First gay man
The Oldest Known Queer Man?
April 7, -- Archaeologists in the Czech Republic possess unearthed the serious of what may be the remains of the oldest known homosexual or transgender man.
The prehistoric body dates to the Copper age -- or to years ago -- and was buried in a way that was typically reserved for women.
The male skeleton was found on its side, facing east, and was surrounded by domestic jugs, objects previously seen only in female graves. An oval, egg-shaped container, usually associated with female burials, was also found at the feet of the skeleton.
"From history and ethnology, we comprehend that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously, so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," lead archaeologist Kamila Remisova Vesinova told the U.K.'s Telegraph.
Men of the period were buried with weapons -- stone battle axes and flint knives -- none of which were found in the Czech grave.
Vesinova concluded that the grave represents "one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a 'transsexual' or 'thir
by Jordan Redman
Staff Writer
Do you know what the word gay really means?
The word gay dates assist to the 12th century and comes from the Old French “gai,” essence “full of joy or mirth.” It may also relate to the Vintage High German “gahi,” interpretation impulsive.
For centuries, gay was used commonly in speech and literature to denote happy, carefree, bright and showy, and did not take on any sexual meaning until the s.
At that time the essence of gay as carefree evolved to imply that a person was unrestrained by morals and prone to decadence and promiscuity. A prostitute might hold been described as a “gay woman” and a womanizer as a “gay man.”
“Gay house” was commonly used to refer to a brothel and, later, “gaiety” was used as a common name for certain places of entertainment.
In the s, the designation “gey cat” (a Scottish variant of gay) was used to describe a vagrant who offered sexual services to women or a young traveler who was new to the road and in the company of an older man.
This latter use suggests that the younger human was in a sexually submissive role and may be among the fir
The BBC's First Homosexual: How we made s operate into a play
He decided the new work needed a narrative and a character for the audience to invest in.
"Firstly, there's a real story, which is of the internal struggle in the BBC to make the documentary," he says.
"There's only one man in the whole programme who talks openly about same sex experiences and he's paraded as a 'cured homosexual'.
"So, I wanted an actual queer to be the centre of the play. And that's the second story, which I've invented, of Tom, a working-class shop assistant from Scunthorpe.
"He acts as our window on to the period. Through a series of monologues, he takes us with him as he discovers and experiments with his sexuality.
"He's in a void though as the tradition around him tells him almost nothing about homosexuality, except for reports of a few high-profile men being arrested.
"His journey leads him ultimately to listening to the broadcast of the documentary on the BBC Home Service in and we see its life-changing impact
7 British Monarchs Who May Acquire Been Gay
For centuries men lived in one sphere and women in another and they would come together for marriage and having children. It seemed that the sexes co-existed mainly to continue the human race. Like and sex can be very different factors but, when lay together, they can produce the most electric sensation. This was no different for kings and queens who were close to their favourites. There are several British monarchs who may contain been gay. In fact, six kings &#; and one queen are thought to have been gay, members of what we now call the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi- and transexual) collective. They include:
William II of England
The son of William the Conqueror, who took the throne of England in , was established as William Rufus because of his red hair (‘rufus’ essence red). William II became King of England in and was often described as ‘effeminate’ and with a keen interest in fashionable young men.
William II of England drawn by Matthew Paris. Photo Credit: © Common Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Edward II of England
Perhaps the most well-k