The tth behd Twter’s favore stereotype about gay men, as explaed by GQ ntributor Louis Stapl.
Contents:
- IS ISHOWSPEED GAY?
- IS ISHOWSPEED GAY? YOU WILL BE SURPRISED TO KNOW
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- SPEED OF GAY
- 15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
- WHY DO GAY MEN WALK SO FAST?
- THE SPEED OF GAY
- LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM
- HOW GAY IS LLN?
- 7 GAY PRINTIAL RUMORS YOU WON'T BELIEVE (BUT MAYBE SHOULD)WHICH PRINT'S BT IEND WROTE, "HIS THIGHS WERE AS PERFECT AS A HUMAN BEG ULD BE?"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 15, 2016/9:52 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MOLLY RILEY/AFP/GETTY IMAGTHE WHE HOE IS BLANKETED RABOW LORS SYMBOLIZG LGBT PRI WASHGTON ON JUNE 26, 2015. THE US SUPREME COURT LED FRIDAY THAT GAY MARRIAGE IS A NATNWI RIGHT, A LANDMARK CISN ONE OF THE MOST KEENLY AWAED ANNOUNCEMENTS S AND SPARKG SCEN OF JUBILATN. AFP PHOTO/MOLLY RILEY (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ MOLLY RILEY/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYFEBARY 15, 2016 / 9:52 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"7 GAY PRINTIAL RUMORS YOU WON'T BELIEVE (BUT MAYBE SHOULD)","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-02-15T14:52:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-02-15T14:52:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S PRINT'S DAY, WHEN WE SALUTE GEE WASHGTON (WHO WAS ACTUALLY BORN ON FEBARY 22) AND ALL OUR COMMANRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OUT PRINT (YET), GAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN A PART OF PRINTIAL HISTORY SCE THE BEGNG. IN FACT, A GAY MAN ONCE SAVED THE PRINT'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1975, SARAH JANE MOORE PULLED A GUN ON PRINT GERALD FORD AS HE WAS LEAVG SAN FRANCIS'S ST. FRANCIS HOTEL. FORTUNATELY, OLIVER SIPPLE, A GAY MAN AND A RATED MARE WHO SERVED VIETNAM, WAS THERE TO GRAB MOORE’S HAND AS SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ED HER SHOT AND SAVED FORD OM ASSASSATN, BEG A HERO TO THE LGBT MUNY..{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"FOR ONCE, WE N SHOW THAT GAYS N DO HEROIC THGS," SAID HARVEY MILK, THEN NNG FOR A SEAT ON THE SAN FRANCIS BOARD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE, LLG A PRINT GAY WAS MUCKRAKG. NOW MANY THE LGBT MUNY LOOK TO THE UNWRTEN HISTORY OF OUR LEARS FOR GLIMPS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, CHECK OUT SEVEN TIM THE LGBT MUNY TERSECTED WH THE MANR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE WASHGTON: FRIEND OF FRIEND OF DOROTHYGRAPHIARTIS/GETTY IMAGTHE WASHGTON FAY BY EDWARD SAVAGE (AMERIN, 1761 - 1817); OIL ON NVAS, 1789 - 96, OM THE NATNAL GALLERY, WASHGTON, DC THE WASHGTON FAY SS A ROOM OVERLOOKG THE POTOMAC RIVER WASHGTON, STUDYG AN ARCHECTURAL PLAN FOR THE FUTURE GRAND NSTCTN OF THE POL CY. (PHOTO BY GRAPHIARTIS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE AND MARTHA WASHGTON NEVER HAD CHILDREN, AND HISTORIANS AGREE HE WAS MORE TERTED HER MONEY THAN HER FIGURE. BUT I ULDN'T FD ANY DIRECT EVINCE WASHGTON WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO HISTORIAN THOMAS FOSTER'S SEX AND THE FOUNDG FATHERS, THOUGH, REPORTERS OFTEN ATTACKED FREEMASONS LIKE WASHGTON, CLAIMEG THEY WERE "ENGAGG ANAL PERATN WH WOON SPIK ED SHIP BUILDG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ANY SE, WE DO KNOW A GAY MAN WAS ONE OF WASHGTON'S CLOST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON STBEN (BELOW) WAS A PSSIAN ARY OFFICER WHO FLED EUROPE TO AVOID PROSECUTN FOR HOMOSEXUALY—EVEN BENJAM FRANKL KNEW OF VON STBEN’S OPEN SECRET.FOTOSEARCH/GETTY IMAGPORTRA OF FRIEDRICH WILHELM LUDOLF GERHARD AUGT VON STBEN ALSO KNOWN AS BARON VON STBEN, CIR 1744. (PHOTO BY FOTOSEARCH/GETTY IMAG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HIS EXPERTISE TRAG AND TACTICS WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE FOUNDG FATHERS THAN WHO HE SLEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VON STBEN ARRIVED AT VALLEY FE FEBARY 1778 AND QUICKLY TRAED THE MEN HOW TO PERFORM DRILLS, STAND AT ATTENTN, WIELD A BAYO AND QUICKLY RELOAD A MKET, AMONG OTHER SKILLS. WH HIS EXPERTISE AND DISCIPLE, VON STBEN WAS TEGRAL HELPG THE