Brish royal fay's first gay weddg: Lord Mountbatten to marry Jam Coyle

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ON OVATN'S "VERSAILL," EVAN WILLIAMS BRGS GAY NOBILY TO LIFETHE CHARISMATIC ACTOR FDS SUCCS TAKG CHANC, MOVG NEW DIRECTNS, AND EFFECTG CHANGE—ONSCREEN AND OFF. {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;}TVBY SHAWN SCHIKORAFEBARY 22, 2017/4:47 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}OVATNBY SHAWN SCHIKORAFEBARY 22, 2017 / 4:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ON OVATN'S \"VERSAILL,\" EVAN WILLIAMS BRGS GAY NOBILY TO LIFE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-02-22T21:47:14.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-02-22T21:47:14.000+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":"SHAWN SCHIKORA","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}THOUGH CANADIAN ACTOR EVAN WILLIAMS HAS BEEN ACTG FOR MORE THAN A , MOST NOTABLY ON THE TV SERI DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATN AND MTV’S AWKWARD, HE’S FOUND HIS BREAKTHROUGH ROLE OVATN’S PERD DRAMA VERSAILL, SET 17TH CENTURY FRANCE DURG THE REIGN OF LOUIS {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;}ON THE SHOW, WHICH WILL BEG SHOOTG S THIRD SEASON APRIL, HE PLAYS THE CHEVALIER LORRAE, THE REAL-LIFE LOVER OF THE DE OF ORLEANS, KG LOUIS XIV’S YOUNGER BROTHER AND NFIDANTE, WHO WAS KNOWN AT URT SIMPLY AS "MONSIR."{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 SOME ACTORS STILL HAVE RERVATNS TAKG A GAY ROLE, PECIALLY ONE THAT PICTS S CHARACTER'S SEXUALY UNFLCHGLY, WILLIAMS EMBRACED THE {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;}“IF I START WH THE BASIC ASSUMPTN THAT WE ARE ALL THE SAME, HAVE THE SAME DRIV AND ARE MOTIVATED BY SIAR FEARS, THEN ALREADY I FEEL I’M A TO THIS [CHARACTER],” HE SAYS. “I N GET TO HIS HEAD AND HEART, MELD WH MY OWN, AND POETRY N HAPPEN."{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 HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE MANIPULATIVE YET VULNERABLE URTIER, WILLIAMS SAYS WAS IMPORTANT TO OFFER "A HUMAN FACE TO ALL SIS OF A MALE HOMOSEXUAL LOVE STORY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}"[THIS ROLE] HAS THE EEDOM TO BE MULTI-LAYERED," HE EXPLAS. "IT N CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT ’S BETWEEN TWO MEN BEE ’S LOVE BETWEEN TWO MEN. I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FUN, ’S A TOTAL BLAST!”{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;}A LARGE PART OF VERSAILL’ SUCCS N BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN WILLIAMS AND HIS ON-SCREEN LOVE TERT, ALEXANR VLAHOS. BOTH ACTORS HAVE ATTRACTED A DITED FOLLOWG ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE THE ROYAL POWER UPLE THEY PORTRAY IS SHIPPED AS #{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;}“I’M SUPER LUCKY TO BE WORKG WH ALEX—WE CHALLENGE EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS WE ADORE EACH OTHER,” WILLIAMS SAYS. “I KNOW HE’S NOT GOG TO LET ME GET OFF EASY, AND I’M CERTALY NOT GOG TO LET HIM GET OFF EASY. FROM THE BEGNG, BOTH ALEX AND I HAVE BEEN EXCED TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE TWO PEOPLE. THE MORE DIMENSNS WE N EXPLORE, THE MORE FUN IS.”