Historians Notice Two Very Friendly Men

Historical figure: *Never gets married, but lived, died, and was buried with same sex partner* Historians: I've never seen two friends like them. They were very, very friendly men.

A meme shows two men sitting together in a bar while a caption imagines historians discussing a historical figure who never married but lived, died, and was buried with a same-sex partner. The joke is that historians use deliberately euphemistic language to avoid directly acknowledging a likely romantic relationship. It is used as a reaction to historical accounts that obscure queer relationships. EN: A meme shows two men sitting together in a bar while a caption imagines historians discussing a historical figure who never married but lived, died, and was buried with a same-sex partner. The joke is that historians use deliberately euphemistic language to avoid directly acknowledging a likely romantic relationship. It is used as a reaction to historical accounts that obscure queer relationships.

• @threedotssavetogallery / 131 2020-12-21