THE HEART OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, IS SURELY TO PRIVE ALL THE STATE'S CIZENS OF LIBERTY WHOUT DUE PROCS OF LAW."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEARS LATER, MILDRED LOVG SPOKE SUPPORT OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: "GOVERNMENT HAS NO BS IMPOSG SOME PEOPLE’S RELIG BELIEFS OVER OTHERS. ESPECIALLY IF NI PEOPLE’S CIVIL RIGHTS," SHE CLARED. "I AM PROUD THAT RICHARD’S AND MY NAME IS ON A URT SE THAT N HELP RERCE THE LOVE, THE MMENT, THE FAIRNS AND THE FAY THAT SO MANY PEOPLE, BLACK OR WHE, YOUNG OR OLD, GAY OR STRAIGHT, SEEK LIFE. I SUPPORT THE EEDOM TO MARRY FOR ALL. THAT’S WHAT LOVG, AND LOVG, ARE ALL ABOUT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT THE LEGAL STGGLE FOR FERAL MARRIAGE EQUALY, LOVG V. VIRGIA WAS CED AS A PRECENT.BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGSEGREGATED DRKG FOUNTA E THE AMERIN SOUTH. UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH. SIGN READS "FOR LORED ONLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEPARATE BUT (NOT) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE 1960S WAS SEPARATE WATER FOUNTAS. TODAY 'S BAKERI AND SCHOOL BATHROOMS. THE AIN-AMERIN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT CREATED A CULTURAL UNRSTANDG THAT WE AS AMERINS NNOT PICK AND CHOOSE THE PEOPLE WE AL WH THE PUBLIC SPHERE. AND WHILE SOME RNERS STILL BRISTLE AT THAT NCEPT, THE MAJORY OF AMERINS AGREE THAT RELIG BELIEFS DON'T TMP CIVIL LIBERTI.ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGUS PRINT BARACK OBAMA S DURG THE GURAL SSN OF THE COP 21 UNED NATNS NFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE, ON NOVEMBER 30, 2015 AT LE BOURGET, ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE FRENCH PAL PARIS. MORE THAN 150 WORLD LEARS ARE MEETG UNR HEIGHTENED SECURY, FOR THE 21ST SSN OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTI TO THE UNED NATNS FRAMEWORK CONVENTN ON CLIMATE CHANGE (COP21/CMP11), ALSO KNOWN AS "PARIS 2015" OM NOVEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 11. / AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ ERIC FEFERBERG/AFP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PRINT OBAMA SPOKE OFTEN ABOUT THE BT HE AND THE ENTIRE NATN OWED TO DR. KG: IN 2015 HE PRAISED MLK, SAYG, "IN A WORLD FULL OF POVERTY, HE LLED FOR EMPATHY; THE FACE OF BTALY, HE PLACED HIS FAH NON-VLENCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HIS TEACHGS REMD WE HAVE A DUTY TO FIGHT AGAST POVERTY, EVEN IF WE ARE WEALTHY; TO RE ABOUT THE CHILD THE CREP SCHOOL LONG AFTER OUR OWN CHILDREN HAVE FOUND SUCCS; AND TO SHOW PASSN TOWARD THE IMMIGRANT FAY, KNOWG THAT WE WERE STRANGERS ONCE, TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SUCH TEACHGS NO DOUBT RMED OBAMA'S EVOLUTN ON LGBTQ RIGHTS, OM TENTATIVE SUPPORTER TO STNCH ALLY. IN A 2012 NEWSWEEK VER STORY, ANDREW SULLIVAN EVEN CLARED OBAMA AMERI'S FIRST "GAY PRINT," WRG, "I HAVE ALWAYS SENSED THAT HE TUIVELY UNRSTANDS GAYS AND OUR PREDIMENT—BEE SO MIRRORS HIS OWN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE KNOWS HOW THE LOVE AND SACRIFICE OF MARRIAGE N HEAL, TEGRATE, AND REBUILD A SOUL," SULLIVAN NTUED. "THE POT OF THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT, AFTER ALL, IS NOT ABOUT HELPG PEOPLE BE GAY. IT IS ABOUT CREATG THE SPACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE THEMSELV."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

”“In his youth his lov seem to have been entirely homosexual, ” queer studi scholar Louis Crompton wrote “Male Love and Islamic Law Arab Spa.

Young as “​​the most proment homosexual figure the early morn perd. )“To the shock of many urtiers, the pair were monstratively affectnate to each other public, spe Jam’ var proclamatns agast homosexualy, ” Daniel Smh wrote “Love Letters of Kgs and Queens.

THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND

Frerick the Great of Pssia (1712 - 1786)Even his lifetime, this Pssian royal was wily mored to be a homosexual, though that term wouldn’t be ed till nearly 90 years after his years after the kg’s ath, his physician Johann Ge Rter von Zimmermann published a book which he sperately tried to dispel gossip Frerick had a “Grecian taste love. And rather than let that secret out, Frerick pretend to be gay, “so that he would ntue to appear virile and pable of sexual terurse, albe wh men.

But he did ltle to obscure his sexualy: Sanssouci, his palace Potsdam, was filled wh homoerotic art and, across Europe, “l Potsdamists” beme slang for kg allegedly pursued the Veian philosopher Franc Algarotti and even famed French philosopher Voltaire, who lived wh him at Sanssouci, though ’s not certa if eher relatnship was Voltaire’s ath 1778, a mancript of his memoir tailg Frerick’s homosexual tennci tail was stolen and published the Netherlands.

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”The archde spent the rt of his life secln at Klsheim Palace near Salzburg, where he died at the age of 76 1919, three years after his brother’s ath and one year after the Atro-Hungarian Empire was dissolved after the end of World War II of Buganda (1868 - 1903)Discsn of Uganda’s treatment of homosexualy ually settl on Print Yoweri Meveni’s “Kill the Gays” bill, but this 19th century kabaka, or kg, of Buganda allegedly had sexual relatnships wh men along wh his 16 1886, Mwanga II orred the btal torture and aths of dozens of urtiers and pag, wh many burned alive. “I hear there was homosexualy Mwanga’s palace, ” Meveni told a crowd of thoands on Martyr Day 2010, the Atlantic reported.

Even though some societi embraced homosexualy, most refed to accept a gay monarch. But before we talk about LGBTQ+ kgs and queens, let's start wh the history of sexual terms heterosexual and homosexual didn't exist until the 1860s. To others, though, Richard I is a gay in.

Even though some societi embraced homosexualy, most refed to accept a gay monarch. The terms heterosexual and homosexual didn’t exist until the 1860s.

GAY HISTORY: ALL THE KGS AND QUEENS WHO WERE ALLEGEDLY LGBTQ+

To others, though, Richard I is a gay in. The ancient Greeks were very open-md about homosexualy. England loved Elizabeth, and they remaed uncerta of the Sttish ler wh a reputatn for homosexual love affairs.

Many assume Louis XIII was gay, and believe Louis XIV might not have been his son at all. But as a gay man, Rt, an early supporter of Kg, was often siled by the very movement he helped found: After a 1953 arrt for solicatn, he wrote "Sex mt be sublimated if I am to live this world longer. Strom Thurmond read Rt's arrt report to the ngrsnal rerd his later years, Rt directed his energy to the nascent gay rights movement, clarg, "the new n*ggers are gays.

" A year before he died, he clared "we nnot fight for the rights of gays unls we are ready to fight for a new mood the Uned Stat. Kg spoke eloquently about the nnectn between racism, homophobia, anti-Semism, and other forms of hate, sistg they all "seek to humanize a large group of people, to ny their humany, their digny and personhood.