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