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Tag Archives: gay history

Starting afresh in 2022

A virgin diary with its clean unblemished pages, perfectly encaptulates the promise of what can be, the unknown future adventures and the expanse of time in which to have them.

Posted bydavidledainJanuary 3, 2022Posted inHow To Tell Your LGBTQ StoryTags:diary writing, gay history, How To Tell Your LGBTQ Story, lgbtq history, personal developmentLeave a comment on Starting afresh in 2022

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

Where did the word homosexual come from?

‘What is homosexuality?’ it seems a straightforward question to answer in a modern context. The word or term homosexuality, however, was not invented until the nineteenth century.

Posted bydavidledainOctober 4, 2021November 3, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:gay history, homosexuality, John Addington-Symonds, Karl Ulrichs, Kertbeny, man-to-man love, Uranian LoveLeave a comment on Where did the word homosexual come from?

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