#historical homosexuality

[molotovgrifter]

eugehhshs

[rinnivin]

your favorite lil’ immigrant orphan is here again! got bored and drew him lol

[yvanspijk]

Homo & hetero: same

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[crowscroll]

this is me for REAL

oh to be a chaotic man in the mid victorian era, being a painter and going to parties and chatting with nobility, living on an estate with the most beautiful gardens you’ve ever seen, having a secret homosexual relationship with my poet friend whos letters to me will be discovered in the future and “atributed to how we were such good friends”

i would probably be on oscar wilde levels of chaotic gay.

[yourdailyqueer]

Glenn Shadix (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 15 April 1952

RIP: 7 September 2010

Ethnicity: White - American

Occupation: Actor, comedian

[eliounora]

my pet peeve is those "historians thought they were very good friends" jokes, like obviously for sure there are homophobic historians, but the study of same-sex desire and relationships of the past is also quite complex and you can't often go and simply label people's relationships or identities of time gone by, and sometimes it's more complicated and elusive than "they were a couple" or even "they were in love"

[my-deer-friend]

This is supposed to be the queer weirdos website and yet the standard of proof on here for whether a historical figure was queer is higher than in most academic contexts.

[d-a-redwing]

Alexander & Hephaestion

[filmbroandy]

[andromediae]

I'm very, very embarrassed to admit that my middle school students (at a relatively conservative Christian school) had to alert me to the fact that Lawrence and Ali (in Lawrence of Arabia) were indeed very gay for each other. Such was the THEY'RE SO IN LOVE uproar at the reuniting of Lawrence and Ali after the desert crossing that I literally had to stop the film and put it off for the next class. I attribute my obliviousness to the fact that I had not re-watched this film for quite a while and did not have my shipper glasses on the last time.

And now I have to explain to my kids from conservative families that:

1. Lawrence was probably a homo-romantic asexual according to all the info we have from his own autobiography and the posthumous testimony of his friends and colleagues. He probably never had any consensual sexual experiences -- he only writes about his assault at the hands of captors during the war and his deep affection for certain male friends. And writes in letters very positively about other m/m couples he knew during the war.

2. David Lean said that he wrote Lawrence and Ali (and directed them) as lovers.

3. Homosexuality was super illegal in Britain at the time. That plus the fact that Lawrence was also the victim of constant physical abuse as a child probably a lot of resistance to intimacy (according to some biographers).

4. Ali ibn El Kharish (Sherif Ali) is a fictional character! He IS however an amalgamation of some of Lawrence's closest friends amongst the members of the Arab Revolt.

5. Regardless of all of the above, that it's ok to be gay ... even if your church says it's not. The Bible isn't real clear about it, so maybe let's be chill. And then ... not get in trouble with any parents. Hopefully. Cross fingers....

This is very intense but also very funny situation-- and I'm really not sure how to handle our next class ...

[transmascpetewentz]

Honestly I haven't really considered what it is about men that gays like until recently, and while it's not a "real" theory whatsoever, I like what LS said about skin texture in men. That would explain a lot actually, and while I'm not sure how it is compatible with transsexuals who aren't on hormones, or how some straight men (chasers) are attracted to transsexual men on testosterone, I think it's a good theory that makes a lot of sense.

[lateforthewonder]

[hallowedhaunting]

Tagged by @hekateinhell! tysm🫶

What’s the origin of your username?: I was trying to come up with a memorable enough username that would fit The Vibe because I originally wanted this to be an art account, then proceeded to not post art for two years lol. I wanted something that had a motif of both religion+horror since I tend to make (original) art around that concept. Also a primary reason I love The Vampire Armand

OTP(s) + ship name: Anything involving Armand (except Bianca sorry queen I’m just heterophobic). Especially Armand/Daniel… but TVL Lesmand has a grip on me too………………… and Venice era……………………………………. Prior to Armand I was obsessed with Usami/Tsurumi from the Golden Kamuy manga and Ash/Eiji from Banana Fish lol

Favorite color: Black and red!

Song stuck in your head: I have been listening to Rosegarden Funeral Party lately, but especially their song Follow. It is so early Devil’s Minion coded to me! 

I have also been listening to Secret Shame's discography quite a bit

Weirdest habit/trait: Probably that I talk to myself constantly when I’m alone (like full on animated conversations). I had to curb this in college because I’d constantly misjudge when my roommates were home 😭 remnants of a highly isolated childhood lol

Hobbies: Drawing, writing, music composition, playing piano + singing, finding and altering vintage fashion+furniture, fashion in general…….

If you work, what’s your profession?: I am a piano teacher!

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be?: Hmm, probably to be a writer or artist! Though I know the realities of doing those professionally would be far less rewarding than painting Renaissance figures as Armand

Something you’re good at: Baking!

Something you hate: Minimalist interior design (or what I like to call grey box houses). I have a physical revulsion response when I see it

Something you collect: Lately hardcover books! I have a custom hardcover of The Vampire Armand ❤️. I also have a hardcover of Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice!

Something you forget: Genuinely everything lol my best friend remembers my life better than I do

What’s your love language?: Hah I’ve never thought about this for myself but I certainly show love to others through acts of service!

Favorite movie/show: …I don’t watch enough television to have an answer for this 😭. (Feel free to recommend shows or films— I am trying to change this!) I am constantly reading, though, and my favorite books are East of Eden by John Steinbeck, The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber, Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice, and of course The Vampire Armand ❤️

Favorite food: Any kind of curry

Favorite animal: Cats! But I love all animals and insects (especially moths and beetles)

What were you like as a child?: My childhood nickname was terremoto (earthquake) if that says anything lol. My church also had my photograph on the wall because I had so much scripture memorized at such a young age. #scripturewarrior

Favorite subject at school: Literature

Least favorite subject: I was so extraordinarily bad at math I got put in the special ed class for algebra 

What’s your best character trait?: Likely my positivity and optimism. I am generally a very cheerful person. I am also incapable of judging others which is in some ways a positive trait and has gotten me into some terrible situations otherwise lol

What’s your worst character trait?: I have categorically lacked self-respect throughout my life. I’m working on it 🫡

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet?: Extremely recent history, but I am a bit too young to have done this in my own life– I would have LOVED to talk to Anne Rice about her work. As a person she fascinates me. I would also love to meet a distant female ancestor, especially one from prehistory

I tag @relicsofasaint and anyone else who’d like to do this! 🫶🫶

[yourdailyqueer]

Dale Olson (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 20 February 1934

RIP: 9 August 2012

Ethnicity: White - American

Occupation: Writer, publicist, activist, journalist

Note 1: In 1954, he became the first man to appear on television in the United States and self-identify as homosexual.

Note 2: He became the spokesperson for Rock Hudson in 1985 during the actor's battle with AIDS. Olson persuaded Hudson to publicly acknowledge that he had the disease, becoming one of the first celebrities to do so.

[aceredshirt13]

gang i have to share this P. G. Wodehouse quote with you all because ever since I found it I can't stop thinking about it. it's from a letter he wrote when he was 78 years old to his friend Guy Bolton (many thanks to P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters)

I have been on the sick list myself, but am better now. Inflamed bladder or chill on the bladder or something, the symptoms being agony when I passed water, as the expression is. It brought back the brave old days when I used to get clap.

he really said "yeah the pain from my bladder issue reminds of the days when I used to have so much sex I repeatedly got venereal disease"

[akechi-if-he-slayed]

do you guys think hamilton and jefferson explored each other’s bodies