Gay History - April 14, 1912: The Fotten Gay Passengers and Crew of the RMS Tanic

Contents:

• GAY HISTORY – APRIL 14, 1912: THE FOTTEN GAY PASSENGERS AND CREW OF THE RMS TANIC [VIDEO]
• GAY PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS ON TANIC
• WHY SO MANY GAY MEN STILL LOVE TANIC 20 YEARS ON
• TANIC ANNIVERSARY: SHIP'S GAY PASSENGERS REVEALED IN NEW REARCH
• MARVEL TRODUC THE FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI TO THE ICS
• MARVEL TRODUCG FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI THE ICS
• GAYS ON THE TANIC
• MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI

GAY HISTORY – APRIL 14, 1912: THE FOTTEN GAY PASSENGERS AND CREW OF THE RMS TANIC [VIDEO]

*While nobody will ever know jt how many gay and lbian passengers were on the RMS Tanic on that fateful night.

Were there gay or lbian passengers and crew on the Tanic at s time of skg? Jack Frscher, thor of the gay-rotic novella Tanic: The Untold Tale of Gay Passengers and Crew (Palm Drive Publishg), reckoned that “if, acrdg to Ksey, one out of six ordary men is gay, 225 gay men died. If two out of six the travel dtry are gay, 450 gay men died, makg Tanic an overlooked but sential chapter gay history.

” Sce men were more likely to go down wh the ship, the gay male sualti were undoubtedly higher than most.

GAY PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS ON TANIC

Thomas Andrews Jr., who was the chief signer of the ship was a rpected and proment figure the shipbuildg dtry, but what is ls known is that he was also gay or at the very least bisexual.. Andrews’ sexualy was not openly discsed durg his lifetime, as homosexualy/bisexualy was illegal the early 20th century.

It has been suggted that, wh travel partner William Aled Gaskell, were both gay passengers aboard the Tanic. The are jt a few of the possible unknown gay and lbian victims.

Learn more about the gay passengers upon the RMS Tanic and that fateful night.

WHY SO MANY GAY MEN STILL LOVE TANIC 20 YEARS ON

Watch Hugh Brewster, thor of ‘RMS Tanic: Gild Liv on a Fatal Voyage’ which talks about the untold gay story of the Tanic’s fatal main voyage. Tarn Stephanos #1 Do we know of any gay dividuals amongst Tanic's passenger or crew pliment?

I realize that gays were ls apt to e out 1912 than they are 2007, but I am still cur if there was anyone on Tanic that we know was gay.

TANIC ANNIVERSARY: SHIP'S GAY PASSENGERS REVEALED IN NEW REARCH

Many Tanic buffs happen to be gay, so would be tertg to know if any of the Tanic passengers & crew that are rearched were also gay.. Acrdg to Ksey, approximately 225 gay men died makg Tanic an overlooked but sential chapter LGBT+ history.

It got me thkg about Tanic as a settg for gay fictn and while rearchg for my Easter entertament, I disvered an tertg story of real passengers. Gay activist, historian Jack Frscher and thor of Tanic-themed Gay fictn ‘Tanic: The Untold Tale of Gay Passengers and Crew’ scrib bt:. “If, acrdg to Ksey, one out of six ordary men is gay, 225 gay men died.

Well, don’t get your hop up about a tragic gay love story on Tanic too quickly, this is very speculative stuff. Sce the 100th anniversary of Tanic’s skg back 2012, several news outlets have discsed an say wrten by historian Jam Gifford for who suggts two proment figur; US army officer and journalist Archibald Butt (above left) and sculpture Francis Millet (above right) were gay. The say emphasis that there is no “ncrete evince” to suggt the two were lovers or that Butt was even gay.

MARVEL TRODUC THE FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI TO THE ICS

© 2020 GCN (Gay Communy News). Now one historian is sheddg new light on a nsirably ls-herald segment of the tragedy: the ship's gay, or at least prumably gay, passengers. " He not: "Of urse there is no nclive evince that Archibald Butt was gay, and I fd highly unlikely, given Archie’s reful self-image ntrol, that he ever mted to paper any overt thoughts of such a nature.

