Nicholas F. Havey, “I Can’t Be Racist, I’m Gay”, Journal Commted to Social Change onRace and Ethnicy (JCSCORE), Vol. 7, No. 2 (2021), pp. 137-172
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WAS WALT WHMAN 'GAY'? NEW TEXTBOOK L SPARK LGBTQ HISTORY BATE
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WAS WALT WHMAN 'GAY'?
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Throughout Whman's wrgs there are nsistent referenc to his homosexualy. Ined, Whman's poetry do appear to dite that Whman was a homosexual, and is evint om his notebooks, his letters, and the patterns of his personal relatnships as well. Author Max Eastman has argued that Walt Whman was clearly a homosexual, and that at certa moments of his life, he was even strongly love wh himself.
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He nounced Hollaway's attempt to "homosexualize" Whman. This was bee the reviewer had refed to discs Whman's homosexualy. To a large extent, this exchange dited, and of self, that there was an issue nnected to Whman's homosexualy.
Acrdg to Eastman, Whman's homosexualy was directly related to his greatt strength. " Hollaway, other words, knew that Whman was gay, but he saw as a failure and refed to raise the issue. Th, what is illumatg is that this cricism of a cric brought out Whman's homosexualy to the open.