Jamestown: America's first gay community and Richard Godbeer

[Front-Ranger]

Richard Godbeer, a professor of history at the University of Miami, writes about sexuality in early America. Anybody familiar with him?

http://www.as.miami.edu/history/biographies/godbeer.html

His books look worth exploring.

Larry Kramer was citing one of his books in writing about Jamestown, which is being reexamined upon its 400th anniversary. Kramer says same-gender marriages were performed there in Colonial days.

[Shakesthecoffecan]

I remember a few years ago when the sodomy laws were finally overturned, there was talk of Jamestown and a ships captain, Richard Cornish, who was hung for being a sodomite.

Here is an article: http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=120971&ran=111744

A friend of mine wants to go see the Queen, I told him to start walking. If we were to go down there we'd stand in a crowd all day an maybe catch a glimpse of her.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Larry Kramer says same-gender marriages were performed in Jamestown in Colonial days.

Bullshit.

I remember a few years ago when the sodomy laws were finally overturned, there was talk of Jamestown and a ships captain, Richard Cornish, who was hung for being a sodomite.

A community that executes people for sodomy does not perform same-gender marriages.