Many gay and bisexual monarchs kept their love liv wh members of the same sex a closely guard secret.
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DID MARY, QUEEN OF STS' HBAND HAVE A GAY AFFAIR?
Historian and thor John Guy weighs on whether Mary's hband Henry had an affair wh her gay urtan, as seen Mary Queen of Sts" emprop="scriptn * is henry gay in reign *
There was speculatn that Kg Henry III was a homosexual. Historian and thor John Guy weighs on whether Mary's hband Henry had an affair wh her gay urtan, as seen Mary Queen of Sts.
One of the most shockg scen the upg Mary Queen of Sts movie when Mary Stuart, played by Saoirse Ronan, walks on her hband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley bed wh her gay male urtan, David Rizz, on her weddg night 1565. 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.
5 GAY BRISH KGS AND QUEENS OM HISTORY
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I once had a heated discsn wh my history tutor Carol (who happens to be an alumni of Oxford Universy) about Henry VIII, which I mataed that Henry VIII was probably a closeted gay man. Ma homosexualy a crime punishable by ath. Not only did he legalize the pal punishment of boilg, as well as the executn of the sane; he also ma homosexualy a crime punishable by ath, an overt exprsn of homophobia, or hatred towards homosexuals.
Contemporary rearch has shown that extreme s of homophobia is many s, a sign of nial by closeted gay men who are ashamed of their sexualy, and attempt to disassociate themselv om homosexualy by exprsg their outright disgt and repulsn towards homosexualy.
Many ntemporary amic sourc also mata that many closeted gay men attempt to disguise their sexualy by takg up extreme, aggrsive sports, e. Henry’s secury wh his masculy, as n be seen his persecutn of homosexuals, as well as his aggrsive promotn of hegemonic, pencil-straight masculy orr to disenanchise himself om anythg non-mastream.