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Sordid, 11 months ago to lgbtq_plus in Portraits of Archduke Ludwig Viktor: Emperor Franz Joseph’s Openly Gay Brother

defied the societal norms of his time by embracing his homosexuality openly

More like embraced the monarchical norms of “rules for thee but not for me”.

invno1, 11 months ago

More like living his best life. Good for him for being able to. Some people are so suppressed they are never able to fully realize their true selves. Don't hate because one person is able to have something that others are not.

Sordid, 11 months ago

Don’t hate because one person is able to have something that others are not.

You do realize him and his family were the reason behind their subjects’ privations, right?

xilliah, 11 months ago

Well what would you have done in his shoes?

Sordid, 11 months ago

Renounced the family and lived in obscurity.

xilliah, 11 months ago

I honestly don’t think he had an easy time.

vhstape, 11 months ago to lgbtq_plus in Portraits of Archduke Ludwig Viktor: Emperor Franz Joseph’s Openly Gay Brother

I want to know more about this scandalous bathhouse incident…

Shhalahr, 11 months ago

Right? The author is such a tease.

xilliah, 11 months ago

You guys are beyond saving.

Shhalahr, 11 months ago

😜

_MusicJunkie, 11 months ago

A source cited on german wikipedia claims that “Ludwig Victor tried to make contact with an attractive young man and got slapped”. But don’t take it as fact, it also says that many different versions of the story are being told.

Izzgo, 11 months ago to lgbtq_plus in Portraits of Archduke Ludwig Viktor: Emperor Franz Joseph’s Openly Gay Brother

Great post, thank you.

NOT_RICK, 11 months ago to history in Alaska’s Indigenous People Invented Snow Goggles for Enhanced Vision and Eye Protection

That first photo gives me cyberpunk vibes in the best way even though it’s not even close to being cyberpunk