The 'Te Blood' character played by late actor Nelsan Ellis was revelatory for me, a gay black boy growg up the heart of the Amerin South.
Contents:
- THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
- 15 GAY FOUNDG FATHERS AND MOTHERS
- SORRY, RSIA, BUT TCHAIKOVSKY WAS DEFELY GAY
- NELSAN ELLIS (LAFAYETTE) TALKS ‘TE BLOOD,’ GAY MARRIAGE, TYLER PERRY
- HATE CRIME CHARGE ADD ATTACK ON GAY LOUISIANA TEEN
THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
Historians don't doubt that Pyotr Tchaikovsky was gay, but an upg bpic filmed his native untry will. Well, sorry Rsia, but Tchaikovsky — along wh dozens of other Rsian cultural ins — were gay. * was lafayette gay *
Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary.
15 GAY FOUNDG FATHERS AND MOTHERS
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In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters.
SORRY, RSIA, BUT TCHAIKOVSKY WAS DEFELY GAY
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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. 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.
NELSAN ELLIS (LAFAYETTE) TALKS ‘TE BLOOD,’ GAY MARRIAGE, TYLER PERRY
Part of Te Blood’s appeal is that the st portrays their characters so well that ’s hard to believe they aren’t real. Enter Lafayette, played by Nelsan Ellis. Lafayette is a gay man who is flamboyant and egreg but at the same time isn’t stereotypil. * was lafayette gay *
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.
But historil homosexual relatnships were actually don’t mean beg gay was ndoned: Sodomy was a crime lonial Ameri. Therefore, even if Lafayette was LGBT+, is likely he was not gay. Haton’s grandson Allan McLane Haton lled them “the gay tr.
What the “gay tr” really seems to reprent is not polyamory but queer kship. “15 Gay Foundg Fathers and Mothers”, Jab Ogl,. 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.
HATE CRIME CHARGE ADD ATTACK ON GAY LOUISIANA TEEN
Charl AdamsSon of Print John Adams, Charl Adams his youth beme a protege 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. Ben FranklThe 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.