Historil battl fought by the gay ary force of Spartans and feat their enemi. Durg the vasn of the Persians
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- WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
- THE ELE GAY ARMY OF ANCIENT GREECETHE SACRED BAND OF THEB FEATED EVEN THE SPARTANSPETER PRKAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·4 M READ·OCT 11, 2020--3SHAREGREEK WARRRS — ARTISTIC IMAGE (IMAGE:ARTSTATN/@ALIAKSANDR TRYZON)THE SACRED BAND WAS AN ELE ARY UN OM THEB PRISG 150 GAY UPL. AT THE BATTLE OF LCTRA 371 BC, THE 300 GAY WARRRS LED THE THEBAN ARMY AGAST THE SPARTAN ARMY. THE THEBANS WON AND SHATTERED THE SPARTAN NTROL OF GREECE.THE GREEK VIEW ON GAY WARRRSA MALE UPLE ENGAGG TERCRAL SEX. DEPICTED ON ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY (IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)THE THEBANS BELIEVED GAY WARRRS FOUGHT BETTER ORR TO IMPRS AND PROTECT THEIR LOVERS. IF A LOVER FELL DURG A BATTLE, HIS PARTNER WOULD FIGHT EVEN HARR TO AVENGE HIS ATH.THREE THOAND YEARS AGO ANCIENT GREECE, BEG GAY OR LBIAN WAS NOT A CRIME. IN FACT, CERTA SUATNS, THE GREEKS EVEN ENURAGED HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS.YOUNG BOYS EXCHANGED ROMANTIC FAVORS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE PROVID BY THEIR OLR TUTORS. FATHERS WOULD PRAY TO THE GODS FOR THEIR SONS TO BE ATTRACTIVE BEE MEANT A BETTER MENTOR. SUCH RELATNSHIPS LASTED UNTIL THE YOUNG BOYS REACHED ADULTHOOD.SOLDIERS WOULD FORM ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS WH ONE ANOTHER TO BOOST THEIR MORALE.THE GREEK SOCIETY DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ROL BOTH GENRS TOOK DURG SEX. AN ACTIVE ROLE, BEG A PERATOR, MEANT MASCULY, ADULTHOOD, AND PRTIGE. A PASSIVE ROLE, BEG PERATED, REPRENTED FEMY, YOUTH, AND SHAME.FOR A RECEIVG PARTNER, ANAL SEX WAS MEANG. INSTEAD, THEY ENGAGED TERCRAL SEX.THE MEMBERS OF THE SACRED BAND OF THEB WERE ROMANTIC PARTNERS. THEY LLED AN OLR PARTNER THE ERAST (‘LOVER’) AND A YOUNGER ONE THE EROMENOS (‘BELOVED’). EACH PAIR EXCHANGED SACRED VOWS AT THE TEMPLE OF IOLS, THE LOVER OF HERACL.FACTS ABOUT THE SACRED BAND OF THEB
- WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?
- SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- WHY GAY GUYS LOVE THE '300' MOVI
- 300'S DIRECTOR ADMS G HOMOSEXUALY TO SRE 20 YEAR OLD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL JENSENMARCH 11, 2007/3:25 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENMARCH 11, 2007 / 3:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"300'S DIRECTOR ADMS G HOMOSEXUALY TO SRE 20 YEAR OLD MEN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-03-11T07:25:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-03-11T07:25:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU FOLKS, BUT I HAVE HAD UP TO HERE WH HOLLYWOOD G HOMOSEXUALY AS SHORTHAND FOR EVIL. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, 300 IS THE BIG BUDGET ACTN ADVENTURE BASED ON FRANK MILLER'S GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME THAT OPENED ON FRIDAY. 300 REUNTS THE EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPARTANS AND PERSIANS AT THERMOPYLAE 480 B.C. THAT SOME HISTORIANS CRED WH PRERVG WTERN CIVILIZATN AS WE KNOW . IN AN TERVIEW NNG THIS WEEK'S EDN OF ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY, 300 DIRECTOR ZACK SNYR ADMS TO DOG EXACTLY THAT. ACRDG TO THE ARTICLE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DIRECTOR SAYS THAT THE FILM'S (HOMO)SEXUAL UNRTON WERE TEND TO MAKE YOUNG STRAIGHT MAL THE DIENCE UNFORTABLE, BEE "WHAT'S MORE SRY TO A 20-YEAR-OLD BOY THAN A GIANT GOD-KG WHO WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAY WH YOU?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE, WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU THK 20 YEAR OLD STRAIGHT GUYS GET THE NOTN THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS SOMETHG TO BE AAID OF? IT DIDN'T HURT THE BOX OFFICE ANY, HOWEVER, AS 300 HLED $70 LN WHICH MAK THE HIGHT GROSSG MARCH OPENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO DOUBT, SNYR'S HOMOPHOBIC MENT WILL PASS LARGELY UNNOTICED BY THE MASTREAM PRS, BUT IMAGE IF HE HAD MA HIS VILLA A HULKG BLACK MAN AND SAID HE'D DONE SO BEE NOTHG SR WHE WOMEN LIKE A GIANT BLACK GOD-KG WHO WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAY WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I SPECT HE'D GET TRASHED FOR A BIGOT TRADG UGLY STEREOTYP WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THIS IS OM AN EARLIER TERVIEW SNYR DID WH EW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOVIE, TE TO MILLER'S VISN, IS ALSO LOAD WH SWEATY HUNKS NNG AROUND THOSE TIGHT LEATHER SPEEDOS AND P. NONE OF THIS IS PLAYED FOR GAY APPEAL, BUT ULD DUCE SNICKERG AMONG SOME TEENS. SNYR SHGS OFF. ''SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME, 'YOUR MOVIE IS HOMOEROTIC,' AND SOME HAVE SAID, 'YOUR MOVIE'S HOMOPHOBIC.' IN MY MD, THE MOVIE IS NEHER. BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WH PEOPLE TERPRETG THE WAY THEY'D LIKE TO.'' AS LONG AS THEY BUY TICKETS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE TERPRETG YOUR MOVIE AS HOMOPHOBIC AS LONG AS YOU GET $9 OUT OF THE DIENCE, RIGHT ZACK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NONE OF THIS AS A SURPRISE TO HERE AT AFTERELTON. LAST MONDAY WE RAN OUR ARTICLE FRANK MILLER AND 300'S ASSLT ON THE GAY PAST WHICH DOCUMENTED HOW MILLER, UPON WHOSE GRAPHIC NOVEL THE FILM VERSN OF 300 WAS BASED, HAD PREVLY ED D HOMOPHOBIA HIS WORK, AND DONE SO AGA 300 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ERASG GAYS OM THE HISTORIL RERD. THEN WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WH OUR REVIEW OF THE MOVIE BY BRIAN JUERGENS WHICH NFIRMED HOLLYWOOD WAS GIVG YET ANOTHER VILLA WHOSE CREEPS WAS AMPED UP BY MAKG HIM SEEM GAY. NOW WE'VE GOT SNYR NFIRMG WAS DONE TO REALLY EAK OUT THE 20 YEAR OLD MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT HOW EGREG IS 300'S OFFENSE? WELL, GIVEN THAT GRAPHIC NOVEL AND MOVIE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE "HISTORIL", YOU WOULDN'T THK EHER WOULD STRAY ALL THAT FAR OM THE HISTORIL