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WAS WSTON CHURCHILL GAY?

WINNIE'S SECRET LIFE Wston Churchill may have been gay and was almost charged wh homosexualy after ‘vortg’ wh soldiers, historian Charlie Higson sensatnally claimsPublished: 17:04, 30 Jun 2019Updated: 17:45, 2 Jul 2019BRITISH in Wston Churchill may have been gay, acrdg to extraordary claims by thor and TV ic Charlie Higson. Acrdg to Higson – one of the ma wrers and ic actors of BBC sketch show The Fast Show – the future wartime lear faced beg nvicted for homosexualy which was banned until 1967.

WSTON CHURCHILL MAY HAVE BEEN GAY AND WAS ALMOST CHARGED WH HOMOSEXUALY AFTER ‘VORTG’ WH SOLDIERS, HISTORIAN CHARLIE HIGSON SENSATNALLY CLAIMS

Wil was a flamboyant Irish wrer who was nvicted 1895 for havg gay sex and was sentenced to two years’ hard labour at Readg Jail.

WSTON CHURCHILL MAY SECRETLY HAVE BEEN GAY

He said: “He married Clemmie but there is a possibily that he might have been homosexual. However there is ltle evince to support that Churchill was gay. Throughout his life, Churchill showed ltle tert women other than his wife, enjoyed the pany of homosexuals, and was eply attached to male iends and his long-standg secretary Edward Marsh, although there is no evince of any physil relatnships.

SIR WSTON CHURCHILL WAS SECRETLY GAY, HISTORIAN AND IC CHARLIE HIGSON SAYS

The wrer W Somerset Mgham is said to have asked Churchill whether he ever had any homosexual experience, and been told:.

IT’S A SUGGTN MANY WILL NSIR AN OUTRAGEO – AND UTTERLY IMPLSIBLE – SLUR ON BRA’S GREAT HERO. BUT AN TRIGUG NEW BOOK A RPECTED HISTORIAN ASKS… WAS WSTON CHURCHILL SECRETLY GAY?

In Febary 1954 Churchill's bet discsed the possible crimalisatn of homosexualy, followg an crease the number of nvictns for gay offenc.

↑ Tony Grew, "Archiv reveal Churchill’s Cabet discsed gays".

