History Whout Victims: Gays World War II on JSTOR

Contents:

• IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS
• THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS
• READ THIS HEARTBREAKG GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIER’S LOVE LETTER
• "COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS
• NEW SHORT FILM 'THE LETTER MEN' REVEALS SECRET LOVE LETTERS AMONG GAY SOLDIERS WWII
• FIGHTG PROUD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE GAY MEN WHO SERVED TWO WORLD WARS

IN WWII, TWO GAY SOLDIERS’ FORBIDN ROMANCE LIV ON IN THEIR LOVE LETTERS

Letters between gay men are credibly rare bee they were almost always stroyed.

Letters between a gay civilian and a soldier? This is an credibly rare photograph of a gay soldier and a man Paris durg World War II.

THE NEWLY DISVERED LOVE LETTERS BETWEEN TWO GAY SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II WILL HAVE YOU IN TEARS

Homosexualy was illegal at that time, and beg ught the army as a gay man was so much worse. If he was found out, was likely that he would serve time prison, or even get shot by a homophobic soldier, and left for ad. Two gay soldiers relaxg together uniform.

Beg openly gay would not be crimalized until The Sexual Offens Act 1967. Even then, no one uld have gay sex until over the age of 21. Not surprisgly, there were other gay men that were drafted to the army as well.

For the vast majory of gay men wrg letters to one another durg that time, they actually did burn the letters. For years, they had dreams of leavg England and movg to the Uned Stat, where they uld live sunny California, which was known for beg more acceptg of homosexuals. The Newly Disvered Love Letters Between Two Gay Soldiers In World War II Will Have You In Tears.

READ THIS HEARTBREAKG GAY WORLD WAR II SOLDIER’S LOVE LETTER

War Time Love Letters Reveal Epic Gay Love Story Kept Secret for Des. The Newly Disvered Love Letters Between Two Gay World War II Soldiers Tell A Heartwarmg Story Of Forbidn Love. A small mm owner Shropshire, England has unvered a secret gay romance between two World War II soldiers, and the power of their heartbreakg relatnship is now beg brought to life almost 80 years sce their love blossomed.

Unfortunately, the letters have e to light ne years after Gilbert's ath 2008 aged 92 ( is thought Gordon died 15 years prevly) when they were found by a hoe removal pany and sold to an art aler who specialis ary urse, the real value of the letters is not moary, but li the fact they have survived s sce homosexualy was not only illegal before the Sexual Offenc Act 1967, but those servg the armed forc would have been shot for havg sexual terurse wh a man. 'Most love letters om homosexuals at the time were burned, bee if they were found, they would have been ed as evince, ' Higt told the Metro about the letters. 'Getty ImagWhat's strikg about the letters, acrdg to gay rights activist Peter Rose, is the fact the pair's homosexual relatnship is prented such a posive light, spe the prejudic that the pair would have suffered if their relatnship had e out.

Rose told the BBC: 'There is a gay history and isn't always negative and tearful. But spe all the awful circumstanc, gay men and lbians managed to rise above all and have fascatg and good liv, ' he ntued.

"COMG OUT UNR FIRE": THE STORY OF GAY AND LBIAN SERVICEMEMBERS

“Beg a gay filmmaker, bed wh my love for World War II history, I knew I had to tell this story, ” Vallente, the director and -wrer of the film, said. Homosexualy was illegal the U. As a rult, rrponnce tailg gay love om that time is extremely rare.

” For Vallente, highlightg the posivy of gay love was important when producg “The Letter Men.

As wartime stori of homosexual relatnships go, theirs is a happy one. Homosexualy was illegal until 1957, and partakg any homosexual act was punishable by 10 years prison. A love letter wrten by a gay World War II soldier has been makg the rounds on the ter, and ’s givg all the feels.

NEW SHORT FILM 'THE LETTER MEN' REVEALS SECRET LOVE LETTERS AMONG GAY SOLDIERS WWII

The text of the gay World War II soldier’s letter reads:.

What do you thk about this gay World War II letter? Gay and Lbian soldiers faced extraordary discrimatn durg World War II.

Liebman and more than 9, 000 Amerin servicemembers, however, eventually were given a Sectn 8 "blue discharge" for beg homosexual. The 1994 documentary Comg Out Unr Fire giv voice to the experienc of thoands of gay and lbian servicemembers who joed the ary durg World War II, a story that is largely ignored by historians and mms across the untry.

FIGHTG PROUD: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE GAY MEN WHO SERVED TWO WORLD WARS

In 1993, the Uned Stat was batg the discrimatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy regardg homosexuals the morn ary.