Many Brons have changed their mds on gay marriage

5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
THE TRAGIC BUT TE STORY OF ENGLAND’S GAY KG
'THE KG AND HIS HBAND': THE LTLE-KNOWN GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY

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Centuri before homosexualy was ma legal between nsentg adults 1967, the ‘love that dare not speak s name’ was viewed as a s England, particularly by the church, and technilly punishable by ath. It is not surprisg that many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. Known as ‘Ruf’ due to his ddy plexn and red hair, the third son of William the Conqueror beme Kg of England 1087 and is assumed to have been gay or bisexual.

The fourth son of Henry II, he is also believed to have been homosexual spe marryg Berengaria of Navarre. One of the protagonists, Henry Fox-Mounchristen-Wdsor (played by Crella’s Nicholas Galze), is gay. William II, lled "Ruf" for his reddish plexn, never married or fathered children, leadg to speculatn that he was gay.

There is signifint evince that he was gay, although historians differ on this pot. Richard has been portrayed equently on stage and film; The Ln Wter (1968), which he was played by Anthony Hopks, strongly suggted he was gay, while Sean Connery offered a thoroughly heterosexual pictn Rob Hood: Prce of Thiev (1991) urty Natnal Portra Gallery of London. Many historians believe Edward II, kg om 1307 to 1327, was gay or bisexual.

‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

Queen Elizabeth's is expected to wed the first same-sex royal weddg this summer — but he is far om the first gay Brish royal, acrdg to historians. * gay british king *

Christopher Marlowe's play Edward II picts the kg as gay, and Derek Jarman ma a stunng and explic film based on the play urty Natnal Portra Gallery of London.

Fundamentalist Christians often pot to the Kg Jam Versn of the Bible as the five edn, but do they stop to thk was missned and overseen by a man who was likely gay or bi? ”The speculatn that Edward II’s relatnships wh the men went beyond iendship was fueled by Christopher Marlowe’s 16th-century play “Edward II”, which is often noted for s homoerotic portrayal of Edward II and VI and I, who reigned over Stland and later England and Ireland until his ath 1625, attracted siar scty for his male favor, a term ed for panns and advisers who had special preference wh monarchs. Bergeron theoriz his book “Kg Jam and Letters of Homoerotic Dire”: “The scriptn that mov across the letters spell sire.

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In our md, Edward II is always the gay kg, so we feel some sort of affectn for him jt on that basis.

Was Edward II gay?

'THE KG AND HIS HBAND': THE LTLE-KNOWN GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

Marlowe is wily accepted to have been gay.

This wasn’t the first time that he’d addrsed gay relatnships his work, but Edward II was the most explicly and sympathetilly gay character that Marlowe had tackled. The late rapper’s rerd label released one of his albums dubbed “Grandsos” last week, and this week there’s a viral vio of Kg Von admtg to the police officers that he was gay, and social media is gog nuts.

The vio first posted by DJ Akamiks saw Kg Von requtg that police officers put him protective ctody bee he was gay and hence uld be attacked a regular jail cell. The late 26-year-old never admted publicly that he was homosexual or gave any sign that fans would notice, hence the vio shockg fans. However, on Tuday, footage went viral of the “Took Her to the O” rapper claimg to be gay so that he uld be moved to PC, durg a stt behd bars.

WATCH VIRAL FOOTAGE OF KG VON ADMTG TO BEG GAY TO THE POLICE

REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Acquire Licensg RightsLONDON, July 19 (Rters) - Brish Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologised on Wednday to LGBT ary veterans who endured sexual abe, vlence, bullyg and harassment while servg the armed forc before a ban on homosexualy was lifted 2000.

Bra lifted the ban only after the European Court of Human Rights rejected an argument that was need to protect morale and fightg power amongst s troops, sayg the policy had vlated human to that, many gay people had sought to hi their sexualy or risk beg discharged om the armed pennt review was lnched last year to exame the ttimoni of LGBT veterans who served between 1967 and 2000 to regnise the impact of the polici. "As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment while bravely servg this untry, " he said. "The report said a public ll for evince had led to more than 1, 120 rpons beg submted, cludg about 300 om veterans who were dismissed or discharged bee of LGBT same-sex sexual acts and homosexual orientatn.