COLONIAL ARMY FEAT THE BRISH—AND SERVED AS GENERAL WASHGTON’S CHIEF OF STAFF THE FAL YEARS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WASHGTON’S LAST ACT AS GENERAL WAS TO WRE VON STBEN A LETTER THANKG HIM PROFELY FOR ALL HE HAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAM BUCHANAN: LIFELONG BACHELORSMH COLLECTN/GADO/GETTY IMAGENGRAVED PORTRA OF JAM BUCHANAN, AMERIN POLICIAN AND 15TH PRINT OF THE UNED STAT, 1834. FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. (PHOTO VIA SMH COLLECTN/GADO/GETTY IMAG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 15TH PRINT NEVER MARRIED, AND LIVED FOR MORE THAN A WH HIS BT IEND, WILLIAM RUF KG. CONTEMPORARI LLED THEM "THE SIAME TWS," AND TEASED THAT KG—NICKNAMED "AUNT FANCY"— WAS THE PRINT'S "BETTER HALF" AND "WIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN KG, REPORTEDLY SOMETHG OF A FOP, WAS APPOTED AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, BUCHANAN WROTE A IEND:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM NOW SOLARY AND ALONE, HAVG NO PANN THE HOE WH ME. I HAVE GONE A WOOG TO SEVERAL GENTLEMEN, BUT HAVE NOT SUCCEED WH ANY ONE OF THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADD THAT HE DIDN'T THK WAS GOOD FOR HIM TO BE ALONE AND "I SHOULD NOT BE ASTONISHED TO FD MYSELF MARRIED TO SOME OLD MAID WHO N NURSE ME WHEN I AM SICK ... AND NOT EXPECT OM ME ANY VERY ARNT OR ROMANTIC AFFECTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUCHANAN ACTUALLY MA KG HIS VICE PRINT (THE ONLY BACHELOR VP AMERIN HISTORY), BUT KG DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS SIX WEEKS AFTER BEG SWORN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M SURE THAT BUCHANAN WAS GAY," SAYS HISTORIAN JAM W. LOEWEN. "THERE IS CLEAR EVINCE THAT HE WAS GAY. AND SCE I HAVEN’T SEEN ANY EVINCE THAT HE WAS HETEROSEXUAL, I DON’T BELIEVE HE WAS BISEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABRAHAM LLN: HIDG THE LLN LOGMATHEW B. BRADY/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - CIRCA 1865: AT HIS SEND GURATN, PRINT ABRAHAM LLN WORE A MAGNIFICENT AT (SHOWN HERE) SPECIALLY CRAFTED FOR HIM BY BROOKS BROTHERS. HAND STCHED TO THE AT'S LG WAS AN TRITE SIGN FEATURG AN EAGLE AND THE SCRIPTN, "ONE COUNTRY, ONE DTY." SADLY, WAS ALSO THIS AT LLN WAS WEARG WHEN HE WAS ASSASSATED ON THAT FATEFUL EVENG AT FORD'S THEATER. MATHEW BRADY--NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORD ADMINISTRATION (PHOTO BY MATHEW B. BRADY/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR FAMOLY SHARED A BED WH JOSHUA SPEED FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT THE KENTUCKY NGRSMAN WASN'T HIS ONLY MALE PANN.UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGJOSHUA FRY SPEED, 1814 –1882 AND HIS WIFE LUCY GILMER FRY, 1788 – 1874. JOSHUA FRY SPEED, GENERAL STORE -OWNER WH HIS CLOSE IEND ABRAHAM LLN, REAL TATE VTOR, PLANTATN OWNER AND KENTUCKY REPRENTATIVE. FROM THE CENTURY MAGAZE, PUBLISHED 1887. (PHOTO BY: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSHUA FRY SPEED, 1814 –1882 AND HIS WIFE LUCY GILMER FRY, 1788 – {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN LLN MOVED TO THE ILLOIS ONTIER HIS 20S, HE MOVED WH BILLY GREENE, WHO ACHED THE FUTURE PRINT GRAMMAR AND SHARED A NARROW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN ONE TURNED OVER THE OTHER HAD TO DO LIKEWISE," REMARKED GREENE, WHO ALSO WAXED POETIC ABOUT LLN'S PHYSIQUE: "HIS THIGHS WERE AS PERFECT AS A HUMAN BEG ULD BE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET A ROOM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANKL D. ROOSEVELT: I MARRIED A LBIANKEYSTONE FEATUR/GETTY IMAG1936: FRANKL DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882 - 1945) THE 32ND PRINT OF THE UNED STAT OM 1933-45. A DEMOCRAT, HE LED HIS UNTRY THROUGH THE PRSN OF THE 1930'S AND WORLD WAR II, AND WAS ELECTED FOR AN UNPRECENTED FOURTH TERM OF OFFICE 1944. