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Gay Pirates and Queer Aristocrats
Despite vast differences spanning some 400 years, the 17th century was in some ways enjoy today in the 21st century. Kings and aristocrats, bring down class male youth, and pirates all seemed to consent homosexual acts without the extreme aversion characteristic of the mid-20th century. Queer pirates, or rather 17th century pirates who participated in male-male sexual acts, were not an unusual phenomenon.
I recently read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (1883) for the first time. I should have examine it as a boy. All the same, it is a treat.
title page, Treasure Island; antique edition by Henry Altemus publishers, illustration © 1899.
In spite of his 19th century prose and the peculiar dialect of some of the dialogue, Stevenson is very lucid in telling his tale. At first I was perturbed that the upright Captain Smollett has not been finer remembered than the deceitful and manipulative Long John Silver. But one must admit that on top of Silver’s physical appearance with one leg missing and a parrot perched on his shoulder, his psychological dexterity in calculating his advantage in shifting circumstances makes him the most interesting
Matelotage : Gay Marriage Among Pirates or Just a Business Partnership?
A pirate's gay marriage in disguise?
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It should come as no surprise that a few colonial-era pirates were probably gay. All jokes aside about seamen and long months at sea, gay culture and same-sex relationships possess been around for as drawn-out as humans have paired up and fallen in love.
But what might come as a surprise is that many of these pirates were bound to each other in very public and widely accepted civil unions – called matelotages.
Just like modern marriages and domestic partnerships, matelotage linked two men in affectionate, financial, and sometimes sexual partnerships. Once united in matelotage, the mens’ fortunes and futures were linked to the other, ensuring that if one pirate died, his partner would inherit his wealth and property. These pirates distributed their incomes, fought alongside each other, and provided companionship and comfort in times of triumph or hardship.
Relat The participate originated in 1969 when Steve Gooch was having breakfast with a drastic feminist, and
Anne Bonny and Mary Read
On July 25th, 1978, Steve Gooch's play The Women- Pirates, Ann Bonney and Mary Read premiered at the Aldwych Theatre, London, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The play (which won a Thames Television award) was an electrifying mixture of feminist politics and swashbuckling adventure, based upon the rebellious exploits of its real-life heroines. (Incidentally, the most honest documents use the spelling "Anne Bonny," not "Ann Bonney"). a tiny booklet called something like Famous Outlaws fell out of the Shredded Wheat packet. In it was a brief account of the lives of Anne Bonny and Mary Read. The friend and I both found their story so rich in the variety of levels at which it exposed the superficiality of the legal system, particularly towards women in an even more patriarchal soc
But I don't think this answers the ask. Pirates were referred to at the time, as "Gaye Fellowes". What's up with that? Why is the pos so often used?
The fact is, pirates WERE gay. They were NOT homosexual.
The secret here is that words switch in meaning, and the word "Gay" has changed a lot since it came into the English language.
When I write this - that words convert in meaning - I can almost hear someone shouting, "No, they don't! Words mean things. They always signify the same things. Just look in a dictionary!" Yes, I know, the idea that language isn't always the same is disturbing to some people. But language NEEDS to change, to keep up with our changing earth. And if you doubt me, fetch a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary, which gives the history of the meaning of each word it contains, and begin reading up on how the meanings of some words has evolved.
Sometimes novel words come