The creativity in these illustrations can also be found in gay photography. Artists such as Bob Mizer constructed imagined scenes riffing off popular stereotypes and characters. The French artist couple Pierre et Gilles took this to another level with their immaculately engineered vignettes drawing on history, celebrity, and even religion that manage to capture the heart of queer culture and gay romance.Despite spending just six months of his ten-year reign in the country, Richard I is one of England’s most iconic kings.
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When he was Duke of Aquitaine, he revolted against his father, Henry II.įor the sake of “diplomacy”, he allied with Philip II of France and “ate every day at the same table and from the same dish, and at night their beds did not separate them,” wrote Roger of Hovden, a chronicler who knew Richard personally. LORD IVAR MOUNTBATTEN (1963-PRESENT) Ivar Mountbatton, top row, far left. The Queen’s cousin became the first member of the British Royal Family to come out as gay after revealing he is dating James Coyle. Lord Ivar Mountbatten is the Queen’s cousin, the great, great, great grandson of Queen Victoria and the great-nephew of Earl Mountbatten of Burma. He had previously married and had three children with Penelope Thompson. In the Hollywood blockbuster, Braveheart, Edward II was portrayed as camp and correspondingly incompetent. While not the most pro-LGBT depiction, Edward II is one of more famously ‘gay’ monarchs. He was ‘wedded brothers’ with Piers Gaveston, the Earl of Cornwall.
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The friendship agreement has often been likened to a church-approved same-sex partnership by historians. The Earl was often given special access to the King, much to the anger of nobles. Like Catherine the Great and her own father, rumours have surrounded the powerful Elizabeth’s sexuality for centuries. Some historians suggest the ‘Virgin Queen’ was actually a lesbian.
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However, though she never married, the queen had a series of male suitors and would insist she was married to her kingdom and subjects.
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Richard was just 10-years-old when he became king. This meant leading nobles ran the country on his behalf.īut when old enough to rule for himself, he surrounded himself with nobles such as Robert de Vere, the Earl of Oxford. The two were allegedly in a relationship.