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‘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. * james vi gay *

”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. He is long held as an example of an openly gay kg paradg his lovers for all the urt to see.

QUEER KGS & QUEENS: WAS JAM I & VI GAY?

The sexualy of Kg Jam VI of Stland & I of England has been long bated by historians. He is long held as an example of an openly gay kg paradg his lovers for all the urt to see. Meanwhile, his passnate love letters to his ‘male favour’ are held up by those who disagree… * james vi gay *

Acceptg that he was gay, however, ntribut to the trend of erasg bisexual people history. This would seem to be evince enough that Jam uldn’t possibly have been volved homosexual relatns, but rts heavily on the assumptn that a relatnship between two men trsilly volved perative sex.

FROM THE JAM VI TO ‘THE GAYT PARLIAMENT THE WORLD’: A GUI TO EDI’S LGBT+ HISTORY

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Regardls of whether you nsir Jam I & VI gay, bisexual, or anythg on the LGBTQ+ rabow, the double standard when lookg at his ncrete relatnships wh men vers a potential reference to Anne Murray is obv. [i] Fraser, Lady Antonia, Kg Jam VI of Stland and I of England, Book Club Associat, London, p126[ii] Mary Queen of Sts to the Earl of Mar, March 29, 1567[iii] Rictor Norton, "Queen Jam and His Courtiers", Gay History and Lerature, January 8, 2000, updated January 9, 2012 iv] Stedall, Robert, Esme Stuart 1st De of Lennox[v] Bergeron, David M, Kg Jam and Letters of Homoerotic Dire, Universy of Iowa Prs, Iowa Cy, 1999, p38[vi] December 18, 1582  Bergeron, pp49-50[vii] Bergeron, p53; Murphy, Samantha A Wrg Bra: Jam VI & I and the Natnal Body[viii] Fraser, p126[ix] Fraser, p126[x] Stewart, Alan, The Cradle Kg: a life of Jam VI and I, Pimli, London, 2009, p266.

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Kg Jam and Letters of Homoerotic Dire, Universy of Iowa Prs, Iowa Cy, 1999Fraser, Lady Antonia, Kg Jam VI of Stland and I of England, Book Club Associat, London, 1984Norton, Rictor, "Queen Jam and His Courtiers", Gay History and Lerature, 8 January 2000, updated 9 January 2012, Alan The Cradle Kg: a life of Jam VI & I, Pimli, London, 2009Wikipedia: Personal relatnships of Jam VI and I.

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