Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer histori our palac
Contents:
- 5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
- THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND
- ‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
Many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. * gay kings uk *
Centuri before homosexualy was ma legal between nsentg adults 1967, the ‘love that dare not speak s name’ was viewed as a s England, particularly by the church, and technilly punishable by ath.
It is not surprisg that many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret. Known as ‘Ruf’ due to his ddy plexn and red hair, the third son of William the Conqueror beme Kg of England 1087 and is assumed to have been gay or bisexual.
The fourth son of Henry II, he is also believed to have been homosexual spe marryg Berengaria of Navarre. An art historian disvered a 400-year-old portra of Gee Villiers, the former De of Buckgham who is thought to have been the gay lover of Kg Jam VI and I, the Brish ler om 1567 to 1625 who missned a btsellg book known as The Kg Jam Bible. Hovn’s bed ment may be more of a polil metaphor than a leral one — polics do make strange bedfellows, after all — but even still, Richard I has long been lnized as a gay in.
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE GAY KGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND
Queen Elizabeth's is expected to wed the first same-sex royal weddg this summer — but he is far om the first gay Brish royal, acrdg to historians. * gay kings uk *
The plays of both possibly-gay English playwright Christopher Marlowe and totally-gay English playwright Derek Jarman both picted Edward II as gay. Totally gay. William II, lled "Ruf" for his reddish plexn, never married or fathered children, leadg to speculatn that he was gay.
There is signifint evince that he was gay, although historians differ on this pot. Richard has been portrayed equently on stage and film; The Ln Wter (1968), which he was played by Anthony Hopks, strongly suggted he was gay, while Sean Connery offered a thoroughly heterosexual pictn Rob Hood: Prce of Thiev (1991) urty Natnal Portra Gallery of London. Many historians believe Edward II, kg om 1307 to 1327, was gay or bisexual.
Christopher Marlowe's play Edward II picts the kg as gay, and Derek Jarman ma a stunng and explic film based on the play urty Natnal Portra Gallery of London. Fundamentalist Christians often pot to the Kg Jam Versn of the Bible as the five edn, but do they stop to thk was missned and overseen by a man who was likely gay or bi? England’s ‘gay’ kgs and queens fied society – durg perhaps the most homophobic era of human history – to have same-sex lovers.
‘THE KG AND HIS HBAND’: THE GAY HISTORY OF BRISH ROYALS
For much of history, LGBTQ+ royalty need to hi their inti. Even though some societi embraced homosexualy, most refed to accept a gay ... * gay kings uk *
Of 41 monarchs sce William The Conqueror, we’ve intified seven who were likely lbian, gay or bisexual.
Further evince for his homosexualy om his squabble wh the lear of the English church – Anselm, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Fd out about Queer Bra, the UK’s first mm dited to LGBTQ+ (lbian, gay, bi, trans, queer) history and culture. * gay kings uk *
The bt evince for his homosexualy me om his youth, when he was still De of Aquae and open revolt agast his father, Henry II. Fally, is likely he admted his gay affairs as part of church ceremoni where he publicly ‘nfsed’ his ‘ss’. Edward II is the most famoly ‘gay’ Brish monarch.
A mor circulated that his executner serted a red hot poker to his an, aga to punish his homosexualy.