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She's the Queen. Everyone else that could bargain for position in her dynasty just died.
I don't specialize in historical realistic medieval law but I don't need to because this is more a sociology issue about power mechanics. In any case I think I know enough to say that the outcome is entirely dependent on the situation, as any kind of age-old traditions have been pushed off overnight for the right incentive. The main problem with lasagna sandwiches or sausage parties is that
- It's gross
To 97.4%. That's the amount of people you're gonna be asking to make some goodwill and adopt a modern view to a medieval problem.
Historically, whoever and whatever that got away with this was a random mix of culture and tradition. Gays were "tolerated" in some places, sometimes even 'worse' than gays (though the view that Greece had legalized gaysex is a false extrapolation of another cultural trait, they didn't). It's VERY HARD to change society, not so hard to make a law from the top; but the organism of the law, the base of your power, your powerful vassals, they all are part of that society, so when you say "gay marriage should be legal so we can have a Queen and a Queen consort" about 97.5% of your vassals (and their armies) will say yo wtf king/queen. You have to be either damn powerful and established to make everyone swallow the pill or find a lot of so-called 'allies' (god I hate that word in that context it reeks of internet politics), because hetero lord doesn't necessarily mean 'hates gays', but he probably doesn't want HIS vassals to look at him weird either. You'll also absolutely need godly diplomatic abilities, because then your work is one of getting over culture shock and uncomfortable ideas (which falls within the field of mediation) with people from a time where disputes are solved with swords *as a matter of principle*.
So, conclusion, openly and LEGALLY (cause plenty of rulers were barely contained turbogays and everyone more or less knew) gay queen is a realistically grim prospect but it's totally reasonable to imagine a story where the gay ruler changed her society from the top-down. I would have four pieces of advice for it and they would be: the people must absolutely love you. You must have strong, dependable, personal allies within your nobility. You have to solve the church's view situation one way or another. And you need a damn, damn good bodyguard, because kings have been stabbed over less.
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