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Category Archives: gay history

Why we keep Diaries

Why do we keep diaries? Who do we write our memoirs for exactly, even to the point of editing parts of our daily life out?

Posted bydavidledainNovember 21, 2021Posted ingay historyTags:diary writing, gay history, homosexuality, How To Tell Your LGBTQ Story, Ian Elmslie, lgbtq history, memoir, Roger CasementLeave a comment on Why we keep Diaries

Remembrance Sunday – Wg Cdr Ian Gleed

Ian Gleed, or ‘Widge’, as he was known to his pals, due to his diminutive size and for using the word ‘wizard’ at every opportunity, was a WW2 fighter pilot. None of them realised, however, that Gleed was in fact, homosexual.

Posted bydavidledainNovember 14, 2021Posted ingay historyTags:gay history, gay WW2, Ian Gleed, RAF Museum, Spitfire, WW2Leave a comment on Remembrance Sunday – Wg Cdr Ian Gleed

Homosexuality in Ancient Rome

Categorising homosexuality as something exclusively practised by one group of individuals was not a concept the Romans would have understood.

Posted bydavidledainNovember 12, 2021Posted ingay historyTags:Ancient Rome, gay gladiators, gay history, gay Romans, homosexualityLeave a comment on Homosexuality in Ancient Rome

Nose-to-nose kissing

In ancient Egypt there are tomb paintings of two high officials, Nyankh-Khnum and Khnum-hotep, who are portrayed embracing and touching nose-to-nose. Both men had families of their own, but when they died they were buried together in one tomb.

Posted bydavidledainNovember 4, 2021November 5, 2021Posted ingay historyTags:Ancient Egypt, Egyptian gays, lgbtq history, Nose-to-nose kissing, Nyankh-Khnum and Khnum-hotepLeave a comment on Nose-to-nose kissing

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