Historical people who were gay
June is Pride Month, which commemorates the Stonewall riots of , when patrons of a same-sex attracted bar, The Stonewall Inn, in New York City fought assist against a police raid. It was an inflection point in the gay liberation movement. To celebrate Pride Month, I wanted to share a bit about LGBTQ+ scientists of the past.
I often feel uncomfortable with these lists, especially when sexual orientation and/or gender identity is speculative. Many LGBTQ+ people in history couldn't come out publicly (and the truth is that many today still can't), and it feels a little intrusive to speculate based on a letter or some ambiguous anecdote. But I also know that the nice that comes from the representation of those historical figures is significant. It's important to understand about the contributions LGBTQ+ people have long been making. So I've included in this list people who were public about their identity and/or orientation as well as people who are thought to have been LGBTQ+.
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7 British Monarchs Who May Have Been Gay
For centuries men lived in one sphere and women in another and they would show up together for marriage and having children. It seemed that the sexes co-existed mainly to sustain the human race. Love and sex can be very different factors but, when put together, they can create the most electric sensation. This was no different for kings and queens who were proximate to their favourites. There are several British monarchs who may have been gay. In evidence, six kings &#; and one queen are thought to have been homosexual, members of what we now dial the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi- and transexual) community. They include:
William II of England
The son of William the Conqueror, who took the throne of England in , was known as William Rufus because of his red hair (‘rufus’ meaning red). William II became King of England in and was often described as ‘effeminate’ and with a keen interest in fashionable fresh men.
William II of England drawn by Matthew Paris. Photo Credit: © Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Edward II of England
Perhaps the most well-k
5 gay rulers from ancient history
After entity marginalised and brushed over for so long, the true stories of Diverse people throughout history are now increasingly being brought to light. But what many people still may not realise is that numerous great figures from very long ago were known to have been gay or bisexual.
1. Julius Caesar
The most iconic of all the Ancient Romans, Julius Caesar is famed for many things: his incredible military successes, his rise as a dictator, and his bloody assassination at the hands of his retain senators. What’s less well-remembered is that, during his younger years, Caesar was widely thought to include been involved in a passionate romance with another man. And not just any man: his squeeze was said to possess been King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, an ancient kingdom located in modern-day Turkey.
The love affair was such an uncover secret that a military song celebrating Caesar’s victories featured the line, ‘Caesar laid the Gauls small, Nicomedes laid Caesar low’ – a reference to Caesar taking what they considered the feminine role in the relatio
In Poland, no one writes about the tragic fate of homosexuals during the Nazi era. Nothing has been published about the thousands of Polish homosexuals who became death camp victims. Ordinary embarrassment is the reason that scholars remain silent about Nazism’s homosexual victims.
Germany’s Golden Years The nineteenth century was the first period when voices openly defending homosexuality and refusing to condemn it were heard on a broad scale. The Napoleonic Code of served as the model for this caring of progress. Under the influence of the French Revolution, Bavaria repealed in the law that imposed penalties on homosexual unions. The government of Hannover soon followed suit. The German Reich, with Bismarck heading its government, was proclaimed in , accompanying the Franco-Prussian War. Article of the unified legal code stated that “any man who permits indecent relations with another guy, or who takes part in such relations, shall be subject to punishment by imprisonment.”
The Berlin physician Magnus Hirschfeld zealously opposed Article In , he founde