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE FEATUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID THE ROOSEVELTS HAVE A MARRIAGE BEREFT OF ROMANTIC ARDOR? WAS ELEANOR A LBIAN? WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW. BUT 'S TERTG TO NOTE THAT MORS ABOUT HER SAME-SEX DALLIANC CIRCULATED EVEN WHILE THEY WERE THE WHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRS. ROOSEVELT WAS CLOSE IENDS WH SEVERAL LBIAN UPL, CLUDG NANCY COOK AND MARN DICKERMAN, BUT WAS LORENA HICKOK WHO WAS HER OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO WROTE THOANDS OF LETTERS TO EACH OTHER, MANY OF WHICH HAVE A ROMANTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HICK MY ART—I NNOT GO TO BED TONIGHT WHOUT A WORD TO YOU," ELEANOR WROTE. "I FELT A LTLE AS THOUGH A PART OF ME WAS LEAVG TONIGHT. YOU HAVE GROWN SO MUCH TO BE A PART OF MY LIFE THAT IS EMPTY WHOUT YOU... I WISH I ULD LIE DOWN BI YOU TONIGHT & TAKE YOU MY ARMS."KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG1946: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884 - 1962) AMERIN THOR, LECTURER, AMBASSADOR, SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND WIFE OF THE 32ND PRINT FRANKL D ROOSEVELT. A REPRENTATIVE TO THE UNED NATNS, SHE IS LISTENG THROUGH HEADPHON DURG A NFERENCE AT THE TEMPORARY UN HEADQUARTERS AT LAKE SUCCS, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’VE BEEN TRYG TO BRG BACK YOUR FACE — TO REMEMBER JT HOW YOU LOOK," SHE ADD. "FUNNY HOW EVEN THE ART FACE WILL FA AWAY TIME. MOST CLEARLY I REMEMBER YOUR EY, WH A KD OF TEASG SE THEM, AND THE FEELG OF THAT SOFT SPOT JT NORTHEAST OF THE RNER OF YOUR MOUTH AGAST MY LIPS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HISTORIAN DORIS KEARNS GOODW WROTE THAT "WHETHER HICK AND ELEANOR WENT BEYOND KISS AND HUGS" ULD NEVER BE KNOWN FOR THE CERTA, BUT "DAY AFTER DAY, MONTH AFTER MONTH, THE TONE THE LETTERS ON BOTH SIS REMAS FERVENT AND LOVG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROOSEVELT’S GRANDDGHTER NA GIBSON SAID, "I HAVE NO IA WHETHER LORENA HICKOCK HAD A HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH MY GRANDMOTHER OR NOT. AND MY FEELG ABOUT THAT IS, KD OF, 'WHO R?'... IF THEY ULD MAKE EACH OTHER HAPPY, ANY WAY, THEN THAT’S WHAT’S IMPORTANT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN F. KENNEDY: BEYOND MARILYNNATNAL ARCHIVE/NEWSMAKERS381091 27: PRINT JOHN F. KENNEDY SPEAKS AT A PRS NFERENCE AUGT 1, 1963. (PHOTO BY NATNAL ARCHIVE/NEWSMAKERS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JFK'S OLST AND BT IEND WAS KIRK LEMOYNE BILLGS, KNOWN AS "LEM." THE TWO BEME FAST IENDS PREP SCHOOL AND, AFTER GRADUATN, THEY TRAVELED TO EUROPE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY REMAED CLOSE UNTIL KENNEDY'S ASSASSATN—BILLGS HAD HIS OWN ROOM THE WHE HOE, AND JOE KENNEDY SR. LLED HIM "A SEND SON." (WHICH IS ODD NSIRG JFK HAD TWO BROTHERS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPORTEDLY, LEM ONCE MA A PASS AT KENNEDY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG: ACRDG TO THE 2008 BOOK JACK AND LEM, KENNEDY LIGHTLY REBUFFED HIM, SAYG, "I'M NOT THAT KD OF BOY."CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGJOHN F. KENNEDY, "DUNKER" THE DOG, AND LEM BILLGS AT THE HAGUE, DURG THEIR EUROPE TRIP. (PHOTO BY © CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN F. KENNEDY, "DUNKER" THE DOG, AND LEM BILLGS AT THE HAGUE, DURG A EUROPEAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT 2015'S ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.: RFK JR. AND THE DARK SI OF THE DREAM, JERRY OPPENHEIMER CLAIMS THEY HAD A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP "THAT CLUD ORAL SEX, WH JACK ALWAYS ON THE RECEIVG END."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAWRENCE J. QUIRK, WHO WORKED WH BILLGS ON KENNEDY’S FIRST NGRSNAL MPAIGN 1946, TOLD OPPENHEIMER, "JACK WAS LOVE WH LEM BEG LOVE WH HIM AND NSIRED HIM THE IAL FOLLOWER-ADORER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICHARD NIXON: TRICKY DICKWASHGTON BURE/GETTY IMAGAUGT 1968: AMERIN POLICIAN RICHARD NIXON (1913-1994) GIV THE 'V' FOR VICTORY SIGN AFTER RECEIVG THE PRINTIAL NOMATN AT THE REPUBLIN NATNAL CONVENTN, MIAMI, FLORIDA. (PHOTO BY WASHGTON BURE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HONTLY NEVER HEARD GAY MORS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON BEFORE REARCHG THIS ARTICLE, BUT 2011'S NIXON'S DARKT SECRETS: THE INSI STORY OF AMERI’S MOST TROUBLED PRINT, DON FULSOM SUGGTS THE PRINT'S RELATNSHIP WH GANGSTER CHARL "BEBE" REBOZO WAS OF A "POSSIBLY HOMOSEXUAL NATURE."ARTHUR SCHATZ/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGVIEW OF AMERIN POLICIAN AND REPUBLIN PARTY PRINTIAL NOMEE (AND SOON TO BE US PRINT) RICHARD NIXON (1913 - 1994) (LEFT) AS HE STANDS ON A BOAT OWNED BY HIS IEND, BANKER CHARL REBOZO (ALSO KNOWN AS BEBE REBOZO, 1912 - 1998), KEY BISYNE, FLORIDA, AUGT 1968. (PHOTO BY ARTHUR SCHATZ/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NIXON AND REBOZO ON REBOZO'S BOAT. