![]() ![]() And even those that were were very much like marriage, in terms of legal rights. Now, there is a lot of debate about whether or not matelots were sexual, but it generally agree that at least some of them definitely were. For example, pirates also had something called matelotage which was essentially same-sex marriage. A lot of it can certainly be chalked up to situational homosexuality, so much so that in 1645 the Governor of Tortuga imported 1 650 prostitutes so that he could get pirate men to sleep with women, but that certainly doesnt explain all of it. But it turned out, pirates were actually pretty queer. ![]() ![]() Like, queer cod in movies and such, I mean. Ill admit, Ive been on a little bit of Golden Age of Piracy kick and why not? Pirates are fantastic swashbuckling adventurers, sailing across the Ocean! And thing is. Too much land lubber, I guess! But were still going to talk about Pirates. Let me spin ye yarn about some high seas homosexuality! Okay, I giving up on talking like a pirate. ![]()
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