Was Kg Aethelstan really gay? Seven Kgs Mt Die wrer explas | Rad Tim

Contents:

• 5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
• WAS KG AETHELSTAN REALLY GAY? SEVEN KGS MT DIE WRER EXPLAS
• WAS KG AETHELSTAN GAY REAL LIFE? THE LAST KGDOM HISTORY EXPLAED
• ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
• THE TRAGIC BUT TE STORY OF ENGLAND’S GAY KG
• ENGLAND'S GAY KG

5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY

Centuri before homosexualy was ma legal between nsentg adults 1967, the ‘love that dare not speak s name’ was viewed as a s England, particularly by the church, and technilly punishable by ath.

It is not surprisg that many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. Known as ‘Ruf’ due to his ddy plexn and red hair, the third son of William the Conqueror beme Kg of England 1087 and is assumed to have been gay or bisexual. The fourth son of Henry II, he is also believed to have been homosexual spe marryg Berengaria of Navarre.

An art historian disvered a 400-year-old portra of Gee Villiers, the former De of Buckgham who is thought to have been the gay lover of Kg Jam VI and I, the Brish ler om 1567 to 1625 who missned a btsellg book known as The Kg Jam Bible. Hovn’s bed ment may be more of a polil metaphor than a leral one — polics do make strange bedfellows, after all — but even still, Richard I has long been lnized as a gay in. The plays of both possibly-gay English playwright Christopher Marlowe and totally-gay English playwright Derek Jarman both picted Edward II as gay.

WAS KG AETHELSTAN REALLY GAY? SEVEN KGS MT DIE WRER EXPLAS

Totally gay.

WAS KG AETHELSTAN GAY REAL LIFE? THE LAST KGDOM HISTORY EXPLAED

William II, lled "Ruf" for his reddish plexn, never married or fathered children, leadg to speculatn that he was gay. There is signifint evince that he was gay, although historians differ on this pot.

Richard has been portrayed equently on stage and film; The Ln Wter (1968), which he was played by Anthony Hopks, strongly suggted he was gay, while Sean Connery offered a thoroughly heterosexual pictn Rob Hood: Prce of Thiev (1991) urty Natnal Portra Gallery of London. Many historians believe Edward II, kg om 1307 to 1327, was gay or bisexual. Christopher Marlowe's play Edward II picts the kg as gay, and Derek Jarman ma a stunng and explic film based on the play urty Natnal Portra Gallery of London.

Fundamentalist Christians often pot to the Kg Jam Versn of the Bible as the five edn, but do they stop to thk was missned and overseen by a man who was likely gay or bi? The Queen’s beme the first member of the Brish royal fay to e out as gay after revealg he is datg Jam Coyle.

‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS

Openly homosexual, Kg Louis XIV’s younger brother also enjoyed drsg women’s cloth. It is known om his diary, private letters, and other survivg personal documents, that he had strong homosexual sir.

This is the only se Roman history where a named dividual male is stated as homosexual. Prce Manvendra Sgh Gohil is an openly gay Indian prce who ns The Lakshya Tst.

THE TRAGIC BUT TE STORY OF ENGLAND’S GAY KG

However, there is very ltle proof to substantiate the claims, wh Kg Henry crimalisg gay sex the Buggery Act of 1533. Beware SPOILERS Last Kgdom season 5How history rmed Æthelstan on The Last Kgdom: Seven Kgs Mt DieThe big twist for Æthelstan’s motive is that we disver fairly early on the movie that he’s gay and havg an affair wh Ingilmundr, a Dane who is pretendg to be an ally orr to manipulate Æthelstan.

Ingilmundr’s nefar motiv asi, this rais the obv qutn of whether Æthelstan was gay real life. The Last Kgdom has always been great at explorg the motivatns for historil figur, and the cisn to make Æthelstan gay is a perfect example. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

ENGLAND'S GAY KG

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".

Even though some societi embraced homosexualy, most refed to accept a gay monarch. But before we talk about LGBTQ+ kgs and queens, let's start wh the history of sexual terms heterosexual and homosexual didn't exist until the 1860s.