300 love letters disvered between two gay men durg WWII tells heartbreakg story

Contents:

• IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS
• 300 LOVE LETTERS DISVERED BETWEEN TWO GAY MEN DURG WWII TELLS HEARTBREAKG STORY
• NEW SHORT FILM 'THE LETTER MEN' REVEALS SECRET LOVE LETTERS AMONG GAY SOLDIERS WWII
• SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF TWO GAY SOLDIERS OM WWII MA TO MOVIE
• READ THIS HEARTBREAKG GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIER’S LOVE LETTER
• THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS
• THE FOTTEN GAY SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
• ‘SLEEP WELL MY LOVE’: A BETIFUL TRAGIC GAY LOVE LETTER FROM WWII!

IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS

Letters between gay men are credibly rare bee they were almost always stroyed. Letters between a gay civilian and a soldier? This is an credibly rare photograph of a gay soldier and a man Paris durg World War II.

Homosexualy was illegal at that time, and beg ught the army as a gay man was so much worse. If he was found out, was likely that he would serve time prison, or even get shot by a homophobic soldier, and left for ad. Two gay soldiers relaxg together uniform.

300 LOVE LETTERS DISVERED BETWEEN TWO GAY MEN DURG WWII TELLS HEARTBREAKG STORY

Beg openly gay would not be crimalized until The Sexual Offens Act 1967.

Even then, no one uld have gay sex until over the age of 21.

Not surprisgly, there were other gay men that were drafted to the army as well. For the vast majory of gay men wrg letters to one another durg that time, they actually did burn the letters. For years, they had dreams of leavg England and movg to the Uned Stat, where they uld live sunny California, which was known for beg more acceptg of homosexuals.

NEW SHORT FILM 'THE LETTER MEN' REVEALS SECRET LOVE LETTERS AMONG GAY SOLDIERS WWII

The Newly Disvered Love Letters Between Two Gay Soldiers In World War II Will Have You In Tears. War Time Love Letters Reveal Epic Gay Love Story Kept Secret for Des.

The Newly Disvered Love Letters Between Two Gay World War II Soldiers Tell A Heartwarmg Story Of Forbidn Love. But more than 70 years later, was disvered that G stood for Gordon, and Gilbert had been love wh a the time, not only was homosexualy illegal, but those the armed forc uld be shot for havg gay sex. The letters, which emerged after Mr Bradley's ath 2008, are therefore unual and shed an important light on homosexual relatnships durg the do we know about this forbidn love affair?

SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF TWO GAY SOLDIERS OM WWII MA TO MOVIE

The rt of the world have no nceptn of what our love is - they do not know that is life as a homosexual the 1940s was credibly difficult. Gay activy was a urt-martial offence, jail sentenc for so-lled "gross cency" were mon, and much of society strongly disapproved of same-sex was not until the Sexual Offenc Act 1967 that nsentg men aged 21 and over were legally allowed to have gay relatnships - and beg openly gay the armed servic was not allowed until letters, which emerged after Mr Bradley's ath 2008, are rare bee most homosexual upl would get rid of anythg so crimatg, says gay rights activist Peter Rose. "There is a gay history and isn't always negative and tearful, " he says.

"But spe all the awful circumstanc, gay men and lbians managed to rise above all and have fascatg and good liv spe everythg. "Such letters are extremely rare bee they were crimatg - gay men faced years prison wh or whout hard labour, " he says. "There was even the possibily that gay soldiers uld have been shot.

READ THIS HEARTBREAKG GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIER’S LOVE LETTER

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Mt let gays serve openlyBut he was unsuccsful his efforts and statned at Park Hall Camp Oswtry, Shropshire, 1939 to tra as an anti-aircraft love not also appear to show that Bradley was love wh Gordon Bowsher before beg drafted. ""Such letters are extremely rare bee they were crimatg - gay men faced years prison wh or whout hard labour, " Higt says.

THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS

The post featur a photograph of Bradley on top of the ptn:Hundreds of love letters between two gay WWII soldiers were disvered and sold to a mm. However, the Brish ary did not allow for gay and lbian servicemembers to be open about their sexualy until relatnship between Bowsher and Bradley — and their shared rrponnce — reportedly end 1945. “Such letters are extremely rare bee they were crimatg – gay men faced years prison wh or whout hard labour, ” Higt told the BBC 2017.

“There was even the possibily that gay soldiers uld have been shot. He said that he was terted the story of Bradley and Bowsher both bee he is gay himself and bee when he was a child, his grandfather opened up to him about his own experienc servg the story of the two lovers, he said, was not about g out but about them livg their liv and not beg able to be together bee of the war.

THE FOTTEN GAY SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

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In 2008, hundreds of love letters between two gay WWII soldiers, Gilbert Bradley and Gordon Bowsher, were disvered and then sold to Owtry Town Mm. Durg WWII, soldiers who were disvered as gay uld be imprisoned, or much worse. “Beg a gay filmmaker, bed wh my love for World War II history, I knew I had to tell this story, ” Vallente, the director and -wrer of the film, said.

‘SLEEP WELL MY LOVE’: A BETIFUL TRAGIC GAY LOVE LETTER FROM WWII!

Homosexualy was illegal the U. As a rult, rrponnce tailg gay love om that time is extremely rare. ” For Vallente, highlightg the posivy of gay love was important when producg “The Letter Men.