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
• THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS
• 300 LOVE LETTERS DISVERED BETWEEN TWO GAY MEN DURG WWII TELLS HEARTBREAKG STORY
• SECRET LOVE LETTERS OF TWO GAY SOLDIERS OM WWII MA TO MOVIE
• THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIERS TELL A HEARTWARMG STORY OF FORBIDN LOVE
• GAY WWII SECRET LETTERS GA HOLLYWOOD TERT

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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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.

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

"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.

THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIERS TELL A HEARTWARMG STORY OF FORBIDN LOVE

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.

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GAY WWII SECRET LETTERS GA HOLLYWOOD TERT

Unfortunately, the letters have e to light ne years after Gilbert's ath 2008 aged 92 ( is thought Gordon died 15 years prevly) when they were found by a hoe removal pany and sold to an art aler who specialis ary urse, the real value of the letters is not moary, but li the fact they have survived s sce homosexualy was not only illegal before the Sexual Offenc Act 1967, but those servg the armed forc would have been shot for havg sexual terurse wh a man. 'Most love letters om homosexuals at the time were burned, bee if they were found, they would have been ed as evince, ' Higt told the Metro about the letters.

'Getty ImagWhat's strikg about the letters, acrdg to gay rights activist Peter Rose, is the fact the pair's homosexual relatnship is prented such a posive light, spe the prejudic that the pair would have suffered if their relatnship had e out. Rose told the BBC: 'There is a gay history and isn't always negative and tearful. But spe all the awful circumstanc, gay men and lbians managed to rise above all and have fascatg and good liv, ' he ntued.

At the time, however, homosexualy was outlawed the ary, and soldiers uld be shot for engagg activy emed is a sample om the llectn:Wednday January 24th 1939My darlg,... 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.