RERD. YOU'D BE WRONG OF URSE. NOT ONLY DO THE FILM DO AWAY WH THE SPARTAN'S KNOWN HOMOSEXUAL PRACTIC, BUT CHECK OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL KG XERX (300'S VILLA) AND THE WAY HE IS PORTRAYED THE MOVIE. HERE IS AN ANCIENT STONE RVG OF XERX:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND HERE IS MILLER AND SNYR'S TERPRETATN OF HIM:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD JT SE THE CREEPY, HOMOEROTIC SUBTEXT ISN'T CLEAR ENOUGH, HOW ABOUT THIS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEP, NOTHG SAYS PREDATORY, SISTER, AND CREEPY LIKE AN EFFEMATE, HAIRLS MAN DRIPPG JEWLRY. I'LL SAY THIS FOR SNYR: AT LEAST HE ADMS TO WHAT HE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR THE GAY MEN WHO N'T WA TO SEE THE MOVIE FOR THE EYE NDY, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GET YOUR NDY SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE PEOPLE DON'T SERVE A CENT FOR FLGG MORE HOMOPHOBIC GARBAGE LIKE THIS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- 10 REASONS WHY "300" IS GAY
WERE THE SPARTANS GAY? HOMOSEXUALY SPARTA, ANCIENT GREECE
Inially, there were accatns that Ziegler, as a gay Democrat, was biased toward Bin, but now some Republins say his inty shows he's fair and reliable sayg the IRS was hampered the vtigatn. * the 300 were gay *
Heterosexualy and homosexualy were both enuraged and expected at different stag life, wh homosexualy, mon wh prevalent ancient Greek thought, beg seen as the ial form of love and heterosexualy as sential for procreatn. The Sacred Band of Theb feated even the SpartansGreek warrrs — artistic image (Image:Artstatn/@Aliaksandr Tryzon)The Sacred Band was an ele ary un om Theb prisg 150 gay upl.
At the Battle of Lctra 371 BC, the 300 gay warrrs led the Theban army agast the Spartan army.
The Thebans won and shattered the Spartan ntrol of Greek view on gay warrrsA male uple engagg tercral sex.
THE ELE GAY ARMY OF ANCIENT GREECETHE SACRED BAND OF THEB FEATED EVEN THE SPARTANSPETER PRKAR·FOLLOWPUBLISHED LSONS OM HISTORY·4 M READ·OCT 11, 2020--3SHAREGREEK WARRRS — ARTISTIC IMAGE (IMAGE:ARTSTATN/@ALIAKSANDR TRYZON)THE SACRED BAND WAS AN ELE ARY UN OM THEB PRISG 150 GAY UPL. AT THE BATTLE OF LCTRA 371 BC, THE 300 GAY WARRRS LED THE THEBAN ARMY AGAST THE SPARTAN ARMY. THE THEBANS WON AND SHATTERED THE SPARTAN NTROL OF GREECE.THE GREEK VIEW ON GAY WARRRSA MALE UPLE ENGAGG TERCRAL SEX. DEPICTED ON ANCIENT GREEK POTTERY (IMAGE: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)THE THEBANS BELIEVED GAY WARRRS FOUGHT BETTER ORR TO IMPRS AND PROTECT THEIR LOVERS. IF A LOVER FELL DURG A BATTLE, HIS PARTNER WOULD FIGHT EVEN HARR TO AVENGE HIS ATH.THREE THOAND YEARS AGO ANCIENT GREECE, BEG GAY OR LBIAN WAS NOT A CRIME. IN FACT, CERTA SUATNS, THE GREEKS EVEN ENURAGED HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIPS.YOUNG BOYS EXCHANGED ROMANTIC FAVORS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE PROVID BY THEIR OLR TUTORS. FATHERS WOULD PRAY TO THE GODS FOR THEIR SONS TO BE ATTRACTIVE BEE MEANT A BETTER MENTOR. SUCH RELATNSHIPS LASTED UNTIL THE YOUNG BOYS REACHED ADULTHOOD.SOLDIERS WOULD FORM ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS WH ONE ANOTHER TO BOOST THEIR MORALE.THE GREEK SOCIETY DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE ROL BOTH GENRS TOOK DURG SEX. AN ACTIVE ROLE, BEG A PERATOR, MEANT MASCULY, ADULTHOOD, AND PRTIGE. A PASSIVE ROLE, BEG PERATED, REPRENTED FEMY, YOUTH, AND SHAME.FOR A RECEIVG PARTNER, ANAL SEX WAS MEANG. INSTEAD, THEY ENGAGED TERCRAL SEX.THE MEMBERS OF THE SACRED BAND OF THEB WERE ROMANTIC PARTNERS. THEY LLED AN OLR PARTNER THE ERAST (‘LOVER’) AND A YOUNGER ONE THE EROMENOS (‘BELOVED’). EACH PAIR EXCHANGED SACRED VOWS AT THE TEMPLE OF IOLS, THE LOVER OF HERACL.FACTS ABOUT THE SACRED BAND OF THEB
* the 300 were gay *
Depicted on Ancient Greek pottery (Image: Wikimedia Commons)The Thebans believed gay warrrs fought better orr to imprs and protect their lovers.