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE REUNTS STANC OF THE TWO CUDDLG TIMATELY AND HOLDG HANDS UNR A DNER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER HISTORIANS HAVE DISUNTED FULSOM'S CLAIMS AS GOSSIP, BUT THE MEN WERE VERY CLOSE: REBOZO, A BAGMAN FOR THE MAFIA, WAS AT NIXON'S SI WHEN HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARACK OBAMA: COKED-UP GAY HTLERCHIP SOMOVILLA/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 24: U.S. PRINT BARACK OBAMA PRENTS ENTERTAER AND ARTIST BARBRA STREISAND WH THE PRINTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM DURG A CEREMONY THE EAST ROOM OF THE WHE HOE NOVEMBER 24, 2015 WASHGTON, DC. OBAMA PRENTED THE MEDAL TO THIRTEEN LIVG AND FOUR POSTHUMO PNEERS SCIENCE, SPORTS, PUBLIC SERVICE, HUMAN RIGHTS, POLICS AND ARTS, (PHOTO BY CHIP SOMOVILLA/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE HAVE BEEN MANY BIZARRE MORS ABOUT PRINT OBAMA—MOST OKED UP BY DISGNTLED NSERVATIV. LIKE WAYNE MADSEN, WHO CLAIMS THAT OBAMA AND FORMER WHE HOE CHIEF-OF-STAFF RAHM EMANUEL WERE LONGTIME MEMBERS OF CHIGO'S GAY MEN’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MADSEN ALSO CLAIMS OBAMA HAD AFFAIRS WH PRINTIAL BODYGUARD REGGIE LOVE, SENATE MAJORY LEAR BILL FRIST AND MASSACHETTS GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GAY MAN, LARRY SCLAIR, CLAIMS HE PERFORMED ORAL SEX ON OBAMA THE BACK A LIMO 1999, WHILE THEN-ILLOIS STATE SENATOR SMOKED CRACK. SCLAIR SAYS THEY HAD A SEND ENUNTER WHEN OBAMA SHOWED UP AT HIS HOTEL ROOM THE NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TAILS OF THE ALLEGED TRYST ARE SCLAIR'S SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK, BARACK OBAMA & LARRY SCLAIR: COE, SEX, LI & {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND LASTLY, A WOMAN CLAIMG TO BE BARACK OBAMA'S HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE, TOLD RELIG NSERVATIVE JAM DAVID MANNG THAT THE FUTURE PRINT WAS KNOWN AS GAY WHEN THEY WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AS A YOUNG TEENAGER... AS A YOUNG GIRL... WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT BARRY WAS STRICTLY TO MEN," MIA MARIE POPE SAID OF HER "IEND," WHOM SHE ALSO LLED A DG ADDICT AND "PATHOLOGIL LIAR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE WAS HAVG SEX WH THE OLR WHE GUYS, AND THAT’S HOW HE WAS GETTG HIS E TO BE ABLE TO EEBASE," SHE TOLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTUALLY, PRINT OBAMA HAS TROUBLE GETTG BED WH OLD WHE GUYS—JT LOOK AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
IS ISHOWSPEED GAY?
In a stream held mid-September of 2021, iShowSpeed appeared to nfirm that he is gay. When Speed and mician Ava were discsg matters of love, Speed sudnly announced that he was gay. He, however, renounced his penance the followg day. * is speed gay *
Source - InstagramNo, IShowSpeed isn’t gay.
IShowSpeed, whose real name is Darren Watks, has amassed an credible followg on YouTube and the ter a stream held mid-September of 2021, iShowSpeed appeared to nfirm that he is gay. When Speed and mician Ava were discsg matters of love, Speed sudnly announced that he was gay. IShowSpeed posted a vio on 12 September 2021, to nfirm that he is not gay.
IS ISHOWSPEED GAY? YOU WILL BE SURPRISED TO KNOW
No, IShowSpeed isn't gay. IShowSpeed, whose real name is Darren Watks, is a famo YouTuber, and Influencer. There are many mours... * is speed gay *
Bee his whole muny is toxic and homophobic.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Kev Maxen, an associate strength ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league to e out as gay. * is speed gay *
Is IShowSpeed gay? No, IShowSpeed isn’t gay.
Are you one of those who thk is Ishowspeed gay?
SPEED OF GAY
From Iceman to Hulklg and Moondragon, Marvel boasts a whole array of openly gay characters who would be smash-hs the MCU. * is speed gay *
Don’t worry; IShowSpeed is not gay.