{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;}WILLIAMS RECEIVED A CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMATN FOR VERSAILL, AND WILL STAR THE UPG THRILLER ESPE ROOM), BUT HE'S EQUALLY MTED TO ACTIVISM. LAST YEAR, HE SPENT HIS DOWNTIME BETWEEN SHOOTS ASSISTG A REFUGEE MP CALAIS. HE HAS ALSO WORKED WH BUILDON, A NON-PROF THAT ANIZ YOUTH SERVICE PROGRAMS THE U.S. AND NSTCT SCHOOLS VELOPG UNTRI. (WILLIAMS' VERSAILL FANS HELPED RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ANIZATN AND HELPED WH THE NSTCTN OF SCHOOLS NEPAL.)LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 20: ACTOR EVAN WILLIAMS ATTENDS "THE RUMPERBUTTS" LOS ANGEL PREMIERE AT THE VISTA THEATRE ON MAY 20, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JT BAKER/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;}WHILE VERSAILL IS SET SOME 350 YEARS AGO, A SHOW ABOUT AN EXTRAVAGANT TOCRAT WH A CULT OF PERSONALY IS ALL-TOO-RELEVANT TMP'S AMERI. “I’M VERY EMOTNAL SEEG WHAT’S HAPPENG WORLDWI,” WILLIAMS SAYS OF THE CURRENT POLIL CLIMATE. “IF A ERNMENTAL OR SOCIETAL CHANGE IS GOG TO HAPPEN, ’S GOG TO HAVE TO START THE HEARTS AND THE MDS OF THE DIVIDUAL. THE EVINCE THAT THE WORLD IS NEED OF AN AWAKENG IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR."{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 MAY PLAY A FRENCH ROYAL, BUT SOUNDS LIKE WILLIAMS IS ADVOTG {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;}"I THK WE’RE STARTG TO SEE A VERY TE MOBILIZATN OF ARTISTS BEE THE STORI WE TELL TLY DO SHAPE OUR REALY," HE OFFERS. "THAT’S WHY I THK CREATIVE WORKS ARE IMPORTANT. TOTALARIAN ERNMENTS TYPILLY CRACK DOWN ON UNTERCULTURAL MUNI BEE STORI ARE BEG TOLD THAT THEY HAVE DON’T HAVE NTROL OVER. WE LIVE AN AGE WHERE OUR STORI N BE TOLD STANTANEOLY AND GLOBALLY—I BELIEVE THAT TTH HAS A CURRENCY THAT MULTIPLI THE MORE ’S TOLD.”{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;}SEASON ONE OF VERSAILL IS NOW STREAMG ON NETFLIX. SEASON TWO WILL AIR THE FALL ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE ROYAL WEDDG WERE GAY
BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE
HOW LGBT EQUALY ARRIVED FOR BRISH ARISTOCRATSEQUALITYA FUTURE GAY WIDOW OF ONE OF ENGLAND’S MOST STATELY PIL WILL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THEIR HETEROSEXUAL PEERS, FOLLOWG A LANDMARK URT LG. BUT DAVID FURNISH WILL NEVER GET A TLE FOR MARRYG SIR ELTON.TOM SYKROYALIST CORRPONNTUPDATED APR. 13, 2017 3:26PM EDT PL BROWN/ALAMY THE AGE OF EQUAL LGBT RIGHTS IS DAWNG—FALLY—ON THE VAST HERED FORTUN OF THE BRISH ARISTOCRACY, FOLLOWG A LANDMARK LG THAT SAME-SEX SPO WILL HAVE THE SAME HERANCE RIGHTS AS THEIR NVENTNALLY-MARRIED PEERS AT ONE OF THE U.K.’S MOST FAMO UNTRY TAT.THE PEMBERTON FAY, GUARDIANS OF THE 3,000-ACRE TATE OF TMPGTON HALL, NEAR CAMBRIDGE, ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST ARISTOCRATIC BRISH FAY TO HAVE CHANGED THE HERANCE L OF A FAY TST (WHICH NOMALLY NTROLS THE TATE) TO SPECIFILLY ALLOW WIDOWED SAME-SEX HBANDS AND WIV TO HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS OTHER WIDOWED PARTNERS.ACRDG TO A REPORT THE TIM, THE JUDGE LG ON THE MATTER MA CLEAR THAT THE ‘VARIATN’ OF THE TST WAS NOT BEG PROMPTED BY ANY SPECIFIC AWARENS THAT ANY OF THE PEMBERTON’S CHILDREN—WHO ARE AGED 14, 12 AND 10—HAVE INTIFIED AS GAY.THE FAY SAID URT THIS WEEK, THROUGH THEIR LAWYERS, THAT THEY BELIEVED THEY OWED “A MORAL OBLIGATN” TO FUTURE GENERATNS TO MAKE THE CHANGE AND HAVE REFED TO MENT FURTHER ON THE MATTER. THE FAY HAVE OWNED TMPGTON HALL, NEAR CAMBRIDGE, SCE 1715, WHEN THEY REPUTEDLY BOUGHT FOR A THOAND GOLD GUEAS.DPE THEIR STORIED HISTORY, THE PEMBERTONS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR FORWARD-THKG NATURE—SCE RICHARD PEMBERTON, 46, TOOK OVER THE TATE 2007, HE HAS CREATED A 28-ACRE SOLAR FARM, ACRDG TO A REPORT THE TIM.NOW THEY HAVE BEE THE FIRST KNOWN ARISTOCRATIC FAY THE U.K. TO FORMALIZE LGBT RIGHTS FOR THEIR HEIRS AND THEIR POSSIBLE PARTNERS.THE PRCIPAL RULT OF THE CHANG MA BY THE PEMBERTONS IS LIKELY TO BE THAT A WIDOWED GAY PARTNER WILL RETA PROPERTY RIGHTS OVER THE TATE UNTIL THEIR ATH, OR AFTER THEY VOLUNTARILY HAND OVER THE RES TO THE NEXT GENERATN.THEY WILL EFFECTIVELY HAVE WHAT ARE SOMETIM QUATLY TERMED ‘DOWER RIGHTS’—THE VARY OM FAY TST TO FAY TST, BUT UALLY DOWAGER WIDOWS HAVE THE RIGHT TO EHER STAY ON THE BIG HOE OR (MORE OFTEN) A DOWER HOE ON THE TATE.THE PEMBERTONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN PROMPTED TO ACT BY A NEAR DISASTER 2010 WHEN A MISTAKE MA A LEGAL DOCUMENT—FOUR CCIAL WORDS, “AS REGARDS THE LEASE”, WERE LEFT OUT OF A ED BY MISTAKE—SIGNED TO MIGATE ATH DUTI NEARLY FORCED THEM TO SELL THEIR ANCTRAL HOME.WHILE ULD BE ARGUED THAT THE PEMBERTONS ARE MERELY FORMALIZG THEIR FAY TST WHAT HAS NOW BEE THE TABLISHED LAW THE U.K. (FOLLOWG THE LEGISLATN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS THE U.K., HERANCE L NOW SPECIFILLY APPLY TO SAME-SEX PARTNERS THE SAME WAY AS THEY DO TO ALL OTHER WIDOWED PARTNERS) THE ISSUE OF HOW GAY PARTNERS SHOULD BE TREATED WH THE PEERAGE IS STILL A BONE OF SOME NTENTN.DAVID FURNISH FAMOLY CLAIMED ’S UNFAIR THAT HE WAS NIED A URTY TLE WHEN HE AND SIR ELTON JOHN (WHO WAS KNIGHTED 1998) WED, AS A WOMAN THE SAME SUATN WOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS ‘LADY JOHN’.“I AM FOR 100 PER CENT EQUALY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYBODY, ALL WALKS OF LIFE,” FURNISH TOLD SEBASTIAN SHAKPEARE OF THE DAILY MAIL. “THE REALY IS, IF A WOMAN IS MARRIED TO MAN WH A TLE, SHE GETS A TLE.”WHILE FURNISH’S POT IS PLETELY REASONABLE LOGILLY, SHOULD PERHAPS BE POTED OUT THAT THE BRISH HONORS SYSTEM IS NOT LOGIL. AND SUCH UNFAIRNS DO NOT APPLY ONLY TO GAY UPL—A WOMAN WHOUT A TLE WHO MARRI A DE BE A DUCHS, BUT A MAN WHOUT A TLE WHO MARRI A DUCHS STAYS PLA MR.GO FIGURE.FURNISH, AND OTHERS LIKE HIM, WILL BE WAG VA FOR A TLE—SUCH A PROSPECT WAS TEGORILLY LED OUT BY AN EXTENSIVE ‘TIDYG UP EXERCISE’ UNRTAKEN BY THE ERNMENT AHEAD OF THE GAY MARRIAGE LEGISLATN PASSG 2014, WHICH ALSO TOOK THE PREUTN OF ENSURG THAT A MAN NNOT BEE QUEEN, OR PRCS OF WAL, BY MARRYG THE KG OR THE PRCE OF WAL.A LEGAL ORR WAS SERTED TO BRISH LEGISLATN WHICH TEGORILLY LED THAT WHILE THE CHANGE