'Gaydar' prov Gee Washgton and Alexanr Haton were gay, thor says

Contents:

• WAS GEE WASHGTON GAY? CONSIR THE EVINCE
• THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
• GEE WASHGTON AND MOST OF JAMTOWN HAD GAY SEX, THE AMERIN PEOPLE BOOK SAYS
• GEE WASHGTON: THE GAY IENDLY FATHER OF OUR UNTRY
• WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'
• 'GAYDAR' PROV GEE WASHGTON AND ALEXANR HATON WERE GAY, THOR SAYS
• DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL IF GEE WASHGTON WAS GAY

WAS GEE WASHGTON GAY? CONSIR THE EVINCE

Larry Kramer's recent novel, The Amerin People: Volume 1: A Search for My Heart, has got tongu waggg aga about which great men Amerin history were gay.

In terviews, as well as the book, Kramer has claimed that many of the founrs, cludg Gee Washgton, were gay.

As Kramer knows, the terms "heterosexual" and "homosexual" were ed the late neteenth century, and many will dismiss the book bee he appears to be a bad historian by assertg morn ias about the past. Kramer has long argued that amic historians are as much to blame for the straight-washg of Amerin history as even the most rabid of anti-gay, right-wg, history myth-makg foundatns. We should know enough by now that neher n stand scty as clear evince of sexual his terview wh the New York Tim Kramer said: "People say, 'Can you prove to me that Gee Washgton was gay?

THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY

Assertg that Gee Washgton was gay garners headl bee Amerins thk they know that Gee Washgton was as straight as uld be -- a visn that partly reli on the tradnal image of virtuo, Amerin manhood. For Kramer, assertg that Washgton was gay reveals not only that Amerins are bigots who straight-wash their histori, but also tells somethg about LGBTQ Amerins.

GEE WASHGTON AND MOST OF JAMTOWN HAD GAY SEX, THE AMERIN PEOPLE BOOK SAYS

There has never been any history book wrten where the gay people have been the history om the begng. Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary.

GEE WASHGTON: THE GAY IENDLY FATHER OF OUR UNTRY

In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters. But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story.

WASHGTON, D.C.'S HIDN GAY HISTORY IS UNVERED 'SECRET CY'

Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime. He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy.

But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers.

'GAYDAR' PROV GEE WASHGTON AND ALEXANR HATON WERE GAY, THOR SAYS

”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal. John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron.

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL IF GEE WASHGTON WAS GAY

Durg von Stben’s lifetime, the ncept of gay marriage, gay pri or g out was unthkable and there was no language or open culture of homosexualy. But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. Gee Washgton and most of Jamtown had gay sex...