Sat Sebastian: History’s first gay in?

Contents:

• SAT SEBASTIAN AS A GAY IN
• HOW DID A THIRD-CENTURY CATHOLIC SAT BEE A GAY IN? HERE’S THE HOMOEROTIC HISTORY OF SAT SEBASTIAN
• SAT SEBASTIAN: HISTORY’S FIRST GAY IN?
• HOW DID ST SEBASTIAN BEE A GAY MALE IN?
• SAT SEBASTIAN, IN ASCENDG ORR OF {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;}CULTUREBY ADAM SALANDRAJULY 19, 2015/12:59 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAJULY 19, 2015 / 12:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SAT SEBASTIAN, IN ASCENDG ORR OF SEXS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-19T16:59:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-19T16:59:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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;}WHEN TO NAMG GAY INS, I BET SAT SEBASTIAN ISN'T AT THE TOP OF YOUR {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;}LUCKILY FOR , MALLORY ORTBERG, EDOR OF THE TOAST, IS PROVG TO WHY THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR BELONGS ON YOUR {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;}SHE QUOTED WIKIPEDIA ON THE MATTER, WHICH SCRIB SAT SEBASTIAN LIKE THIS:{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;}"THE EARLIT GAY IN MAY HAVE BEEN SAT SEBASTIAN, A CHRISTIAN SAT AND MARTYR, WHOSE BATN OF STRONG AND SHIRTLS PHYSIQUE, SYMBOLIC ARROW-PIERCED FLH AND RAPTURO LOOK OF PA HAVE TRIGUED ARTISTS, BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT, FOR CENTURI AND BEGAN THE FIRST EXPLICLY GAY CULT THE NETEENTH CENTURY. JOURNALIST RICHARD A. KAYE WROTE, “CONTEMPORARY GAY MEN HAVE SEEN SEBASTIAN AT ONCE A STUNNG ADVERTISEMENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL SIRE (ED, A HOMOEROTIC IAL), AND A PROTOTYPIL PORTRA OF TORTURED CLOSET SE.”{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;}ORTBERG NOTIC THAT MOST PATGS OF THE MARTYR PICT HIM AS "A TERMAL BABE, OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LOOKG LIKE HE IS ACTUALLY DYG." SHE GO ON TO HILARLY PROVE HER POT BY LISTG SOME PATGS OF THE SAT ASCENDG ORR OF {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;}"LEAVG ASI THE FACT THAT THIS SAT SEBASTIAN HAS EXACTLY ONE ARROW HIM, AND IS HIS LEG, ’S NOT BAD. MOST OF HIS PELVIS IS VERED, HE HAS A GENERALLY 'AD' QUALY TO HIM THAT I FOUND PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE, AND HIS FACE ISN’T SHG LIKE HE JT FELLATED A TUBE OF RAL LIPSTICK."{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;}"'THEY ULDN’T POSSIBLY GET MORE OUTLANDISH, HE’S A BULGG DIAPER –' WAIT FOR IT."{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;}"HERE IS WHERE WE GET TO ONE OF MY FAVORE POS, THE 'DANCG SEBASTIAN.' HE’S BEEN ROUGHED UP A B, BUT HE IS ALSO CLEARLY ABOUT TO LNCH TO A TIDY LTLE TWO-STEP."{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 SAT SEBASTIAN DO NOT BLEED, BUT HE DO HAVE CREDIBLE LF FN, AND IS NVENIENTLY BOUND TO THE TREE EXACTLY THE SPOT MEN WHO ARE PROUD OF THEIR BICEPS GET BARBED-WIRE TATTOOS."{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 IS SUCKING IN HIS STOMACH AND JUTTING OUT HIS HIPS, I ADORE HOW MUCH HE IS NOT BLEEDG OM HIS TWO SHALLOW FLH WOUNDS AND HOW REFULLY HE HAS BEEN TRIMMG HIS BIKI ZONE."{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;}FOR EVEN MORE "SEXY" PICS OF SAT SEBASTIAN, CHECK OUT ORTBERG'S FULL ARTICLE {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;}H/T: THE TOAST {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

SAT SEBASTIAN AS A GAY IN

In more recent terpretatns, the Christian fixatn wh the sirable bodi of s sats and the permeable boundari between the bodily flh and the dive have been seen as homoerotic or queer. In 1976, Derek Jarman appropriated the tradn story of Sat Sebastian through a queer lens his homoerotic historil thriller film Sebastiane. Brish pater Keh Vghan (1912–1977) also ma e of the myth of Sat Sebastian to exprs and explore his homosexual sire, a mon theme throughout his work.

