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.
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- ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
- QUEEN ELIZABETH II LED THROUGH S OF CHANGE ON GAY RIGHTS, BUT HER LGBTQ LEGACY IS PLITED
‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
Why was Queen Anne important? Was she gay? And did she have 17 pet bunni? * was queen anne gay *
That's thanks to playwright Christopher Marlowe, who 1594 published Edward II, wily nsired “the gay, homosexual, queer play of the Renaissance, ” says Judh Haber, an English profsor at tumultuo reign of England’s Edward II lasted om 1307 to 1327, but his legacy would lger much longer the Brish nscns. There is never nclive evince of jt what a given monarch was gettg up to the bedroom, and as the panoply of LGBTQ+ scriptors and tegori had yet to be vented, ’s somewhat accurate by fn to say a kg was gay. Stewart not that the play begs s eback the 1890s, when Osr Wil was beg tried for homosexualy.
The first same-sex kiss on Brish televisn took place durg the BBC's broadst of the play, starrg none other than Ian the Guardian, McKellen’s star Timothy Wt remembered him portrayg Edward as “unapologetilly gay, ” an artistic choice which ed “somethg of a stir. It might’ve been n by a gaggle of gays, but that wasn’t the pot. It also mak the analogy to 1990s homophobia leral, renrg Edward’s army as group of gay rights protters, plete wh posters readg “Get your filthy hands off our bodi.
” The film is still herald as one of the rnerston of the New Queer Cema II’s cultural profile has also, at tim, reflected our culture's ep homophobia. Jt over a ago, when gay rights activist Peter Tatchell sought to nmn homophobia Northern Ireland, he suggted Kg William III as yet another possibly queer Imag/Michael StillwellBetter known as William of Orange (or Kg Billy Stland), Queen Anne's precsor reigned over England, Stland, and Ireland om 1689 to 1702.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II LED THROUGH S OF CHANGE ON GAY RIGHTS, BUT HER LGBTQ LEGACY IS PLITED
For much of history, LGBTQ+ royalty need to hi their inti. Even though some societi embraced homosexualy, most refed to accept a gay ... * was queen anne gay *
As Tatchell said to the Belfast Telegraph, “It is particularly hypocril for unnist policians to play the homophobic rd when their hero William of Orange had male lovers.
While he likely didn’t nvce any avowedly homophobic lawmakers to see the light, his historilly-backed claims ma headl, reigng a bate about LGBTQ+ acceptance Northern Ireland. Long story short, Sarah doubled-down and slut-shamed and gay-shamed Queen Anne public, which is a power play, but also super tacky.