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Contents:
- 5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
- ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
- THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND
- THE TRAGIC BUT TE STORY OF ENGLAND’S GAY KG
5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
Many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. * uk gay kings *
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.
‘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. * uk gay kings *
An art historian disvered a 400-year-old portra of Gee Villiers, the former De of Buckgham who is thought to have been the gay lover of Kg Jam VI and I, the Brish ler om 1567 to 1625 who missned a btsellg book known as The Kg Jam Bible. Hovn’s bed ment may be more of a polil metaphor than a leral one — polics do make strange bedfellows, after all — but even still, Richard I has long been lnized as a gay in.
The plays of both possibly-gay English playwright Christopher Marlowe and totally-gay English playwright Derek Jarman both picted Edward II as gay.
Totally 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.
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND
For much of history, LGBTQ+ royalty need to hi their inti. Even though some societi embraced homosexualy, most refed to accept a gay ... * uk gay kings *
Bergeron theoriz his book “Kg Jam and Letters of Homoerotic Dire”: “The scriptn that mov across the letters spell sire. 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 TRAGIC BUT TE STORY OF ENGLAND’S GAY KG
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