LGBTQ Rulers of the World

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Sexuality and gender politics have differed from culture to culture and age to age throughout history. The concept of homosexuality as an identity only emerged in the 20th century. Prior to that gay and lesbian relationships and activities were commonplace but were thought of as something one did rather than part of one’s identity. There have been many historic figures who are noted to have preferred their own gender for romance and sex. Here are the stories of 5 rulers from ancient to modern times who are known to have had homosexual love affairs: Alexander the Great (356 BC – 323 BC) Emperor Ai of Han (27 BC – 1 BC) Caliph Al-Hakam II (915AD-976) King Gongmin of Goryeo (1330 – 1374) Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861 – 1948) Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	Hello and welcome to History Tea Time. I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history.
1:05.0	LGBT rulers of the world
1:10.0	Sexuality and gender politics have differed from culture to culture and age to age throughout history.
1:16.6	The concept of homosexuality and bisexuality as identities only emerged in the 20th century.
1:23.6	Prior to that, gay and lesbian relationships and activities were commonplace,
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