HOW DID A THIRD-CENTURY CATHOLIC SAT BEE A GAY IN? HERE’S THE HOMOEROTIC HISTORY OF SAT SEBASTIAN

How did a third-century Catholic sat bee a ntemporary gay in referenced on everythg om the vers of men’s magaz to art and films and an adopted psdonym by Osr Wil?

But who was Sat Sebastian really and how, when, and why did this cur exultatn to the stat of gay in occur? Ined, the Renaissance and Baroque pictns are rooted the Catholic teachgs about the permeabily of sats’ bodi and the ecstasy experienced their munn wh the dive—the pictns were the on to be later embraced by the gay muny who saw their own experienc mirrored Sat Sebastian’s betiful sufferg. Ecstasy and Agony: Sebastian, Patron Sat of the Gay Communy.

In the morn era, the popularizatn of Sat Sebastian as an in the gay muny often leads back to Guido Reni’s Martyrdom of St. Reni’s patg was siarly fluential to the famed 20th-century Japane thor Y Mishima; Mishima’s 1949 novel Confsns of a Mask, the book’s adolcent protagonist experienc a homosexual awakeng while gazg at the very same patg.

SAT SEBASTIAN: HISTORY’S FIRST GAY IN?

The referenc to the sat didn’t end there—Mishima, who was himself gay, went so far as to pose as Sat Sebastian a now-famo photographic portra, taken not long before the wrer’s ath by suici 1970. The photograph further cemented associatns between the ecstasy and torments of the sat’s martyrdom wh the homosexual experience of persecutn throughout the 20th century. Wil, himself, should be noted, had been exiled Paris, followg a nearly two-year imprisonment at Readg Gaol England for the crime of practicg homosexualy.

In the 1970s, Italian artist Luigi Ontani staged a provotive photograph of Sat Sebastian as a gay in.

In the 1976 film Sebastiane, filmmaker Derek Jarman engaged wh the narrative of the sat to explore ti between sexual and spirual ecstasy, through a specifilly homoerotic lens. He nceals the pth of his emotns, experiencg both torments and pleasur privately, a feelg siar to the experience of gay inty for many men the 20th century (and often to this day). Others have terpreted the arrows piercg the sat’s body as phallic allns and disguised referenc to homosexual sex, while his rope-tied hands n be seen through the lens of sadomasochism.

HOW DID ST SEBASTIAN BEE A GAY MALE IN?

Perhaps most ncretely, the story of Sat Sebastian paralleled the experienc and fears of the closeted gay muny—when Sebastian’s ncealed te (Christian) inty was revealed, he was shunned, tormented, and killed by those power, a harrowg tale that mirrored the gay experienc of beg “outed” throughout morn history. Intertgly, referenc to the sat by gay artists have ntued to shift more recent history. Who would both die om the disease, found solace not the sat’s ecstasy but his earlier medieval associatns wh healg and wardg off the plague, both rporatg referenc to this patron sat of the gay muny to their late artworks.

Sebastian, Christian history’s first gay in. Some his queer cult even go so far as to ll him the patron sat of the gays.

