Put's Anti-Gay War on Ukrae - Boston Review

Contents:

• THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY
• PRO-PUT CHECHEN GENERAL WHO LED 'GAY PURGE' KILLED UKRAE
• PUT’S ANTI-GAY WAR ON UKRAE
• ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS
• US ARMY GENERAL COM OUT AS GAY, INTRODUC HIS ‘HBAND’ AT PENTAGON GAY PRI EVENT

THE REVOLUTNARY WAR HERO WHO WAS OPENLY GAY

Gay men have always been part of the Amerin ary. In an era before gay marriage or open pri, ary men fell love, formed passnate iendships and had same-sex enunters.

PRO-PUT CHECHEN GENERAL WHO LED 'GAY PURGE' KILLED UKRAE

But the se of one of the ary’s foundg hero, homosexualy was always part of the story.

PUT’S ANTI-GAY WAR ON UKRAE

Historians also thk he was homosexual—and served as an openly gay man the ary at a time when sex between men was punished as a crime.

ARMY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY GENERAL RETIR AFTER SPIRG OTHERS

He also downplayed mors that the baron had been dismissed om the Pssian ary for homosexualy. But he was gay, and homosexualy was viewed as a crimal aberratn by many of his peers. ”After the war, von Stben legally adopted both men—a mon practice among gay men an age before same-sex marriage was legal.

US ARMY GENERAL COM OUT AS GAY, INTRODUC HIS ‘HBAND’ AT PENTAGON GAY PRI EVENT

John Mulligan, who was also gay, served as von Stben’s secretary and is thought to have had a relatnship wh the baron.