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WAS OMAN'S LATE SULTAN THE 'ONLY GAY MONARCH' THE WORLD AND WHY DO PEOPLE CARE?

A Sdi prce has been jailed for life for murrg his manservant, who was found a bed at a plh London hotel where he had been beaten to ath. The fendant spent most of the trial tryg to prove he was not gay. Why? * gay sultan *

He died unmarried, whout an heir and, spe long-standg mours that he was gay, homosexualy Oman remas illegal and n be punished wh a jail sentence of up to 3yrs.

OMAN HAS A GAY LER?

Sultan Qaboos, the absolute monarch of Oman, is apparently gay, per iends I know om that untry. Anyone have any personal stori? Do he have an all male harem? * gay sultan *

He was gay and had no children... Over the last 40 years, mors claimed that the Sultan was leadg an openly gay life, whout g out publicly.

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) the only gay monarch the world.

WAS OMAN’S LATE SULTAN THE ‘ONLY GAY MONARCH’ THE WORLD AND WHY DO PEOPLE CARE?

Even though many onle mentators scribe the Omani Sultan's sexual inty as an 'open secret', homosexualy remas illegal the nservative gulf Sultanate and is punishable by law. Are you gay?

THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY BNEI, WHERE HOMOSEXUALY IS NOW PUNISHABLE BY BEG STONED TO DEATH

Unr Sultan Qaboos, gay people went straight to jail (ironilly ahem). Some activists argued that the Sultan's sexualy should have phed him to e out publicly, as his wealth and polil power uld have helped efforts to crimalize homosexual relatnships the Middle East. In tradnal Ottoman practice, the termology of “gay” and “straight” was largely absence om disurse, as explaed by scholar Serkan Görkemli.

There, zenn equently perform (whout a sexual element) for straight-intified male dienc says filmmaker Mehmet Bay, whose 2012 feature Zenne Dancer explor the iendship between an Istanbul zenne dancer, a German photographer, and a gay “bear” om the nservative Urfa provce.

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