THE LAW GAVE GAY AND HETEROSEXUAL MARAL PARTNERS THE SAME LEGAL STAT, DID NOT APPLY TO THE RIGHTS OF ANYONE “WHO MARRI, OR WHO IS MARRIED TO, THE KG REGNANT” AND LED OUT THE POSSIBILY OF D, EARLS, AND OTHER MALE PEERS WHO MARRY OTHER MEN WOULD SEE THEIR PARTNERS ENNOBLED.OVERALL, THE PEMBERTONS’ MOVE HAS BEEN WARMLY RECEIVED ARISTOCRATIC CIRCL, WHERE, ASTEREOTYPILLY PERHAPS, GAY MAN AND WOMEN HAVE LONG BEEN ACCEPTED AND CLUD MANY UPPER-CLASS FAI.LADY COL CAMPBELL TOLD THE DAILY BEAST: “I THK ’S A VERY NOBLE THG TO DO. IT WILL ALMOST CERTALY ONLY APPLY S OF WIDOWHOOD. TO ENSURE THAT THE WIDOWED PARTNER OF AN HEIR WOULD BE PROTECTED AND N REMA SU IS A VERY FAIR POSN TO TAKE.” TOM SYK

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Homosexualy Kg Edward II of.

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.

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”“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.

ON OVATN'S "VERSAILL," EVAN WILLIAMS BRGS GAY NOBILY TO LIFETHE CHARISMATIC ACTOR FDS SUCCS TAKG CHANC, MOVG NEW DIRECTNS, AND EFFECTG CHANGE—ONSCREEN AND OFF. {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;}TVBY SHAWN SCHIKORAFEBARY 22, 2017/4:47 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}OVATNBY SHAWN SCHIKORAFEBARY 22, 2017 / 4:47 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ON OVATN'S \"VERSAILL,\" EVAN WILLIAMS BRGS GAY NOBILY TO LIFE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-02-22T21:47:14.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-02-22T21:47:14.000+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":"SHAWN SCHIKORA","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}THOUGH CANADIAN ACTOR EVAN WILLIAMS HAS BEEN ACTG FOR MORE THAN A , MOST NOTABLY ON THE TV SERI DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATN AND MTV’S AWKWARD, HE’S FOUND HIS BREAKTHROUGH ROLE OVATN’S PERD DRAMA VERSAILL, SET 17TH CENTURY FRANCE DURG THE REIGN OF LOUIS {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;}ON THE SHOW, WHICH WILL BEG SHOOTG S THIRD SEASON APRIL, HE PLAYS THE CHEVALIER LORRAE, THE REAL-LIFE LOVER OF THE DE OF ORLEANS, KG LOUIS XIV’S YOUNGER BROTHER AND NFIDANTE, WHO WAS KNOWN AT URT SIMPLY AS "MONSIR."{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 SOME ACTORS STILL HAVE RERVATNS TAKG A GAY ROLE, PECIALLY ONE THAT PICTS S CHARACTER'S SEXUALY UNFLCHGLY, WILLIAMS EMBRACED THE {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;}“IF I START WH THE BASIC ASSUMPTN THAT WE ARE ALL THE SAME, HAVE THE SAME DRIV AND ARE MOTIVATED BY SIAR FEARS, THEN ALREADY I FEEL I’M A TO THIS [CHARACTER],” HE SAYS. “I N GET TO HIS HEAD AND HEART, MELD WH MY OWN, AND POETRY N HAPPEN."{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 HIS PORTRAYAL OF THE MANIPULATIVE YET VULNERABLE URTIER, WILLIAMS SAYS WAS IMPORTANT TO OFFER "A HUMAN FACE TO ALL SIS OF A MALE HOMOSEXUAL LOVE STORY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}"[THIS ROLE] HAS THE EEDOM TO BE MULTI-LAYERED," HE EXPLAS. "IT N CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT ’S BETWEEN TWO MEN BEE ’S LOVE BETWEEN TWO MEN. I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FUN, ’S A TOTAL BLAST!”