[marxist] Marx was Gay!

michael pugliese debsian at pacbell.net
Mon Jan 14 16:46:25 PST 2002


I'd love to claim Karl and Fred were gay lovers (remember a t-shirt from the late 70's of the Union for Radical Political Economics of Karl and Fred holding hands) but, this isn't true. An excellent anthology, "Gay Men and the History of the Socialist Left, " edited by Gert Hekma, Harry OOsterhuis and James Steakley, published by Harrington Press, a reprint of an issue of the Journal of Homosexuality has a chapter, "Johann Baptist von Schweitzer: The Queer Marx Loved To Hate."Written by Hubert Kennedy at S.F. State. Extensive quotes from letters to and from Karl and Fred and others in the First Int'l. full of the most crude homophobic invective. This article is a revision of an earlier piece that appeared in, "Fag Rag, " a Boston gay journal with an anarchist feel to the one issue I have from the 70's. Michael Pugliese-P.S. Roy Cohn was gay. Can't have all the angels on our side ;-(-- Original Message ---
>From: lkjfasdf werawer <lenin321 at yahoo.com>
>To: marxist at yahoogroups.com
>Date: 1/14/02 8:15:31 AM
>


>
>Is it true that Marx was gay? I was reading a series
>of transcribed lectures by Professor O'Donnel of
>Cornell who had compelling evidence that suggests Marx
>and Engles weren't simply literary buddies, they were
>engaged in homosexual activity. The specifics of the
>article are quite explicit, but apparently Marx and
>Engels were into extreme BDSM type stuff. Its no
>wonder Marx wanted the workers to lose their chains...
>he needed them for his basement :)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Comrade Lenin
>
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