WHAT 7 FAMO HISTORIL FIGUR SAID ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY"IF YOU LOOK OVER THE HISTORY OF SOCIETI, YOU WILL FD THAT SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY TELLIGENT PEOPLE... WERE ALL HOMOSEXUALS."{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;}CULTUREBY DAN AVERYMAY 7, 2015/7:11 PMBY DAN AVERYMAY 7, 2015 / 7:11 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"WHAT 7 FAMO HISTORIL FIGUR SAID ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-05-07T23:11:14.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-05-07T23:11:14.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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;}IN RECENT YEARS THE ONCE-TABOO SUBJECT OF HOMOSEXUALY HAS E OUT OF THE CLOSET, FOR BOTH OUR ALLI AND ADVERSARI. BUT EVEN BEFORE THE LGBT RIGHTS MOVEMENT GAED MOMENTUM, HISTORIL FIGUR ADDRSED  THE LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK 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;}SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE THOUGHT OF AS PROGRSIV, BUT WERE A PRODUCT OF THEIR TIM WHEN ME TO SEXUALY. OTHERS ARE PERCEIVED NOW AS REACTNARI BUT WERE SURPRISGLY {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;}BELOW, WE LOOK AT SEVEN TRANSFORMATIVE FIGUR OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND THEIR (SURPRISG) VIEWS ON {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;}{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;}MAHATMA {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;}THOUGH BELOVED AS A PEACEMAKER AND THE FATHER OF INDIA'S PENNCE, GANDHI WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNSUPPORTIVE OF SAME-SEX {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 VENTURE TO SUGGT THAT THIS IS A MOST DANGERO DOCTRE TO PREACH ANYWHERE," GANDHI WROTE OF HOMOSEXUALY 1960'S ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS. "IF SOMEHOW OR OTHER GAS THE STAMP OF RPECTABILY, WILL BE THE RAGE AMONGST BOYS AND GIRLS TO SATISFY THEIR URGE AMONG MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN SEX."{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;}IRONILLY THE LEAR OF INDIA'S PENNCE MOVEMENT IS BELIEVED BY SOME TO HAVE BEEN A ROMANTIC SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP HIMSELF—WH GERMAN BODYBUILR AND ARCHECHT HERMANN {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;}"HOW PLETELY YOU HAVE TAKEN ­POSSSN OF MY BODY," GANDHI WROTE A LETTER TO KALLENBACH. "THIS IS SLAVERY WH A VENGEANCE."{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 TWO MEN PROMISED NOT TO "LOOK LTFULLY UPON ANY WOMAN," AND PLEDGED "MORE LOVE, AND YET MORE LOVE... SUCH LOVE AS THEY HOPE THE WORLD HAS NOT YET SEEN."{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;}{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;}MART LUTHER KG, {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;}MLK WAS ANOTHER GREAT CIVIL RIGHTS LEAR WHO WAS STILL AFFECTED BY THE PREJUDIC OF HIS TIM: “THE TYPE OF FEELG THAT YOU HAVE TOWARD BOYS IS PROBABLY NOT AN NATE TENNCY, BUT SOMETHG THAT HAS BEEN CULTURALLY ACQUIRED," KG WROTE TO A YOUNG GAY MAN A 1958 ISSUE OF EBONY. "YOU ARE ALREADY ON THE RIGHT ROAD TOWARD A SOLUTN, SCE YOU HONTLY REGNIZE THE PROBLEM AND HAVE A SIRE TO SOLVE .”{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;}STILL, ONE OF KG'S CLOST ADVISORS WAS AN OPENLY GAY MAN, BAYARD RT, WHO ORCHTRATED THE 1963 MARCH ON {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;}{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;}WSTON {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;}DURG A 1954 BET MEMBER, CHURCHILL WAS RMED THAT WHILE CRIME HAD DOUBLED THE UNED KGDOM, ARRTS FOR HOMOSEXUALY HAD MORE THAN QUADPLED. ONE ADVISOR SUGGTED LIMG THE SPE OF SODOMY LAWS, BUT THE PRIME MISTER BALKED—MOSTLY ON POLIL {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 TORY PARTY WON'T ACCEPT RPONSIBILY FOR MAKG THE LAW ON HOMOSEXUALY MORE LENIENT," HE SISTED. "BUT ULD WE NOT LIM PUBLICY FOR HOMOSEXUALY, AS WAS DONE FOR DIVORCE?"{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;}CHURCHILL ALSO SUGGTED PEOPLE NVICTED SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNY TO STEAD APPLY FOR "MEDIL TREATMENT."{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;}"OTHERWISE, I WOULD'T TOUCH THE SUBJECT," HE SISTED. "LET GET WORSE— HOP OF A MORE UNED PUBLIC PRSURE FOR SOME {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;}BRA'S LAW AGAST NSENSUAL HOMOSEXUAL ACTS WOULDN'T BE REPEALED UNTIL {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;}{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;}SIGMUND {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;}"HOMOSEXUALY IS ASSUREDLY NO ADVANTAGE, BUT IS NOTHG TO BE ASHAMED OF. NO VICE, NO GRADATN. NNOT BE CLASSIFIED AS AN ILLNS," THE LEGENDARY PSYCHIATRIST WROTE TO A DISTRGHT MOTHER SEEKG TO CURE HER GAY SON {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;}THOUGH HE HAD VARYG VIEWS ON SEXUALY, FRD BELIEVED THAT CERTA FORMS OF HOMOSEXUALY WERE IMMUTABLE, THOUGH THEIR  ULD BE ASCRIBED TO BOTH BLOGIL AND PSYCHOLOGIL {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;}"BY ASKG ME IF I N HELP [YOUR SON], YOU MEAN, I SUPPOSE, IF I N ABOLISH HOMOSEXUALY AND MAKE NORMAL HETEROSEXUALY TAKE S PLACE," FRD NTUED. "THE ANSWER IS, A GENERAL WAY WE NNOT PROMISE TO ACHIEVE . IN A CERTA NUMBER OF S WE SUCCEED VELOPG THE BLIGHTED GERMS OF HETEROSEXUAL TENNCI, WHICH ARE PRENT EVERY HOMOSEXUAL; THE MAJORY OF S IS NO MORE POSSIBLE."{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;}{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;}RICHARD {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 WANT MY VIEWS MISUNRSTOOD. I AM THE MOST TOLERANT PERSON ON THAT OF ANYBODY THIS SHOP," PRINT NIXON CLARED A 1971 DISCSN WH NATNAL SECURY ADVISER HENRY KISSGER AND CHIEF OF STAFF H.R. HALRMAN. "[GAYS] HAVE A PROBLEM. THEY’RE BORN THAT WAY. YOU KNOW THAT. THAT’S ALL."{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;}A RERDG OF THE THE NVERSATN, HELD  ADVANCE OF A YOUTH NFERENCE, ONLY ME TO LIGHT LAST YEAR. IT SHOWS NIXON TO BE SURPRISGLY TOLERANT GIVEN THE {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;}".. YOU LOOK OVER THE HISTORY OF SOCIETI, YOU WILL FD, OF URSE, THAT SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY TELLIGENT PEOPLE—OSR WIL, ARISTOTLE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA—WERE HOMOSEXUALS. NERO, OF URSE, WAS, A PUBLIC WAY, WH A BOY ROME. BY GOD, I AM NOT GOG TO HAVE A SUATN WHERE WE PASS ALONG A LAW DITG, 'WELL, NOW, KIDS, JT GO OUT AND BE GAY,' [BUT] THEY N DO . JT LEAVE THEM ALONE. THAT’S A LIFTYLE I DON'T WANT TO TOUCH."{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;}{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;}MARGARET {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;}"CHILDREN ARE BEG TGHT THEY HAVE AN ALIENABLE RIGHT TO BE GAY," THATCHER CLARED AT A CONSERVATIVE PARTY NFERENCE 1987. "ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE BEG CHEATED OF A SOUND START LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{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;}IN 1967, ENGLAND'S FUTURE PRIME MISTER SUPPORTED CRIMALIZG NSENSUAL SAME-SEX ACTIVY, BUT TWO S LATER SHE ENDORSED SECTN 28, A LAW BANNG THE "PROMOTN" OF HOMOSEXUALY. IT WASN'T REPEALED UNTIL {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;}WHILE THATCHER'S AIDS POLICY WAS MORE ADVANCED THAN RONALD REAGAN'S—EMBRACG NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS AND PREHENSIVE SEX TN—SHE WAS STILL WOEFULLY SLOW TO {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;}"GAY MEN WERE WILY MONIZED AND SPEGOATED FOR THE AIDS PANMIC THE 1980S AND THATCHER DID NOTHG TO CHALLENGE THIS VILIFITN," SAID LGBT ACTIVIST PETER THATCHELL UPON HER ATH {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;}{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;}FRANKL DELANO {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;}THOUGH FDR IS NOT ON THE RERD SPEAKG ABOUT ON HOMOSEXUALY, HIS VOLVEMENT AN ANTI-GAY STG OPERATN SPEAKS {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;}HOPG TO CRACK DOWN ON GAY ACTIVY AT A NAVAL STATN NEWPORT, RHO ISLAND, THE THEN-ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ED YS TO ENTRAP SAILORS. ROOSEVELT SIGNED AN ORR DIRECTG THE GAY-BAERS TO GO "TO THE LIM"—I.E. ENGAGE ACTUAL SEX ACTS WH THEIR VICTIMS. IN ALL 17 SAILORS WERE URT-MARTIALED FOR SODOMY AND "SNDALO NDUCT."{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;}FDR'S UNORTHODOX METHODS LED TO AN VTIGATN BY A SENATE SUBMTEE—AND THE FUTURE PRINT'S PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT—WH THE MEDIA REPORTG THE TAILS OF THE SE WERE "UNPRTABLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

