The credible stori of the gay men who fought for the Brish durg the two world wars has been revealed a new book - on the 50th anniversary of the crimalisatn of homosexualy.
Contents:
- IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS
- READ THIS HEARTBREAKG GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIER’S LOVE LETTER
- BT GAY ROMANCE TIM OF WAR
- LETTERS REVEAL THE STORI OF GAY SOLDIERS WORLD WARS
- SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF TWO GAY SOLDIERS OM WWII MA TO MOVIE
- THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS
- HUNDREDS OF LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN GAY UPLE DURG WW2 FOUND
- NEW SHORT FILM 'THE LETTER MEN' REVEALS SECRET LOVE LETTERS AMONG GAY SOLDIERS WWII
IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS
* ww2 gay love letters book *
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? 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.
READ THIS HEARTBREAKG GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIER’S LOVE LETTER
In 2008, the letters between gay soldiers were disvered. Now, they are no longer hidn, and a film has been ma about them. * ww2 gay love letters book *
"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. 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.
BT GAY ROMANCE TIM OF WAR
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.
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.
LETTERS REVEAL THE STORI OF GAY SOLDIERS WORLD WARS
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. The Newly Disvered Love Letters Between Two Gay Soldiers In World War II Will Have You In Tears.
SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF TWO GAY SOLDIERS OM WWII MA TO MOVIE
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. “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.
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THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS
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.
Margaret’s love letters to Ruth, posthumoly gathered To Cherish the Life of the World: Selected Letters of Margaret Mead (public library) — which also gave Mead’s prcient posn on homosexualy — are a thg of absolute, soul-stirrg bety, on par wh such famed epistolary romanc as those between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Geia O’Keeffe and Aled Stieglz, Henry Miller and Anaïs N, and Jean-Pl Sartre and Simone Bevoir. From the wonrful 1998 anthology My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuri (public library) — a diverse llectn of missiv verg the universali of romantic love, om longg and fatuatn to jealoy and rejectn to tenrns and loyalty — the rrponnce of Beat Generatn godfather Allen Gsberg and the poet Peter Orlovsky. Burroughs, another in of lerature’s gay subculture:.
HUNDREDS OF LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN GAY UPLE DURG WW2 FOUND
Among morny’s most tragic victims of our shameful past is Osr Wil, who was imprisoned multiple tim for his “crime” of homosexualy, driven to bankptcy and exile, and fally succumbed to an untimely ath.
As wartime stori of homosexual relatnships go, theirs is a happy one. Homosexualy was illegal until 1957, and partakg any homosexual act was punishable by 10 years prison. A love letter wrten by a gay World War II soldier has been makg the rounds on the ter, and ’s givg all the feels.
NEW SHORT FILM 'THE LETTER MEN' REVEALS SECRET LOVE LETTERS AMONG GAY SOLDIERS WWII
The text of the gay World War II soldier’s letter reads:. What do you thk about this gay World War II letter?
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