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The gay kg of England (Steven Waddgton) meets his doom this update of Christopher Marlowe's play.

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‘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. * edward ii 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 TRAGIC BUT TE STORY OF ENGLAND’S GAY KG

The tragic but te story of England's gay kg. Edward II loved fiercely but lost everythg. * edward ii gay *

Bergeron theoriz his book “Kg Jam and Letters of Homoerotic Dire”: “The scriptn that mov across the letters spell sire. Summary Let me be clear om the outset: this study do not set out to st Edward II as a medieval reprentative of any one morn tegory of sexual orientatn, heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, whatever.

REVIEW/FILM; HISTORIL EDWARD II AND GAY ISSU TODAY

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This article therefore attempts to move beyond the somewhat naïve and sterile posivist bate that aims to claim Edward eher as gay or as straight, and stead to exame the reasons why some people the fourteenth century found appropriate and necsary to clu issu about sexualy their nstctn of this kg's character and reign.

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‘The kg and his hband’: The gay history of Brish royals - The Washgton Post .

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