The Possible Homosexuality of Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich of the Romanov Family
A Caucasian childhood, scholarly work, liberal views, and an episode surrounding Rasputin’s murder — set against a life without marriage or children.
Biography
Was Atatürk Gay or Bisexual?
What memoirs, biographies, and British intelligence reports say about the sexuality of Turkey’s founder.
Andrey Avinoff: A Russian Émigré Artist, Gay Man, and Scientist
How Orthodox Christianity, butterflies, a scientific career, and male eroticism came together.
Russian Poet Ivan Dmitriev, Boy Favourites, and Same-Sex Desire His the Fables 'The Two Doves' and 'The Two Friends'
A friend of Karamzin and Derzhavin, minister of justice, and a fable writer whose “friendship” turns into male love.
The Homosexuality Of Sultan Mehmed II
We examine the sources that mention possible same-sex relationships of the Ottoman sultan who conquered Constantinople.
Sergei Romanov: A Homosexual Member of the Imperial Family
The life of Grand Duke – a “white marriage” without children, homosexuality, service in Moscow, and a tragic death.
The Story of Syrian General Suhayl al-Hasan, Nicknamed “The Tiger”
And his young male lovers.
Peter the Great’s Sexuality: Wives, Mistresses, Men, and His Connection to Menshikov
Was Russia’s first emperor bisexual? Or did he love only women?
The Execution of the Siamese Gay Prince Rakronnaret (Mom Kraison): Power and a Charge of Treason
The earliest known episode in Thailand’s LGBT history.
The Diary of the Moscow Bisexual Merchant Pyotr Medvedev in the 1860s
His escapades and self-reflection.
Russian Empress Anna Leopoldovna and the Maid of Honour Juliana: Possibly the First Documented Lesbian Relationship in Russian History
"... she spends most of her time in the apartments of her favourite, Mengden."
The Homosexuality of Russian Tsars Vasily III and Ivan IV the Terrible”
And who Fyodor Basmanov was.
Grigory Teplov and the Sodomy Case in 18th-Century Russia
Nine serfs accuse their master of rape.