He was too nny an dividual for that, too nsc of the risk ary and polil ranks, where such an ia would have put a quick end to any hop of I n only suggt that my rearch rults an “imprsn” that he was homosexual... Of urse men n like antiqu, be mother-obssed, rema an veterate bachelor, notice the lors of ladi' drs, live nstantly a home full of men, whout beg gay. "Gifford provis more ample evince for the se of Butt's iend Millet beg gay: "So far as I knew, Millet was the only gay man to die on the Tanic.

Gener, a gay artist and wrer Albany. But as OutHistory founr Jonathan Ned Katz told HuffPost Gay Voic, "Gifford's given a more reful and documented acunt. "Katz did acknowledge one major difficulty drawg too dramatic a ncln over Gifford's say: "The tegori of homosexual and heterosexual weren't yet 'vented' at this pot.

MARVEL TRODUCG FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI THE ICS

" Katz add that while Gifford found no evince of a tly homosexual relatnship between the two, "he did end up thkg that when all of the aspects of [Butt's] personaly were put together, suggted to him that he may have been a reprsed homosexual. Aaron Fischer will be one of, who is openly gay, was created by wrer Aaron Tjillo and artist Jan Bazaldua, who both worked on the seri' first issue that will troduce the character. "I really enjoyed signg him, and as a transgenr person, I am happy to be able to prent an openly gay person who admir Capta Ameri and fights agast evil to help those who are almost visible to society.

Gayle Sandler...

GAYS ON THE TANIC

Capta Ameri as seen the animated adventure Marvel's Avengers: Ultron Revolutn (Marvel/Walt Disney Televisn via Getty Imag)A new Marvel ic will troduce the first LGBTQ-intifyg rnatn of Capta Uned Stat of Capta Ameri miseri follows Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson, Bucky Barn and John Walker as they go search of Cap's missg shield, enunterg people who've been spired by the Marvel superhero along the person they meet is Aaron Fischer, an openly gay character who lls himself the Capta Ameri of the Railways, and protects young naways and the more: Chris Evans pledg shield to dog attack boyIssue 1 will go on sale on 2 June, time for Pri Month, and s wrer Aaron Tjillo hop the character will be a shg light for the LGBTQ+ muny. Jan Bazaldua, the artist rponsible for his look, paid tribute to Marvel for the opportuny to make more: Chris Evans turned down Capta Ameri many tim"I really enjoyed signg him, and as a transgenr person, I am happy to be able to prent an openly gay person who admir Capta Ameri and fights agast evil to help those who are almost visible to society, " Bazaldua Evans as Steve Rogers Capta Ameri: The First Avenger. I would never unrtake to rearch or wre at length on anyone of base libre, straight or gay.

MARVEL ANNOUNC FIRST GAY CAPTA AMERI

I've ually shied away om any discsn of my spicns (for heaven's sake some wrers have speculated about Gee Washgton and Abe Lln beg gay, which strik even me as wishful thkg) so I'm glad to see that others were seeg some of the same thgs I was. At this time he was workg on Mrice, a novel pictg a homosexual relatnship, such as Forster craved and eventually found for himself wh the policeman Bob Buckgham, whom he met 1930. But much of what I know about gay culture is that largely classls.

)The pot here is that homosexuals of that, or any era, sought out their kdred spirs, often regardls of enomic stature, race or even on Tanic!

Kris Bob Cise Gut #50 Okay - After havg wrten a play on this subject (currently the re-wre stage), I'll jump here: Durg this perd of time, the ncept of the "homosexual" was neher wily promoted nor unrstood. Furthermore, the boundari between who was "gay" (also not a term wily ed at the time) and who was "straight" were much cloudier. I suppose if someone was on the Tanic and was gay, rears will have to draw their own nclns as to their feelgs towards said passengers, which is where I was a b hant to "seperate", but aga you are rrect Timothy, that the Tanic has been disected many different ways, and this is yet another.