15 OPENLY GAY MARVEL CHARACTERS THAT MIGHT BE COMG TO THE MCU
Durg the nversatn, iShowSpeed said that he was gay, which means that he lik boys stead of girls.
But then, the next day, he said he was not gay after all.
On September 12, 2021, IShowSpeed ma a vio where he said that he is not gay.
WHY DO GAY MEN WALK SO FAST?
IShowSpeed explaed that he didn’t mean to say that he was gay and that was jt a misunrstandg. Some people have been upset wh IShowSpeed bee of what he said about beg gay and then takg back. Peepjxsh thks that the people who follow IShowSpeed onle are not very nice to people who are different and that they don’t like people who are gay.
Ishowspeed Tak the Gay Tt. Some people were discsg whether IShowSpeed, the YouTuber we’ve been talkg about, is gay. But the tth is, Ishowspeed is not gay.
THE SPEED OF GAY
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LIL NAS X TRIED TO EXPLA WHY HE ME OUT AS GAY. THEN KEV HART TERPTED HIM
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HOW GAY IS LLN?
Kat: omg ye, I me at the speed of gayby GREEKGEEKGAMER Febary 23, 2020Flag. Avengers: Endgame gave the first openly gay character the Marvel Cematic Universe, but left a lot of fans (who have spent the last wag to see a gay superhero jo the Avengers) pretty unrwhelmed.
Here's a selectn of openly gay Marvel characters who serve their time to she the MCU.
7 GAY PRINTIAL RUMORS YOU WON'T BELIEVE (BUT MAYBE SHOULD)WHICH PRINT'S BT IEND WROTE, "HIS THIGHS WERE AS PERFECT AS A HUMAN BEG ULD BE?"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY DAN AVERYFEBARY 15, 2016/9:52 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MOLLY RILEY/AFP/GETTY IMAGTHE WHE HOE IS BLANKETED RABOW LORS SYMBOLIZG LGBT PRI WASHGTON ON JUNE 26, 2015. THE US SUPREME COURT LED FRIDAY THAT GAY MARRIAGE IS A NATNWI RIGHT, A LANDMARK CISN ONE OF THE MOST KEENLY AWAED ANNOUNCEMENTS S AND SPARKG SCEN OF JUBILATN. AFP PHOTO/MOLLY RILEY (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ MOLLY RILEY/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYFEBARY 15, 2016 / 9:52 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"7 GAY PRINTIAL RUMORS YOU WON'T BELIEVE (BUT MAYBE SHOULD)","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-02-15T14:52:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-02-15T14:52:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S PRINT'S DAY, WHEN WE SALUTE GEE WASHGTON (WHO WAS ACTUALLY BORN ON FEBARY 22) AND ALL OUR COMMANRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OUT PRINT (YET), GAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN A PART OF PRINTIAL HISTORY SCE THE BEGNG. IN FACT, A GAY MAN ONCE SAVED THE PRINT'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1975, SARAH JANE MOORE PULLED A GUN ON PRINT GERALD FORD AS HE WAS LEAVG SAN FRANCIS'S ST. FRANCIS HOTEL. FORTUNATELY, OLIVER SIPPLE, A GAY MAN AND A RATED MARE WHO SERVED VIETNAM, WAS THERE TO GRAB MOORE’S HAND AS SHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ED HER SHOT AND SAVED FORD OM ASSASSATN, BEG A HERO TO THE LGBT MUNY..{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"FOR ONCE, WE N SHOW THAT GAYS N DO HEROIC THGS," SAID HARVEY MILK, THEN NNG FOR A SEAT ON THE SAN FRANCIS BOARD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE, LLG A PRINT GAY WAS MUCKRAKG. NOW MANY THE LGBT MUNY LOOK TO THE UNWRTEN HISTORY OF OUR LEARS FOR GLIMPS OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELOW, CHECK OUT SEVEN TIM THE LGBT MUNY TERSECTED WH THE MANR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE WASHGTON: FRIEND OF FRIEND OF DOROTHYGRAPHIARTIS/GETTY IMAGTHE WASHGTON FAY BY EDWARD SAVAGE (AMERIN, 1761 - 1817); OIL ON NVAS, 1789 - 96, OM THE NATNAL GALLERY, WASHGTON, DC THE WASHGTON FAY SS A ROOM OVERLOOKG THE POTOMAC RIVER WASHGTON, STUDYG AN ARCHECTURAL PLAN FOR THE FUTURE GRAND NSTCTN OF THE POL CY. (PHOTO BY GRAPHIARTIS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GEE AND MARTHA WASHGTON NEVER HAD CHILDREN, AND HISTORIANS AGREE HE WAS MORE TERTED HER MONEY THAN HER FIGURE. BUT I ULDN'T FD ANY DIRECT EVINCE WASHGTON WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACRDG TO HISTORIAN THOMAS FOSTER'S SEX AND THE