Historic Gay and Bisexual Rulers
The
following list is taken fron the Lavender Lists, Vol 2. As you can see
it includes some of the greatest political leaders of all times. It
also include some of the most ruthless end evil rulers in history which
leads one to believe that sexual orintation alone is not necessarily
relevent in politics. Most of the men mentioned will go down in history
without any or little notariety.
Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC
Demetius Poliotcetes of Greece, 294-288 BC
Antigonus of Greece, 280-261 BC
Antigonus II Gonatas of Greece, 206-194 BC
Ptolemy of Greece IV, 221-205 BC
Emperor Gaozu of China, 206-194 BC
Ptolemy VII of Greece, 145-144 BC
Emperor Wu of China, 140-144 BC
Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, early 1st century
Julius Cesar of Rome, 60-44 BC
Augustus of Rome, 31 BC- 14 AD
Emperor Ai of China, 6 BC-01 AD
Tiberius of Rome, 14-37 AD
Caligula of Rome, 37-41 AD
Claudius I of Rome, 41-54 AD
Nero of Rome, 54-68
Otho of Rome, 69 AD
Domitian of Rome, 81-96 AD
Nerva of Rome, 96-98 AD
Trajan of Rome, 98-117
Hadrian of Rome,117-138
Commodus of Rome, 180-192
Heliogabalus of Rome, 218-222
Emperor Wei Diyi of China, 336-371
Velentian of Rome, 425-455
Emperor Lian Jianwen of China, 550-551
Constantine the Great, 741-775
Micheal III of Byzantia, 842-867
Al-Hakem of Cordoba, 961-976
Hisham II of Cordoba, 965-1013(joint ruler with Al-Hakem)
Basil II of Byzantia, 997-1025
Sebukitigin, founder of the Ghanzanud Empire(Afghanistan)10th century
Mahmud of Ghazani (Afghanistan) 997-1030
Constantine VIII of Byzantia, 1025-1028
Constantine IX, 1042-1055
Al-Muranid of Seville, 1069-1090
William the Conqueror of England, 1087-1100
Richard the Lion Hearted of England, 1198-1199
Fredrick II of the Holy Roman Empire, 1212-1250
Edward II of England, 1307-1327
Ashikaga Yoshimitsum, shogun of Japan, 1368-1394
Sultan Beyazid I of the Ottoman Empire, 1389-1402
King Juan II of Castile and Leon, 1454-1474
Sultan Mehmed II if the Ottoman Empire, 1451-1481
Charles IX of France, 1560-1574
Oda Nobunaga, military dictator of Japan, 1568-1582
Henery III of France, 1574-1589
Rudolf II emperor of Germany; king of Bohemia and Hungary, 1572-1608
James the I of England, 1603-1625; king of Scotland(as James IV),1567-1625
Emperor Jahangir of India, 1605-1627
Louis XIII of France,1610-1643
Tokugawa Iemotsu, shogun of Japan, 1622-1651
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, shogun of Japan, 1680-1709
Willian III of England, 1689-1702
Charles XII of Sweden, 1697-1718
Frederick the Great of Prussia, 1740-1786
Christian VII of Denmark, 1766-1808
Kamran, enir of Afghanistan, early 19th century
Charles XV of Sweden, 1859-1872
Ludwig of Bavaria, 1864-1886
Abd Al-Rahman, king of Afghanistan, 1880-1901
Mwanga, King of Buranda(Uganda) 1884-1897
Gustavus V of Sweden, 1907-1950
Ferdinabd I if Bulgaria, 1908-1918
Rama VI, King of Thailand, 1910-1925
Amanullah Khan, King of Afghanistan, 1919-1929
President Manuel Azana of Spain, 1931-1933, 1936-1939