If a lover fell durg a battle, his partner would fight even harr to avenge his thoand years ago Ancient Greece, beg gay or lbian was not a crime. In fact, certa suatns, the Greeks even enuraged homosexual boys exchanged romantic favors for the knowledge provid by their olr tutors.
Joseph ZieglerSome Republins once said Joseph Ziegler, the Internal Revenue Service agent who ttified before Congrs Wednday about possible terference the vtigatn of Hunter Bin, was biased Bin’s favor bee he’s a gay man and a Democrat. “People have said, bee I’m gay and that I am workg as the se agent on this vtigatn, that I mt be a far-left liberal, perfectly placed to f some agenda. The report clud a photo of Joseph Ziegler and his hband, Newsweek not, pl the assertn that the hband was nnected “at least socially” to Demetre Daskalakis, a gay physician who has worked the New York Cy health partment and the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn, and later was appoted by Joe Bin as puty ordator of the rponse to the mpox outbreak.
WHO IS JOSEPH ZIEGLER, THE GAY IRS WHISTLEBLOWER HUNTER BIN PROBE?
He had been anonymo until Wednday's his openg statement, Ziegler emphasized that he is a gay man and a registered Democrat who has been acced of betrayg his party. The distctive part of the hero was their gay relatnships not only wh the soldiers but outsi their troops. Jt bee they were gay do not mean that the cy of Spartan did not have women and children.
SPARTANS ARE GAY HERO “A TTH OR MYTH” IN ANCIENT HISTORY
This trend of gay soldiers the ary forc was implemented for a specific reason. The battle of Thermopylae was one of the historil battl fought by the gay ary force of Spartans and feat their enemi. The relatnship of the Spartans gays was te and mted as the force had 150 pairs, and a total of 300 warrrs.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
Image source, Emma RileyImage ptn, Rad operator Emma Riley was discharged om the Navy for beg a lbian the 1990sRishi Sunak has apologised for the historil treatment of LGBT veterans who were sacked or forced out of the ary for beg PM lled the ban an "appallg failure" of the Brish was illegal to be gay the Brish ary until 2000 - wh thoands of veterans thought to be affected. Addrsg MPs, the prime mister said: "Many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment all while bravely servg this untry.
"The LGBT Veterans Inpennt Review, led by Bra's first openly gay judge Lord Etherton, began last year and heard about the experienc of 1, 145 veterans between 1967 to 2000. Acrdg to the report, the Mistry of Defence said at the time that jtifitn for the policy clud "matenance of operatnal effectivens and efficiency" - but the report said there had been an "prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry" the armed forc.
