hjmick
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Well lets' start here:
Read the whole story in Queers In History
- Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe had a one-night-stand?
- Leonardo da Vinci was imprisoned twice for same-sex affairs?
- Sir Francis Bacon's mother complained about him sleeping with the male servants?
- Leonard Bernstein had an affair with an Israeli soldier?
- A US President and his male roommate were so close they were called "Siamese Twins"?
- Grandpa Walton had an affair with one of the founders of the gay rights movement?
- A welterweight champion boxer killed his opponent in the ring after being taunted by him for being gay?
- The lesbian wife of a gay actor accused Howard Hughes of having an affair with her husband shortly before his mysterious murder?
- The founder of Shinto Buddhism also founded a tradition of male-male love in Japan?
- Angelina Jolie wanted to marry her "Firefox" co-star Jenny Shimizu?
- Two ancient Egyptian men shared a tomb as husband and wife?
- A well-known actress went temporarily deaf after her famous husband informed her he was gay?
- Abraham Lincoln slept with his bodyguard in the White House when Mrs. Lincoln was away?
- Lawrence of Arabia dedicated his life's work to a young male lover?
- A much-decorated admiral in the British navy during WW2 was nicknamed "Lord Mountbottom"?
- Sir Isaac Newton suffered a nervous breakdown after breaking up with his male roommate?
- An Egyptian pharaoh was reported to his council for a secret affair with a general?
- Two famous actresses had an affair while on a USO tour to entertain troops during WW2?
- The wife of one US president moved her girlfriend into the White House, and another US President shared his White House bed with the male chief of his security detail?
- An heroic soldier in the US Revolution was actually a woman in disguise, who "married" another woman after her service in the Continental Army? More about Deborah Sampson.
- A great composer may have been forced to commit suicide to avoid a homosexual scandal?
- One of the greatest male American athletes of all time was arrested twice for same-sex indiscretions?
- In 1886, when US officials asked an Indian tribe to send "their best woman" to visit Washington, DC, the tribe chose to send a man in a dress?
- The toughest athlete playing the world's toughest sport, Gareth Thomas came out in 2009.
- Samuel Butler was a shepherd before he wrote his groundbreaking novel, Erewhon.
"Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, James Buchanan And Other Famous Figures Rumored To Be Gay" Huffpo
Of course, you could just google "Every notable person in history was a homosexual" and get the same 50,600,000 hits that I got in .47 seconds.
Does that help?
That's every notable person in history?
That's a pretty short list. Even for a strawman. Keep knocking around that stuffing!
How the hell did this post get attributed to me?