FOUNDG FATHERS, THOUGH, REPORTERS OFTEN ATTACKED FREEMASONS LIKE WASHGTON, CLAIMEG THEY WERE "ENGAGG ANAL PERATN WH WOON SPIK ED SHIP BUILDG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ANY SE, WE DO KNOW A GAY MAN WAS ONE OF WASHGTON'S CLOST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON STBEN (BELOW) WAS A PSSIAN ARY OFFICER WHO FLED EUROPE TO AVOID PROSECUTN FOR HOMOSEXUALY—EVEN BENJAM FRANKL KNEW OF VON STBEN’S OPEN SECRET.FOTOSEARCH/GETTY IMAGPORTRA OF FRIEDRICH WILHELM LUDOLF GERHARD AUGT VON STBEN ALSO KNOWN AS BARON VON STBEN, CIR 1744. (PHOTO BY FOTOSEARCH/GETTY IMAG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HIS EXPERTISE TRAG AND TACTICS WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO THE FOUNDG FATHERS THAN WHO HE SLEPT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VON STBEN ARRIVED AT VALLEY FE FEBARY 1778 AND QUICKLY TRAED THE MEN HOW TO PERFORM DRILLS, STAND AT ATTENTN, WIELD A BAYO AND QUICKLY RELOAD A MKET, AMONG OTHER SKILLS. WH HIS EXPERTISE AND DISCIPLE, VON STBEN WAS TEGRAL HELPG THE COLONIAL ARMY FEAT THE BRISH—AND SERVED AS GENERAL WASHGTON’S CHIEF OF STAFF THE FAL YEARS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WASHGTON’S LAST ACT AS GENERAL WAS TO WRE VON STBEN A LETTER THANKG HIM PROFELY FOR ALL HE HAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JAM BUCHANAN: LIFELONG BACHELORSMH COLLECTN/GADO/GETTY IMAGENGRAVED PORTRA OF JAM BUCHANAN, AMERIN POLICIAN AND 15TH PRINT OF THE UNED STAT, 1834. FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. (PHOTO VIA SMH COLLECTN/GADO/GETTY IMAG).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 15TH PRINT NEVER MARRIED, AND LIVED FOR MORE THAN A WH HIS BT IEND, WILLIAM RUF KG. CONTEMPORARI LLED THEM "THE SIAME TWS," AND TEASED THAT KG—NICKNAMED "AUNT FANCY"— WAS THE PRINT'S "BETTER HALF" AND "WIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN KG, REPORTEDLY SOMETHG OF A FOP, WAS APPOTED AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE, BUCHANAN WROTE A IEND:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM NOW SOLARY AND ALONE, HAVG NO PANN THE HOE WH ME. I HAVE GONE A WOOG TO SEVERAL GENTLEMEN, BUT HAVE NOT SUCCEED WH ANY ONE OF THEM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ADD THAT HE DIDN'T THK WAS GOOD FOR HIM TO BE ALONE AND "I SHOULD NOT BE ASTONISHED TO FD MYSELF MARRIED TO SOME OLD MAID WHO N NURSE ME WHEN I AM SICK ... AND NOT EXPECT OM ME ANY VERY ARNT OR ROMANTIC AFFECTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUCHANAN ACTUALLY MA KG HIS VICE PRINT (THE ONLY BACHELOR VP AMERIN HISTORY), BUT KG DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS SIX WEEKS AFTER BEG SWORN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’M SURE THAT BUCHANAN WAS GAY," SAYS HISTORIAN JAM W. LOEWEN. "THERE IS CLEAR EVINCE THAT HE WAS GAY. AND SCE I HAVEN’T SEEN ANY EVINCE THAT HE WAS HETEROSEXUAL, I DON’T BELIEVE HE WAS BISEXUAL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABRAHAM LLN: HIDG THE LLN LOGMATHEW B. BRADY/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - CIRCA 1865: AT HIS SEND GURATN, PRINT ABRAHAM LLN WORE A MAGNIFICENT AT (SHOWN HERE) SPECIALLY CRAFTED FOR HIM BY BROOKS BROTHERS. HAND STCHED TO THE AT'S LG WAS AN TRITE SIGN FEATURG AN EAGLE AND THE SCRIPTN, "ONE COUNTRY, ONE DTY." SADLY, WAS ALSO THIS AT LLN WAS WEARG WHEN HE WAS ASSASSATED ON THAT FATEFUL EVENG AT FORD'S THEATER. MATHEW BRADY--NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORD ADMINISTRATION (PHOTO BY MATHEW B. BRADY/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR FAMOLY SHARED A BED WH JOSHUA SPEED FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT THE KENTUCKY NGRSMAN WASN'T HIS ONLY MALE PANN.UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGJOSHUA FRY SPEED, 1814 –1882 AND HIS WIFE LUCY GILMER FRY, 1788 – 1874. JOSHUA FRY SPEED, GENERAL STORE -OWNER WH HIS CLOSE IEND ABRAHAM LLN, REAL TATE VTOR, PLANTATN OWNER AND KENTUCKY REPRENTATIVE. FROM THE CENTURY MAGAZE, PUBLISHED 1887. (PHOTO BY: UNIVERSAL HISTORY ARCHIVE/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSHUA FRY SPEED, 1814 –1882 AND HIS WIFE LUCY GILMER FRY, 1788 – {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN LLN MOVED TO THE ILLOIS ONTIER HIS 20S, HE MOVED WH BILLY GREENE, WHO ACHED THE FUTURE PRINT GRAMMAR AND SHARED A NARROW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHEN ONE TURNED OVER THE OTHER HAD TO DO LIKEWISE," REMARKED GREENE, WHO ALSO WAXED POETIC ABOUT LLN'S PHYSIQUE: "HIS THIGHS WERE AS PERFECT AS A HUMAN BEG ULD BE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET A ROOM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRANKL D. ROOSEVELT: I MARRIED A LBIANKEYSTONE FEATUR/GETTY IMAG1936: FRANKL DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882 - 1945) THE 32ND PRINT OF THE UNED STAT OM 1933-45. A DEMOCRAT, HE LED HIS UNTRY THROUGH THE PRSN OF THE 1930'S AND WORLD WAR II, AND WAS ELECTED FOR AN UNPRECENTED FOURTH TERM OF OFFICE 1944. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE FEATUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID THE ROOSEVELTS HAVE A MARRIAGE BEREFT OF ROMANTIC ARDOR? WAS ELEANOR A LBIAN? WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER KNOW. BUT 'S TERTG TO NOTE THAT MORS ABOUT HER SAME-SEX DALLIANC CIRCULATED EVEN WHILE THEY WERE THE WHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MRS. ROOSEVELT WAS CLOSE IENDS WH SEVERAL LBIAN UPL, CLUDG NANCY COOK AND MARN DICKERMAN, BUT WAS LORENA HICKOK WHO WAS HER OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO WROTE THOANDS OF LETTERS TO EACH OTHER, MANY OF WHICH HAVE A ROMANTIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HICK MY ART—I NNOT GO TO BED TONIGHT WHOUT A WORD TO YOU," ELEANOR WROTE. "I FELT A LTLE AS THOUGH A PART OF ME WAS LEAVG TONIGHT. YOU HAVE GROWN SO MUCH TO BE A PART OF MY LIFE THAT IS EMPTY WHOUT YOU... I WISH I ULD LIE DOWN BI YOU TONIGHT & TAKE YOU MY ARMS."KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG1946: ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884 - 1962) AMERIN THOR, LECTURER, AMBASSADOR, SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND WIFE OF THE 32ND PRINT FRANKL D ROOSEVELT. A REPRENTATIVE TO THE UNED NATNS, SHE IS LISTENG THROUGH HEADPHON DURG A NFERENCE AT THE TEMPORARY UN HEADQUARTERS AT LAKE SUCCS, NEW YORK. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I’VE BEEN TRYG TO BRG BACK YOUR FACE — TO REMEMBER JT HOW YOU LOOK," SHE ADD. "FUNNY HOW EVEN THE ART FACE WILL FA AWAY TIME. MOST CLEARLY I REMEMBER YOUR EY, WH A KD OF TEASG SE THEM, AND THE FEELG OF THAT SOFT SPOT JT NORTHEAST OF THE RNER OF YOUR MOUTH AGAST MY LIPS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HISTORIAN DORIS KEARNS GOODW WROTE THAT "WHETHER HICK AND ELEANOR WENT BEYOND KISS AND HUGS" ULD NEVER BE KNOWN FOR THE CERTA, BUT "DAY AFTER DAY, MONTH AFTER MONTH, THE TONE THE LETTERS ON BOTH SIS REMAS FERVENT AND LOVG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROOSEVELT’S GRANDDGHTER NA GIBSON SAID, "I HAVE NO IA WHETHER LORENA HICKOCK HAD A HOMOSEXUAL RELATNSHIP WH MY GRANDMOTHER OR NOT. AND MY FEELG ABOUT THAT IS, KD OF, 'WHO R?'... IF THEY ULD MAKE EACH OTHER HAPPY, ANY WAY, THEN THAT’S WHAT’S IMPORTANT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN F. KENNEDY: BEYOND MARILYNNATNAL ARCHIVE/NEWSMAKERS381091 27: PRINT JOHN F. KENNEDY SPEAKS AT A PRS NFERENCE AUGT 1, 1963. (PHOTO BY NATNAL ARCHIVE/NEWSMAKERS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JFK'S OLST AND BT IEND WAS KIRK LEMOYNE BILLGS, KNOWN AS "LEM." THE TWO BEME FAST IENDS PREP SCHOOL AND, AFTER GRADUATN, THEY TRAVELED TO EUROPE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY REMAED CLOSE UNTIL KENNEDY'S ASSASSATN—BILLGS HAD HIS OWN ROOM THE WHE HOE, AND JOE KENNEDY SR. LLED HIM "A SEND SON." (WHICH IS ODD NSIRG JFK HAD TWO BROTHERS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REPORTEDLY, LEM ONCE MA A PASS AT KENNEDY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG: ACRDG TO THE 2008 BOOK JACK AND LEM, KENNEDY LIGHTLY REBUFFED HIM, SAYG, "I'M NOT THAT KD OF BOY."CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGJOHN F. KENNEDY, "DUNKER" THE DOG, AND LEM BILLGS AT THE HAGUE, DURG THEIR EUROPE TRIP. (PHOTO BY © CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOHN F. KENNEDY, "DUNKER" THE DOG, AND LEM BILLGS AT THE HAGUE, DURG A EUROPEAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT 2015'S ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.: RFK JR. AND THE DARK SI OF THE DREAM, JERRY OPPENHEIMER CLAIMS THEY HAD A SEXUAL RELATNSHIP "THAT CLUD ORAL SEX, WH JACK ALWAYS ON THE RECEIVG END."