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Many historians are quick to say that men shared beds due to a bed shortage and that surely Lln, the savr of the Unn, uld not have been gay. The impulse to make Lln absolutely heterosexual reflects a discernible societal disfort wh the plexi of human sexualy.

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NO GAY RECEPTN FOR THE BLUE BLOODS: ROYALS WHOSE SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP COURTED CONTROVERSY

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The archde’s homosexualy was an open his personal circle was well known, but not spoken of openly orr to mata a pretence of ‘moraly’. The reason why the obv homosexualy of the emperor’s brother was not a matter of public knowledge n be found the strict prs censorship that prevailed at the time. Ludwig Viktor ma ltle attempt to hi his homosexualy.

Handsome Habsburg Homosexual.

It tells the story of one of history’s fotten figur, the charismatic but gay Archde Wilhelm of Atria, who adopted Ukrae as his untry and tried to bee s Kg after the Rsian Revolutn.

A FAY HISTORY PROVIS MORE EVINCE THAT LLN WAS GAY

Given such a history, is obv that a homosexual Archde prents a diplomatic problem of immense difficulty, pecially for a untry need of alli. Conflatg treason and homosexualy: the queer history of Colonel Redl.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS HABSBURG

When his treason was exposed on the eve of the First World War, the se was not only explosive bee of state secury, but also as a homosexual sndal at the heart of the Habsburg tablishment.

THE MOVG REVELATNS OF GAY HOME MOVI

This talk aims to peel back the layers of the mythology, and to nstct what we mean by treason and homosexualy the se of Colonel Redl.

FORMER KENTUCKY CENTER ISAAC HUMPHRI REVEALS HE IS GAY

It argu on the one hand that Redl was a very unual traor amidst a mass of treasons the late Habsburg monarchy; on the other hand, the homosexual dimensn of the se has never been fully dissected by historians. It was the nflatn the person of Redl of two typ of ‘viant outsir’ – the traor and the homosexual – that ma the se so sensive both 1913 and for later generatns. 05 Aug 2019, 01:08 PM IST1/6Royals That Accept The RabowHe would support his kids if they were gay, said Prce William.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* GAY HABSBURGS

NBL's Isaac Humphri reveals he is gay.

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