King Arthur was NOT LGBTQ+ ! By James Reed
King Arthur, a possibly legendary figure, with the Knights of the Round Table, as also according to Welsh sources leader of the post-Roman Britons who fought the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th and 6th centuries. He is portrayed in texts dated 300 years later, the Annales Cambriae and the Historia Brittonum. He is not regarded as a historical figure, possibly a compilation of people.
That has not stopped the anti-West deconstruction brigade from working his legacy over. Just as we have supposed there were gay Vikings and Black ones too (see don't oppose mass immigration!), now the Left-wing council in Denbighshire, Wales has said that Arthur was LGBTQ+. On what basis? Why, in one story he wore women's clothing to pursue a lady. It was presumably a disguise. And on that basis they make their proclamation, one which is logically inconsistent with the LGBTQ+ ideology, as Arthur was chasing a woman, not a man. Men actors throughout the ages dressed as women to perform female parts as for most of the medieval period, women were not allowed on the stage.
This example shows how flimsy all of these historical replacements actually are.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/11/king-arthur-may-have-been-lgbtq-welsh-council-suggests/#:~:text=Rhuthun%20(Ruthin)%2C%20in%20Denbighshire,for%20mocking%20his%20injured%20knee.
"King Arthur may have been a member of the so-called LGBTQ+ community according to a council in Wales because he is said to have once worn women's clothes.
The legendary figure, portrayed as a leader of Britons in their fight against the Anglo-Saxons following the collapse of Roman control, is the subject of numerous tales in Welsh mythology detailing his likely apocryphal exploits, including his search for the Holy Grail as well as his battles with both human and supernatural foes.
Despite questions over whether King Arthur even actually existed — or at the very least, doubts about the veracity of the fantastical tales of his life recorded hundreds of years after he supposedly reigned — the left-wing council in Denbighshire, Wales has included the mythological ruler in their LGBTQ+ history timeline, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The decision to classify King Arthur as LGBTQ+ was reportedly sparked by a local tale of the leader using women's clothing as a disguise to get closer to a woman in Ruthin in Denbighshire whom he was romantically interested in.
His rouse was foiled by a rival named Hueil mab Caw, who had spotted Arthur by his lame knee which he had injured in an earlier fight. For mocking his injured knee, Hueil was put to death by Aurthur.
Other than the story of King Arthur using women's clothing as a disguise to pursue a heterosexual relationship, there are no other indications that he was portrayed as being LGBTQ+. Indeed, the accounts say that the legendary King eventually married another woman, Guinevere.
The move by the Welsh council comes amid a broader effort from the devolved Labour-run government in Cardiff to promote "Welsh LGBTQ+ history, culture, and heritage" in local archives, libraries and museums.
The bid sought to raise "awareness and understanding" about the supposedly diverse population of Wales.
Casting King Arthur as LGBTQ+ also comes amid attempts to recast historical British and European figures to conform to modern woke sensibilities."
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