Gay illtrator J.C. Leyencker's Thanksgivg vers for The Saturday Eveng Post took the grim out of pilgrim.
Contents:
- GAY PILGRIM
- THANKSGIVING GAY HISTORY: GAY PILGRIMS IN 1600’S PLYMOUTH MA
- MERRYMOUNT: AMERI’S ‘GAY COLONY’ THAT’S LEFT OUT OF HISTORY BOOKS
- IS OK FOR A GAY MAN TO WALK THE CAMO
- GAY PILGRIMS
- THE GAY ART OF THANKSGIVG
- THE GAY ECSTASY OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE
GAY PILGRIM
Dig to the history and you'll see plenty of early Amerin lonizers were super gay—and their patrts had views of that were plited, to say the least. * gay pilgrim *
As I gay man, I know that I did not choose to be gay, as many heterosexual people unfortunately believe to this day. Nobody choos to be gay, too; that is who we are. Homosexualy Ameri n be traced way back to the early settlers, better known as the Pilgrims.
In 1637, two male lonists at Plymouth were arrted for beg gay.
Most people don’t thk about homosexualy durg the time of the Pilgrims, or even durg the Amerin Revolutnary War, yet ’s there, buried our history books. Von Stben, who has been threatened wh prosecutn for beg homosexual, ped Germany and sailed to Ameri. Everyone knows the history of gays the ary was not favorable until the last few years.
THANKSGIVING GAY HISTORY: GAY PILGRIMS IN 1600’S PLYMOUTH MA
Homosexualy Ameri n be traced way back to the early settlers, better known as the Pilgrims. In 1637, 2 lonists were arrted for beg gay. * gay pilgrim *
Ary would discharge soldiers for homosexual acts throughout the eighteenth and neteenth century even the absence of any explic act of sodomy. In October 1949, the Department of Defense standardized anti-homosexual regulatns across all branch of the ary: “Homosexual personnel, irrpective of sex, should not be permted to serve any branch of the Armed Forc any pacy, and prompt separatn of known homosexuals om the Armed Forc is mandatory.
The Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, troduced by the Clton Admistratn, prohibed any homosexual or bisexual person om disclosg his or her sexual orientatn, or om speakg about any homosexual relatnships, cludg marriag, while servg the ary. Any service members who disclose that they are homosexual or engage homosexual nduct would be discharged.
MERRYMOUNT: AMERI’S ‘GAY COLONY’ THAT’S LEFT OUT OF HISTORY BOOKS
I'm planng to walk the Camo Franc September and wanted to ask if as a gay man that 's ok to do so? * gay pilgrim *
It wasn’t until Print Barack Obama’s sign of the Repeal Act of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell 2010 that gays and lbians were allowed to serve openly the ary. Pilgrims John Alexanr and Thomas Roberts had been ught a homosexual relatnship.
Plimoth Plantatn Mm Plymouth Massachetts have disvered urt rerds om their se, and om a handful of others to piece together the liv of the lony’s and Ameri’s earlit gay and lbian settlers. Pickerg quoted the poet and thor Pl Mote, who wrote that most of gay history “li shallow bachelors’ grav. ’’ Though the historil rerd is sparse, “we n get a sense of what the optns of the past were, ’’ and provi some sense of history to a morn gay muny “that really don’t have a strong sense of s past much before 1960.
IS OK FOR A GAY MAN TO WALK THE CAMO
PLYMOUTH - In the summer of 1637, two workg men at the English lony at Plymouth faced the possibily of executn, nvicted of what the law books said was a grave moral Pilgrims would have never looked this Alexanr and Thomas Roberts had been ught a homosexual relatnship. Court rerds om their… * gay pilgrim *
Plimoth Plantatn began rearchg the gay history of the lony about 15 years ago, preparatn for brgg s repli of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower to gay-iendly Provcetown. Through the rerds were snt the prosecutn of Alexanr and Roberts for homosexual nduct reveals layers of plexi the pilgrim life.
In fact, there was one Amerin lony that strayed so far om the beliefs that they embraced homosexualy. Although homosexualy certaly existed amongst the Purans, was nsired to be a s and there were harsh penalti for those who were acced. It’s the history of Merrymount that the most tailed rerd of homosexualy among lonists appears.
I'm planng to walk the Camo Franc September and wanted to ask if as a gay man that 's ok to do so? Brian, 's a sad dictment of the neanrthal attus still alas somewhat prevalent that you would feel sufficiently worried to even have to ask the qutn, assumg a 3% rate of gay men the populatn ( seems a median of a few recent studi), a 55% male rat of peregros and about 230, 000 peregros llectg a postela this year then you will all likelihood be only one of about 3, 800 gay men this year pletg the mo. The guy who I walked my 3rd Camo wh - Phil( and he won't md me sayg this) is gay.
GAY PILGRIMS
* gay pilgrim *
One of the most memorable evengs we had, was over a large bowl of Caldo soup Galicia, shared wh a gay man. Whether a middle aged hband and wife, or a gay man, or whoever.
THE GAY ART OF THANKSGIVG
He wrote a nice acunt of his trip, and happens to be gay.
Michael is gay.. That said, overt displays of homosexualy small towns across spa may get some star and perhaps some sort of animosy, but i doubt you will feel threatened. I met wonrful people all along the Camo - some knew I was gay and others didn't, but didn't seem to matter one way or the other.
THE GAY ECSTASY OF THE VILLAGE PEOPLE
He is a celebry, a edian and gay. He also mentned that he was gay that article. I have iends at home that are gay, they are not my "gay iends", jt iends that happen to be gay.
When we walked, our Camo Fay clud a lbian uple and a gay man. For the people who ask how would anyone know that someone was gay - how about regular old gettg-to-know-you nversatn? A gay man might mentn his partner and voila, orientatn has e up nversatn.