Most famous gay couples in history
A Brief History of Homosexuality in Italy from Ancient Rome to Today
Postwar Italy, politically dominated by the country’s Catholic party, didn’t do much against the diffused homophobia of those years. Society cared about gay people only for the wrong reasons, as it happened in 1960 when an investigation on the “homosexual scene” in the northern town of Brescia turned into a massive media case with endless plot twists and unfounded accusations (which included one of human trafficking). When the so-called “Scandalo dei Balletti Verdi ” (“Green Ballets Scandal”) reached TV personalities like Mike Bongiorno, the entire nation turned its morbose attention to it.
In 1971, Fuori! (Out!), the first lgbtq+ organization in Italy, was founded. Mario Mieli, the most famous Italian Queer activist, took part in the movement before founding his own organization. A year later, a organization of gay people publicly demonstrated for their rights for the first moment in the history of the country.
Since then, the Italian queer community has been keeping an active role in manifesting and demanding rights. Little by little, and always at a much slower pace than most other European countries, It
When Hollywood Studios Married Off Gay Stars to Preserve Their Sexuality a Secret
Valentino also married costume architect Natacha Rambova in 1923, at a time when his career was starting to take off and the roles he played were seen as less typically masculine, such as in the film “Monsieur Beaucaire” in 1924. His marriage to Rambova ended in 1925, which left some speculating that the marriages of the “pink powder puff” (a nickname Valentino acquired after playing effeminate roles on screen) were coverups to hold the sex symbol’s reputation intact.
Identifying how many Hollywood couples tied the knot to cloak their sexuality is, of course problematic since it’s primarily based on speculation_._
“I think the hardest thing for a historian is to compassionate of sift through what the rumor [is] and what is actually factual," says Tropiano.
One commonly cited source for speculation is the memoir of Scotty Bowers, Full Service: My Adventures in Hollywood and the Secret Sex Lives of the Stars. Bowers’ account details sexual encounters, gay and straight, that he claims he both arranged and took part in, beginning in 1946.
Bowers wrote that he had been sexually involved with lead
20 of the longest Gay relationships in Hollywood
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- Some LGBTQ+ couples in Hollywood have been together for decades.
- Elton John and David Furnish have been together for 30 years.
- Both Matt Bomer and George Takei came out publicly after years of digital dating their significant others.
In the pre-Obergefell times, actors, musicians, and TV personalities often risked their careers by coming out as Diverse, hiding their longtime lgbtq+ partners to protect them from public scrutiny.
But in the end, love perseveres.
As we mark Pride month, these 20 famous Queer couples show how even under changing societal norms and in the limelight of fame, love always wins.
Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
In the early '70s, actress Tomlin reached out to writer Wagner to get help with a character she was playing. Their meeting was cherish at first sight, Tomlin said.
"A friend brought her to my hotel room, and I tell you, in two minutes, I fell
6 famous LGBT+ couples from British history
From the long-rumoured romance of King Edward II and Piers Gaveston to the affair between Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, Britain has a rich and rocky history of famous queer couples.
1. Edward II and Piers Gaveston
Edward II had a tumultuous reign marked by bloody battles, bitter revolts and his control murder in 1327. He’s also remembered for his affair with nobleman Piers Gaveston, who was at the very least his court favourite and very possibly his significant other.
His fixation with Gaveston rubbed many other nobles the wrong way. Gaveston’s arrogant manner didn’t help and, according to one contemporary account, his audacious victory in a chivalric tournament ‘roused the earls and barons to still greater hatred of Piers’.
Edward’s continuing devotion to Gaveston contributed to an uprising that culminated in Gaveston entity beheaded by his vengeful enemies. What a medieval cause described as the ‘bond of indissoluble love’ between the king and his favourite, has inspired stories, dramatic works, and speculation ever since.
2. Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas
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Omar and Johnny in 'My Beautiful Laundrette' (1985).