In Paris, on a Friday 13th in 1307, Brother Jacques de Molay, the Grand Master of the Templar Knights, was burnt at the stake for being gay and a heretic. This has given Friday the 13th a bad name ever since.

ABOUT says: The day of Friday the Thirteenth, 1307, which began so uneventfully, was the beginning of one of the world’s most enduring mysteries, and one of its greatest tragedies. On that morning, Philippe le Bel, the King of France, in collusion with the Pope, gave orders for the arrest of over one hundred knights of the Order of the Temple, on charges of heresy. Over the next seven years, dozens were tortured, tried, and executed. Many more were imprisoned. The Grand Master of the order, Jacques De Molay, was broken and burned at the stake.

More on the Knights Templar and Friday 13th …

Lest We Forget!

Many people do forget that thousands of young gay soldiers have given their lives for Australia in every single battle in every theatre of war that we have fought in, since Federation. Yet Australia still has a high score amongst the world’s homophobic countries.

We can paraphrase The ANZAC Ode as follows:

Thousands of young gay Australian soldiers, sailors and airmen and women shall not grow old

as we who are left, grow old.

Age shall not weary them. Nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we shall remember these thousands of young gay Australian soldiers, sailors and airmen and women.

Lest We Forget.

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