It heard shockg acunts of homophobia, bullyg, blackmail, sexual asslts, "disgraceful" medil examatns, and nversn mak 49 remendatns to the ernment cludg:Affected veterans to be given an "appropriate fancial reward" pped at £50m overallThe rtoratn of medals that had to be hand back on dismissal or dischargeThe clarifitn of pensn rights The prentatn of a special veterans' badgeThe ernment said would rpond full after summer of the veterans affected watched the PM's public of them, Emma Riley, 51, was a Royal Navy rad operator for three years before she was arrted and discharged for beg a lbian after tellg a lleague her sexualy the early told BBC News she weled the report, and hoped would be put to place "swiftly. Carol Man, who was dismissed after tellg her boss she was gay 1978, kept her sexualy secret for another 30 years and said she had been "robbed" of her life. "Olympian Dame Kelly Holm, who served the army and me out as gay last year, lled the publitn of the report a "historic moment", while Cathere Dixon, a former army officer who is now vice chair at Stonewall, said was "an important step towards jtice" for those whose ary reers were "ed" bee of their sexualy.
WHY GAY GUYS LOVE THE '300' MOVI
Many still have a crimal rerd to this also tails how some veterans faced a plete loss of e, while others were emed eligible to claim their pensn bee of their report more than 20 years after four servicemen and women, who were sacked for beg gay, won a se the European Court of Human Rights and overturned the armed forc chary Royal Brish Legn lled on the ernment to accept the report's remendatns chary's director general Charl Byrne weled both the report and Mr Sunak's "landmark apology", sayg many people who had dited their liv to the untry were "forced or felt prsured to leave the armed forc, and this mistreatment stroyed or shortened their reer". 300 and s sequel 300: Rise of an Empire have h the sweet spot Amerin culture, occupyg the veted space where straight du-bros, neons, and flagrant homosexual men meet. This article is om the archive of our partner blood-soaked Greek epic 300 and s new sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, have h the sweet spot Amerin culture, occupyg the veted space where straight du-bros, neons, and flagrant homosexual men meet.
Straight dubros love the rawr of war and fns spiratn ("300 workout" ntu to be a very popular Google search), but for gay guys, 's one of the guiltit of pleasur. Here's why:The Biggt Reason: the Mcl and the Dus the Mcl Are Attached ToWhat a neon se: Warrrs preparg to fend the Wt (Ameri) om barbarians om the EastWhat a du-bro se: Some Persians about to get a gay du se: Heaven.
300'S DIRECTOR ADMS G HOMOSEXUALY TO SRE 20 YEAR OLD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY MICHAEL JENSENMARCH 11, 2007/3:25 AMBY MICHAEL JENSENMARCH 11, 2007 / 3:25 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"300'S DIRECTOR ADMS G HOMOSEXUALY TO SRE 20 YEAR OLD MEN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-03-11T07:25:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-03-11T07:25:04.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU FOLKS, BUT I HAVE HAD UP TO HERE WH HOLLYWOOD G HOMOSEXUALY AS SHORTHAND FOR EVIL. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, 300 IS THE BIG BUDGET ACTN ADVENTURE BASED ON FRANK MILLER'S GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME THAT OPENED ON FRIDAY. 300 REUNTS THE EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN THE SPARTANS AND PERSIANS AT THERMOPYLAE 480 B.C. THAT SOME HISTORIANS CRED WH PRERVG WTERN CIVILIZATN AS WE KNOW . IN AN TERVIEW NNG THIS WEEK'S EDN OF ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY, 300 DIRECTOR ZACK SNYR ADMS TO DOG EXACTLY THAT. ACRDG TO THE ARTICLE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE DIRECTOR SAYS THAT THE FILM'S (HOMO)SEXUAL UNRTON WERE TEND TO MAKE YOUNG STRAIGHT MAL THE DIENCE UNFORTABLE, BEE "WHAT'S MORE SRY TO A 20-YEAR-OLD BOY THAN A GIANT GOD-KG WHO WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAY WH YOU?