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In , Lord Ivar Mountbatten, a cousin of the then-reigning Queen Elizabeth II, became the first member of the British aristocracy to come out as gay. He married his partner in Another openly gay royal, Archduke Ludwig was the younger brother of Austria’s ruler Emperor Franz Joseph I. As an eligible royal prince, he was often sought as a husband for European royalty, but he turned down all offers of marriage to foreign princesses due to his sexuality.

Most stories about a royal’s sexuality were only mentioned in secret and whispers. That’s not the case for King Edward II of England, who openly showed affection for his male lover, Piers Gaveston. When Edward married Isabella of France, he showered kisses on Piers in front of the entire court. Off the top of my head: Edward the confessor, Richard I, Edward II, James I & VI and Queen Anne, are all at least suspected by historians as having possibly been bi or gay.

Here are a few queer lives from our palace’s histories. Edward II () used the Medieval Palace at the Tower of London. The King and his favourite, his closest political and emotional ally, Piers Gaveston, are often thought to have been lovers. Elizabeth left and Olive late in life. The duc de Saint-Simon, whose enormous memoires are our best window into life at court, says that as an adult, Philippe was weak of mind and body, excessively timid, obsequious to his brother, and loved to gossip, often making up rumors just to see what would happen.

In a previous blog post, I discussed a similar reading of the Salem Witch Trials. Physically weak, and well known to be quite cowardly, James I is one of the better known gay monarchs — I remember it being vaguely alluded to when I was studying at school it was so obvious. At the end of the episode she makes the choice to take the tainted money and have her operation.

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In , she persuaded King Louis to first imprison the Chevalier and then exile him. Loading Comments I hope they survived. For example, the dress that Kristina gives Ebba is identical to one in an actual portrait of Ebba Sparre compare the two images of Sparre above.

November 6, at am Reply. The current season of Tales of the City is available on Netflix. Unable to pleasure her deeply enough, Bartolomea carves a statue of the Virgin Mary into a dildo and the two carry on, not realizing that Felicita can spy on them though a hole in the wall. There are no unexpected plot twists, so you can probably just keep reading.

Anne is emotionally erratic and in need of someone who will be more sympathetic to her than Sarah is willing to be, and Abigail is to some extent a schemer who steps into that hole and works to alienate Sarah from Anne. May 10, at am Reply. In the s, there was also an apparently unrecognized serial killer who targeted transwomen, slitting their throats and mutilating their genitals before dumping their bodies.

Mona in particular quickly begins to call out another character for misgendering Anna, long before misgendering was common idea or even a term. Stan is shown using a condom when he has sex with Angel. Blanca, however, sees a better world, a promised land for transwomen where they can at least be fully accepted in the gay community; early on she stages a defiant protest of a gay bar that caters to butch gay men and refuses to serve transwomen.

Its portrait of a young lesbian fumbling her way toward her first love at a time when lesbianism was taboo is sensitive, not sensational. In , after three years on the throne, Parliamentary leaders invited the leader of the Netherlands, William of Orange, to come help them out. For a woman in her position, having a child was a vital consideration, and on top of that Anne seems to have had very intense maternal instincts.

Anne was a shy, quiet girl who grew into a shy, quiet woman, while Sarah was a witty, vivacious, confident girl who grew into an increasingly over-confident and arrogant woman. John Alexander Normandy French journalist and poet Only Michael has nothing to apologize for in his past.