On the other hand, he had strong romantic feelgs which were generally foced on his own possible that the man who led his untry to victory World War II had a gay si? Although Thorpe was gallant wh ‘the ladi’, married twice, and fathered a son, he led a secret homosexual, like all policians of siar persuasn, he had to keep his gay life secret — for all homosexual activy was illegal until 1967, and ntued to attract tense social disapproval for long after that. A man's man: Durg his reer, Churchill was close to his Mister of Informatn Brendan Bracken (pictured together around 1941)I noticed that the skills which Thorpe veloped as a clanste homosexual (or ‘closet queen’, to e an exprsn which me durg the Sixti) were not dissiar to those which ma him such an effective polician; quick ws, actg abily, a talent for trigue and subterfuge, a pacy for takg lculated Thorpe’s se, there also seemed to be a psychologil lk between the thrill of ‘feastg wh panthers’ (as Osr Wil scribed the dangero allure of sual homosexual enunters) and the general excement of polics.

I wonred whether the same might be te of other homosexual or bisexual policians, of which I spected there might be more than generally supposed, bee the fact of their beg actors, risk-takers and triguers would tend to draw them towards the profsn. If their bgraphi are wrten, their fai ually ensure that the homosexual or bisexual aspect of their liv is barely, is fair to pose qutns about the sexualy of long-ad policians who n no longer answer back? In the not so distant past, to scribe anyone, let alone a public figure, as a homosexual was a slur, but now that most Wtern societi homosexualy is generally accepted, is surely time to try to unrstand the stra of ‘closet-queenery’ which ns through recent polil certaly impli no disrpect to the often brave and gifted men, and to the tribulatns and disappotments they endured.

It is, after all, said to be a very Brish a schoolboy, Churchill may have had some enunter wh the phenomenon at Harrow, which had one of the more homosexual reputatns among the major public then there was a cur episo at the outset of his reer. His ‘se’ was taken up by the journal, of libel, Tth did not refer directly to the homosexual allegatns, but Bce’s father mentned them Febary 1896 a letter to an officer who was buyg his son’s ary gear. While still his 20s, Wston Churchill acquired a reputatn, which he would never lose, as a misogynistLs than a year after the trial of Osr Wil, which had end wh his beg imprisoned for homosexual acts, this was the most ser imagable slur.

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