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE, WHERE ON EARTH DO YOU THK 20 YEAR OLD STRAIGHT GUYS GET THE NOTN THAT HOMOSEXUALY IS SOMETHG TO BE AAID OF? IT DIDN'T HURT THE BOX OFFICE ANY, HOWEVER, AS 300 HLED $70 LN WHICH MAK THE HIGHT GROSSG MARCH OPENG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OH, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO DOUBT, SNYR'S HOMOPHOBIC MENT WILL PASS LARGELY UNNOTICED BY THE MASTREAM PRS, BUT IMAGE IF HE HAD MA HIS VILLA A HULKG BLACK MAN AND SAID HE'D DONE SO BEE NOTHG SR WHE WOMEN LIKE A GIANT BLACK GOD-KG WHO WANTS TO HAVE HIS WAY WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I SPECT HE'D GET TRASHED FOR A BIGOT TRADG UGLY STEREOTYP WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND THIS IS OM AN EARLIER TERVIEW SNYR DID WH EW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MOVIE, TE TO MILLER'S VISN, IS ALSO LOAD WH SWEATY HUNKS NNG AROUND THOSE TIGHT LEATHER SPEEDOS AND P. NONE OF THIS IS PLAYED FOR GAY APPEAL, BUT ULD DUCE SNICKERG AMONG SOME TEENS. SNYR SHGS OFF. ''SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID TO ME, 'YOUR MOVIE IS HOMOEROTIC,' AND SOME HAVE SAID, 'YOUR MOVIE'S HOMOPHOBIC.' IN MY MD, THE MOVIE IS NEHER. BUT I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WH PEOPLE TERPRETG THE WAY THEY'D LIKE TO.'' AS LONG AS THEY BUY TICKETS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE TERPRETG YOUR MOVIE AS HOMOPHOBIC AS LONG AS YOU GET $9 OUT OF THE DIENCE, RIGHT ZACK?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NONE OF THIS AS A SURPRISE TO HERE AT AFTERELTON. LAST MONDAY WE RAN OUR ARTICLE FRANK MILLER AND 300'S ASSLT ON THE GAY PAST WHICH DOCUMENTED HOW MILLER, UPON WHOSE GRAPHIC NOVEL THE FILM VERSN OF 300 WAS BASED, HAD PREVLY ED D HOMOPHOBIA HIS WORK, AND DONE SO AGA 300 WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ERASG GAYS OM THE HISTORIL RERD. THEN WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WH OUR REVIEW OF THE MOVIE BY BRIAN JUERGENS WHICH NFIRMED HOLLYWOOD WAS GIVG YET ANOTHER VILLA WHOSE CREEPS WAS AMPED UP BY MAKG HIM SEEM GAY. NOW WE'VE GOT SNYR NFIRMG WAS DONE TO REALLY EAK OUT THE 20 YEAR OLD MALE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT HOW EGREG IS 300'S OFFENSE? WELL, GIVEN THAT GRAPHIC NOVEL AND MOVIE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE "HISTORIL", YOU WOULDN'T THK EHER WOULD STRAY ALL THAT FAR OM THE HISTORIL RERD. YOU'D BE WRONG OF URSE. NOT ONLY DO THE FILM DO AWAY WH THE SPARTAN'S KNOWN HOMOSEXUAL PRACTIC, BUT CHECK OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL KG XERX (300'S VILLA) AND THE WAY HE IS PORTRAYED THE MOVIE. HERE IS AN ANCIENT STONE RVG OF XERX:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND HERE IS MILLER AND SNYR'S TERPRETATN OF HIM:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADD JT SE THE CREEPY, HOMOEROTIC SUBTEXT ISN'T CLEAR ENOUGH, HOW ABOUT THIS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEP, NOTHG SAYS PREDATORY, SISTER, AND CREEPY LIKE AN EFFEMATE, HAIRLS MAN DRIPPG JEWLRY. I'LL SAY THIS FOR SNYR: AT LEAST HE ADMS TO WHAT HE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR THE GAY MEN WHO N'T WA TO SEE THE MOVIE FOR THE EYE NDY, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND GET YOUR NDY SOMEWHERE ELSE. THE PEOPLE DON'T SERVE A CENT FOR FLGG MORE HOMOPHOBIC GARBAGE LIKE THIS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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