SAT SEBASTIAN, IN ASCENDG ORR OF {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;}CULTUREBY ADAM SALANDRAJULY 19, 2015/12:59 PMBY ADAM SALANDRAJULY 19, 2015 / 12:59 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"SAT SEBASTIAN, IN ASCENDG ORR OF SEXS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-19T16:59:51.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-19T16:59:51.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","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":"ADAM SALANDRA","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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;}WHEN TO NAMG GAY INS, I BET SAT SEBASTIAN ISN'T AT THE TOP OF YOUR {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;}LUCKILY FOR , MALLORY ORTBERG, EDOR OF THE TOAST, IS PROVG TO WHY THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR BELONGS ON YOUR {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;}SHE QUOTED WIKIPEDIA ON THE MATTER, WHICH SCRIB SAT SEBASTIAN LIKE THIS:{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;}"THE EARLIT GAY IN MAY HAVE BEEN SAT SEBASTIAN, A CHRISTIAN SAT AND MARTYR, WHOSE BATN OF STRONG AND SHIRTLS PHYSIQUE, SYMBOLIC ARROW-PIERCED FLH AND RAPTURO LOOK OF PA HAVE TRIGUED ARTISTS, BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT, FOR CENTURI AND BEGAN THE FIRST EXPLICLY GAY CULT THE NETEENTH CENTURY. JOURNALIST RICHARD A. KAYE WROTE, “CONTEMPORARY GAY MEN HAVE SEEN SEBASTIAN AT ONCE A STUNNG ADVERTISEMENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL SIRE (ED, A HOMOEROTIC IAL), AND A PROTOTYPIL PORTRA OF TORTURED CLOSET SE.”{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;}ORTBERG NOTIC THAT MOST PATGS OF THE MARTYR PICT HIM AS "A TERMAL BABE, OFTEN AT THE EXPENSE OF LOOKG LIKE HE IS ACTUALLY DYG." SHE GO ON TO HILARLY PROVE HER POT BY LISTG SOME PATGS OF THE SAT ASCENDG ORR OF {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;}"LEAVG ASI THE FACT THAT THIS SAT SEBASTIAN HAS EXACTLY ONE ARROW HIM, AND IS HIS LEG, ’S NOT BAD. MOST OF HIS PELVIS IS VERED, HE HAS A GENERALLY 'AD' QUALY TO HIM THAT I FOUND PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE, AND HIS FACE ISN’T SHG LIKE HE JT FELLATED A TUBE OF RAL LIPSTICK."{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;}"'THEY ULDN’T POSSIBLY GET MORE OUTLANDISH, HE’S A BULGG DIAPER –' WAIT FOR IT."{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;}"HERE IS WHERE WE GET TO ONE OF MY FAVORE POS, THE 'DANCG SEBASTIAN.' HE’S BEEN ROUGHED UP A B, BUT HE IS ALSO CLEARLY ABOUT TO LNCH TO A TIDY LTLE TWO-STEP."{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 SAT SEBASTIAN DO NOT BLEED, BUT HE DO HAVE CREDIBLE LF FN, AND IS NVENIENTLY BOUND TO THE TREE EXACTLY THE SPOT MEN WHO ARE PROUD OF THEIR BICEPS GET BARBED-WIRE TATTOOS."{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 IS SUCKING IN HIS STOMACH AND JUTTING OUT HIS HIPS, I ADORE HOW MUCH HE IS NOT BLEEDG OM HIS TWO SHALLOW FLH WOUNDS AND HOW REFULLY HE HAS BEEN TRIMMG HIS BIKI ZONE."{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;}FOR EVEN MORE "SEXY" PICS OF SAT SEBASTIAN, CHECK OUT ORTBERG'S FULL ARTICLE {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;}H/T: THE TOAST {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

Sebastian was not gay, and his sexualy plays no role historilly. Whether the artists who eroticized him were gay n no longer be termed. /AIDS crisis, when the diagnosis many s reprented a ath sentence, and gay men were margalized and treated wh hostily by secular and relig thori, the sufferg queer Sat Sebastian beme an inic figure.

Sat Sebastian has been lled history’s first gay in and the patron sat of homosexualy. The homoeroticism is obv. Nothg is known about Sebastian’s love life, so his long-standg populary wh gay men is partly based on the way he looks and the sheer sensualy of his portrayals.

Many gay men also intify wh his sufferg and his experience of beg attacked on relig grounds. In addn to his longstandg but unofficial stat as patron sat of gay men, Sebastian is a patron sat of soldiers, archers and athlet.