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The incredible true history of gay pirates and their strangely modern world
From deadly cross-dressing pirates having a lesbian-affair to booty, rituals and same-sex civil unions
The lesbian and gay pirates of the 17th century lived a strangely egalitarian life, with health insurance and even same-sex civil partnerships.
Piracy was a world apart, and one where homosexual couples may have been the norm, not the exception.
So to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day (19 September) here’s our queer history of piracy.
‘They never engaged in combat without embracing each other’
Same-sex action and the sea...
