One of the Foundg Fathers of the Uned Stat of Ameri uld have been gay.
Contents:
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDG FATHERS GAY?
- ‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
- THIS IS WHAT GAY MARRIAGE AND OBAMARE HAVE COMMON
- 'GAYDAR' PROV GEE WASHGTON AND ALEXANR HATON WERE GAY, THOR SAYS
- OUR OWN GAY GA- FOUNDG FATHERS
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
While acceptance of LGBT people may feel like only h s stri recent years (and may still be set back), homosexualy has always been a part of Ameri.
Son of Print John Adams, Charl Adams his youth beme a protégé of Friedrich von Stben and would grow fortable his own homosexualy. “I am gay and I fly the flag of pri and liberty for all of , ” Ross said, acrdg to Lanr, who says Ross revealed she was part of an unrground gay and lbian muny the late 18th century. The charismatic Foundg Father may not have been gay himself but showed tremendo empathy for homosexuals of the time.
While servg as ambassador to France, was Frankl who reced strategist Baron Friedrich von Stben to provi his expertise to the rebelln, spe knowg the soldier’s homosexualy. Of urse, AIDS activist and wrer Larry Kramer lists Frankl among the Amerin historil figur he believ were gay, so maybe Frankl was more than an ally. Senator om Alabama, William Ruf Devane Kg is nsired by many to have been the natn’s first gay vice print, acrdg to the Washgton Bla.
WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDG FATHERS GAY?
The only bachelor to ever be elected print of the Uned Stat, Jam Buchanan by multiple acunts engaged gay relatnships and may be remembered history as the first gay print.
LGBT History Month is – you gused – a month-long look at lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr history, as well as the history of the gay rights movement. And acrdg to some historians, he uld also be one of the most fluential gay men Amerin history. Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary.
In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters. But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story. Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime.
‘A FAY LIKE OURS’: PORTRAS OF GAY FATHERHOOD
He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy. But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers. ”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal.
John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron. Durg von Stben’s lifetime, the ncept of gay marriage, gay pri or g out was unthkable and there was no language or open culture of homosexualy.
THIS IS WHAT GAY MARRIAGE AND OBAMARE HAVE COMMON
But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. One of the Foundg Fathers of the Uned Stat of Ameri uld have been gay.
However, acrdg to some historians he uld also be one of the most fluential gay men Amerin history. Myth: Alexanr Haton had a gay lover!
'GAYDAR' PROV GEE WASHGTON AND ALEXANR HATON WERE GAY, THOR SAYS
If Haton was gay, he certaly did a fe job of hidg throughout his adult life. The myth of Haton’s homosexual past centers on his relatnship wh John Lrens of South Carola. The Haton mor, unfortunately, has been seized upon by activist groups who want to make him a champn of gay rights, for which there is not a shred of evince.
Haton serv to be remembered for many thgs, but homosexual activism isn’t one of them.
OUR OWN GAY GA- FOUNDG FATHERS
Steven Andrew remds that all the founrs opposed homosexual s as the foundg father’s quot reveal. Look at what the foundg fathers tght about homosexual s:. To have God’s favor for the ary to w wars, Gee Washgton urt martialed homosexuals.