{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;}A LARGE PART OF VERSAILL’ SUCCS N BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN WILLIAMS AND HIS ON-SCREEN LOVE TERT, ALEXANR VLAHOS. BOTH ACTORS HAVE ATTRACTED A DITED FOLLOWG ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE THE ROYAL POWER UPLE THEY PORTRAY IS SHIPPED AS #{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;}“I’M SUPER LUCKY TO BE WORKG WH ALEX—WE CHALLENGE EACH OTHER AS MUCH AS WE ADORE EACH OTHER,” WILLIAMS SAYS. “I KNOW HE’S NOT GOG TO LET ME GET OFF EASY, AND I’M CERTALY NOT GOG TO LET HIM GET OFF EASY. FROM THE BEGNG, BOTH ALEX AND I HAVE BEEN EXCED TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE TWO PEOPLE. THE MORE DIMENSNS WE N EXPLORE, THE MORE FUN IS.”{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;}WILLIAMS RECEIVED A CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMATN FOR VERSAILL, AND WILL STAR THE UPG THRILLER ESPE ROOM), BUT HE'S EQUALLY MTED TO ACTIVISM. LAST YEAR, HE SPENT HIS DOWNTIME BETWEEN SHOOTS ASSISTG A REFUGEE MP CALAIS. HE HAS ALSO WORKED WH BUILDON, A NON-PROF THAT ANIZ YOUTH SERVICE PROGRAMS THE U.S. AND NSTCT SCHOOLS VELOPG UNTRI. (WILLIAMS' VERSAILL FANS HELPED RAISE FUNDS FOR THE ANIZATN AND HELPED WH THE NSTCTN OF SCHOOLS NEPAL.)LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 20: ACTOR EVAN WILLIAMS ATTENDS "THE RUMPERBUTTS" LOS ANGEL PREMIERE AT THE VISTA THEATRE ON MAY 20, 2015 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JT BAKER/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;}WHILE VERSAILL IS SET SOME 350 YEARS AGO, A SHOW ABOUT AN EXTRAVAGANT TOCRAT WH A CULT OF PERSONALY IS ALL-TOO-RELEVANT TMP'S AMERI. “I’M VERY EMOTNAL SEEG WHAT’S HAPPENG WORLDWI,” WILLIAMS SAYS OF THE CURRENT POLIL CLIMATE. “IF A ERNMENTAL OR SOCIETAL CHANGE IS GOG TO HAPPEN, ’S GOG TO HAVE TO START THE HEARTS AND THE MDS OF THE DIVIDUAL. THE EVINCE THAT THE WORLD IS NEED OF AN AWAKENG IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR."{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 MAY PLAY A FRENCH ROYAL, BUT SOUNDS LIKE WILLIAMS IS ADVOTG {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;}"I THK WE’RE STARTG TO SEE A VERY TE MOBILIZATN OF ARTISTS BEE THE STORI WE TELL TLY DO SHAPE OUR REALY," HE OFFERS. "THAT’S WHY I THK CREATIVE WORKS ARE IMPORTANT. TOTALARIAN ERNMENTS TYPILLY CRACK DOWN ON UNTERCULTURAL MUNI BEE STORI ARE BEG TOLD THAT THEY HAVE DON’T HAVE NTROL OVER. WE LIVE AN AGE WHERE OUR STORI N BE TOLD STANTANEOLY AND GLOBALLY—I BELIEVE THAT TTH HAS A CURRENCY THAT MULTIPLI THE MORE ’S TOLD.”{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;}SEASON ONE OF VERSAILL IS NOW STREAMG ON NETFLIX. SEASON TWO WILL AIR THE FALL ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > {MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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

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.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE ROYAL WEDDG WERE GAY

”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.