2017 with @daniellismore Honouring the kindness & #kindmanners that formed the backbone of the history of #eccentrics #dandies & #dandizettes - since 1603 when our first #gayandproud #king the son of #maryqueenofscots abolished censorship & #sumptuarylaws which restricted the clothes we wore to our rank in society & gender ⚜️ The Stuart reign triggered the century of #eccentrics #crossdressing & created a #genderfluid society that defined the Stuart reign of #jamesI & King Charles I enraging the religious zealots who in 1625 demanded Charles I murder his father’s male wife #georgevilliers & outlaw #crossdressing & #homosexuality ⚜️ King Charles I refusal to bow to the parliamentary #puritans demands ultimately lead to the brutal #civilwars & his own murder by #Puritan #zealots & a #pogrom against #lgbt artists & eccentrics of Britain as Cromwell’s Puritan Military dictatorship replaced democracy until his death in 1658 - honouring the history of Eccentrics with @daniellismore (at The National Liberal Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/BttrZfnn8S8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wbsz6q5wjd0