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAWRENCE J. QUIRK, WHO WORKED WH BILLGS ON KENNEDY’S FIRST NGRSNAL MPAIGN 1946, TOLD OPPENHEIMER, "JACK WAS LOVE WH LEM BEG LOVE WH HIM AND NSIRED HIM THE IAL FOLLOWER-ADORER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RICHARD NIXON: TRICKY DICKWASHGTON BURE/GETTY IMAGAUGT 1968: AMERIN POLICIAN RICHARD NIXON (1913-1994) GIV THE 'V' FOR VICTORY SIGN AFTER RECEIVG THE PRINTIAL NOMATN AT THE REPUBLIN NATNAL CONVENTN, MIAMI, FLORIDA. (PHOTO BY WASHGTON BURE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HONTLY NEVER HEARD GAY MORS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON BEFORE REARCHG THIS ARTICLE, BUT 2011'S NIXON'S DARKT SECRETS: THE INSI STORY OF AMERI’S MOST TROUBLED PRINT, DON FULSOM SUGGTS THE PRINT'S RELATNSHIP WH GANGSTER CHARL "BEBE" REBOZO WAS OF A "POSSIBLY HOMOSEXUAL NATURE."ARTHUR SCHATZ/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGVIEW OF AMERIN POLICIAN AND REPUBLIN PARTY PRINTIAL NOMEE (AND SOON TO BE US PRINT) RICHARD NIXON (1913 - 1994) (LEFT) AS HE STANDS ON A BOAT OWNED BY HIS IEND, BANKER CHARL REBOZO (ALSO KNOWN AS BEBE REBOZO, 1912 - 1998), KEY BISYNE, FLORIDA, AUGT 1968. (PHOTO BY ARTHUR SCHATZ/THE LIFE PICTURE COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NIXON AND REBOZO ON REBOZO'S BOAT. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE REUNTS STANC OF THE TWO CUDDLG TIMATELY AND HOLDG HANDS UNR A DNER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OTHER HISTORIANS HAVE DISUNTED FULSOM'S CLAIMS AS GOSSIP, BUT THE MEN WERE VERY CLOSE: REBOZO, A BAGMAN FOR THE MAFIA, WAS AT NIXON'S SI WHEN HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BARACK OBAMA: COKED-UP GAY HTLERCHIP SOMOVILLA/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 24: U.S. PRINT BARACK OBAMA PRENTS ENTERTAER AND ARTIST BARBRA STREISAND WH THE PRINTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM DURG A CEREMONY THE EAST ROOM OF THE WHE HOE NOVEMBER 24, 2015 WASHGTON, DC. OBAMA PRENTED THE MEDAL TO THIRTEEN LIVG AND FOUR POSTHUMO PNEERS SCIENCE, SPORTS, PUBLIC SERVICE, HUMAN RIGHTS, POLICS AND ARTS, (PHOTO BY CHIP SOMOVILLA/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE HAVE BEEN MANY BIZARRE MORS ABOUT PRINT OBAMA—MOST OKED UP BY DISGNTLED NSERVATIV. LIKE WAYNE MADSEN, WHO CLAIMS THAT OBAMA AND FORMER WHE HOE CHIEF-OF-STAFF RAHM EMANUEL WERE LONGTIME MEMBERS OF CHIGO'S GAY MEN’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MADSEN ALSO CLAIMS OBAMA HAD AFFAIRS WH PRINTIAL BODYGUARD REGGIE LOVE, SENATE MAJORY LEAR BILL FRIST AND MASSACHETTS GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK, AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GAY MAN, LARRY SCLAIR, CLAIMS HE PERFORMED ORAL SEX ON OBAMA THE BACK A LIMO 1999, WHILE THEN-ILLOIS STATE SENATOR SMOKED CRACK. SCLAIR SAYS THEY HAD A SEND ENUNTER WHEN OBAMA SHOWED UP AT HIS HOTEL ROOM THE NEXT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TAILS OF THE ALLEGED TRYST ARE SCLAIR'S SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK, BARACK OBAMA & LARRY SCLAIR: COE, SEX, LI & {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND LASTLY, A WOMAN CLAIMG TO BE BARACK OBAMA'S HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE, TOLD RELIG NSERVATIVE JAM DAVID MANNG THAT THE FUTURE PRINT WAS KNOWN AS GAY WHEN THEY WERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AS A YOUNG TEENAGER... AS A YOUNG GIRL... WAS CLEAR TO ME THAT BARRY WAS STRICTLY TO MEN," MIA MARIE POPE SAID OF HER "IEND," WHOM SHE ALSO LLED A DG ADDICT AND "PATHOLOGIL LIAR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE WAS HAVG SEX WH THE OLR WHE GUYS, AND THAT’S HOW HE WAS GETTG HIS E TO BE ABLE TO EEBASE," SHE TOLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTUALLY, PRINT OBAMA HAS TROUBLE GETTG BED WH OLD WHE GUYS—JT LOOK AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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