Richard Des’s review of The Last Gay Man on Earth

Contents:

• THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?
• THE OLST GAYS HISTORY
• HISTORY’S FIRST GAY COUPLETHEY LIVED, DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER AS EARLY AS 2400 B.C EGYPTKAMNA KIRTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·3 M READ·AUG 13, 2020--5SHARENIANKHKHUM AND KHNUMHOTEPSOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAWHEN EGYPTOLOGISTS DISVERED THE TOMB AT SAQQARA, EGYPT 1964, THEY WERE SURPRISED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TOMB THE NECROPOLIS WHERE A SAME-SEX UPLE WAS BURIED TOGETHER.WH MOST OF THE HISTORY GETTG LOST TRANSLATN, EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE EXTRAPOLATED OM THE EVINCE THEIR TOMB THAT KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM ARE HISTORY’S FIRST DOCUMENTED GAY UPL. THE CLAIM OF A FIRST RERD SAME-SEX UPLE HAS MET NSIRABLE BATE ACROSS AMIANS.HIEROGLYPHS ADORNED ACROSS THE TOMB PICT THEM AS HOLDG HANDS, FACE TO FACE WH THEIR NOS TOUCHG, EMBRACG A WAY THAT PICTS A MARRIED UPLE.THE TOMB
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• THE LAST GAY MAN ON EARTH – YPE DRISEN BRGS PHOTO COMICS TO GRAPHIC MEMOIR
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• RICHARD DES'S REVIEWS > THE LAST GAY MAN ON EARTH
• WHO WAS KARL HERICH ULRICHS? MEET THE FIRST MAN TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY
• OVERG SELF DOUBT: REVIEWG ‘THE LAST GAY MAN ON EARTH’

THE OLST KNOWN GAY MAN?

April 7, 2011 -- Archaeologists the Czech Republic have unearthed the grave of what may be the remas of the olst known homosexual or transgenr prehistoric body dat to the Copper age -- or 2900 to 2500 years ago -- and was buried a manner that was typilly rerved for male skeleton was found on s si, facg east, and was surround by domtic jugs, objects prevly seen only female grav.

Homosexualy, as Wterners thk of today, wh a lot of add societal baggage that wouldn't ronate at all wh prehistoric man, Arnold said. "Homosexualy is found a great many other speci -- om ducks to chimps -- as well as many cultur where people are allowed to exprs .

THE OLST GAYS HISTORY

In some societi, is even celebrated, such as the Navajo where lbians are believed to have a special nnectn to the spirual world, " Helen Fisher, a blogil anthropologist at Rutgers Universy, wrote an email to "So, " Fisher ntued, "there is every reason to thk that some of our anctors were gay.

’ This le, ed by Seth on his nephew, is probably the olst rerd chat-up, gay or straight, all of history. As far as the rerd go, Nyankhkhnum and Khnumhotep are, I thk, the olst gays history.

HISTORY’S FIRST GAY COUPLETHEY LIVED, DIED AND WERE BURIED TOGETHER AS EARLY AS 2400 B.C EGYPTKAMNA KIRTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·3 M READ·AUG 13, 2020--5SHARENIANKHKHUM AND KHNUMHOTEPSOURCE: PUBLIC DOMAWHEN EGYPTOLOGISTS DISVERED THE TOMB AT SAQQARA, EGYPT 1964, THEY WERE SURPRISED. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TOMB THE NECROPOLIS WHERE A SAME-SEX UPLE WAS BURIED TOGETHER.WH MOST OF THE HISTORY GETTG LOST TRANSLATN, EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE EXTRAPOLATED OM THE EVINCE THEIR TOMB THAT KHNUMHOTEP AND NIANKHKHNUM ARE HISTORY’S FIRST DOCUMENTED GAY UPL. THE CLAIM OF A FIRST RERD SAME-SEX UPLE HAS MET NSIRABLE BATE ACROSS AMIANS.HIEROGLYPHS ADORNED ACROSS THE TOMB PICT THEM AS HOLDG HANDS, FACE TO FACE WH THEIR NOS TOUCHG, EMBRACG A WAY THAT PICTS A MARRIED UPLE.THE TOMB

But they did not have a rigid nventn of sexualy as eher heterosexual or homosexual, and, at least at certa tim, and certa strata, may have tolerated and even celebrated same-sex love. -- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

This was the first and only tomb the necropolis where a same-sex uple was buried most of the history gettg lost translatn, Egyptologists have extrapolated om the evince their tomb that Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum are history’s first documented gay upl. Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.

Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league. Ype Drisen’s The Last Gay Man on Earth, om Street Noise Books, tak this a rare full-length directn.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

The Last Gay Man on Earth follows an on-page rnatn of s thor, explorg his anxieti, nros and fears.

While The Last Gay Man on Earth explor ser issu s pictn of Ype’s journey do so wh an unpromisg and self-pretg humour that s own irreverent way giv plentiful sights to Ype’s thought procs.

In this regard, The Last Gay Man on Earth is as much about posg and choreographg scen as is about “illtratg” them.

THE LAST GAY MAN ON EARTH – YPE DRISEN BRGS PHOTO COMICS TO GRAPHIC MEMOIR

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The Last Gay Man on Earth. Karl Herich Ulrichs is nsired by many as the first gay activist morn tim, and the first person to publicly “e out”. Throughout his life, Ulrichs fought tirelsly for the rights of gay people – even before the term ‘homosexual’ was ed.

In fact, Ulrichs is wily creded as the pneer of the morn gay rights movement, and is famo for makg his own words up to scribe gay men, lbians, bisexuals and tersex people.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

In the works, Ulrichs fought for the rights of gay people and outled his theori on homosexualy.

RICHARD DES'S REVIEWS > THE LAST GAY MAN ON EARTH

Afterwards, he worked the civil service of Hanover until 1854, when he stepped down before he uld be dismissed over his homosexual activy. Although gay acts weren’t yet illegal Hanover, he uld still be fired om his job as a civil servant. Essays on gay love.

Between 1863 and 1865, Ulrichs wrote a seri of five says published as Forschungen über das Rätsel r mannmännlichen Liebe (Studi on the Riddle of Male-Male Love), which he provid his own terms for gay men, lbians, bisexuals and tersex people.

In his says, Ulrichs lled gay men ‘Urng’ – a term spired by a sectn Plato’s philosophil text Symposium – and lbians as ‘Dng’. Ulrichs’ fns were ground-breakg for the time – wasn’t until 1869 that Atrian wrer Karl-Maria Kertbeny ed the term “homosexual.

WHO WAS KARL HERICH ULRICHS? MEET THE FIRST MAN TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.

Atralophec was the domant homid throughout Ai for nearly 2 ln years, until the rise of Homo habilis. This is the evolutnary path that we thk led to the velopment of the gen Homo, which first arose about 2.

Homo habilis, known lloquially as “handy man, ” had larger bras than their Atralophec unterparts and displayed far more wispread tool evolutnary fay tree of morn humans, some of our more distant s, and many of the termediary speci that existed at one time, but that have died out and/or evolved to other life forms by the prent time.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR U.S. PRO LEAGUE TO E OUT AS GAY

9 ln years ago, Homo erect evolved. This human anctor not only walked fully upright, but had much larger bras than Homo habilis: nearly twice as large, on average. Homo erect beme the first direct human anctor to leave Ai, and the first to display evince of g fire.

Homo habilis was likely driven to extctn more than a ln years ago, as was the last Atralophec. Across the world, new exampl of the gen Homo emerged, cludg Homo antecsor Europe (which may be an evolved habilis or erect, or an early form of heilbergensis) about 1.

OVERG SELF DOUBT: REVIEWG ‘THE LAST GAY MAN ON EARTH’

2 ln years ago, followed by Homo heilbergensis some 600, 000 years ago.

Approximately 700, 000 years ago, the earlit evince for okg appears; about 500, 000 years ago, the first evince for clothg olst fossil remnants of Homo sapiens now date back to 300, 000-315, 000 years ago, and were found Moroc. (Cred: Natural History Mm London/Nature)Approximately 300, 000 years ago, the first Homo sapiens — anatomilly morn humans — arose alongsi our other homid relativ.

It is unknown whether we scend directly om Homo erect, heilbergensis, or antecsor, although Neanrthals, which me slightly later at 240, 000 years ago, most certaly me om Homo heilbergensis.