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• AMERI'S ONLY BACHELOR PRINT MAY HAVE BEEN ITS ONLY GAY ONE
• LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE
• WAS JAM BUCHANAN AMERI’S FIRST GAY PRINT?
• WAS THE 15TH PRINT GAY?
• RICHARD NIXON ARGU GAYS ARE 'BORN THAT WAY' IN NEWLY-RELEASED WHE HOE TAP
• OUR REAL FIRST GAY PRINT
• JAM BUCHANAN: AMERI’S FIRST GAY PRINT?
• MAYOR PETE IS HALF RIGHT. THE U.S. DID HAVE A GAY PRINT, BUT HE SUCKED."I WOULD IMAGE WE'VE PROBABLY HAD EXCELLENT PRINTS WHO WERE GAY," SAID PETER BUTTIGIEG THIS WEEK. "DOUGHFACE" JAM BUCHANAN WASN'T ONE OF THEM. {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 LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJUNE 18, 2019/3:45 {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:5871PX;WIDTH:4028PX;}BETTMANN / GETTY(ORIGAL CAPTN) HON. JAM BUCHANAN, 15TH PRINT OF THE UNED STAT, 1857-61. UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJUNE 18, 2019 / 3:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MAYOR PETE IS HALF RIGHT. 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(THOUGH OUR CURRENT ONE IS GIVG HIM A SER N FOR HIS MONEY.){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;}MEET JAM BUCHANAN: 15TH PRINT OF THE UNED STAT (OM 1857 TO 1861). CONFIRMED BACHELOR. DOUGHFACE.CHARL PHELPS CHG/CLASSICSTOCK/GETTY IMAG1850S PORTRAIT JAMES BUCHANAN 1791-1868 15TH AMERICAN PRESIDENT DEMOCRAT MODERATE BALANCE SLAVERY HOME WHEATON PENNSYLVANIA USA (PHOTO BY CHARL PHELPS CHG/CLASSICSTOCK/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;}GOOD OL' DOUGHFACE {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 DOUGHFACE WAS A POPULAR TERM OF THE ERA FOR A NORTHERN POLICIAN WHO FAVORED SOUTHERN PRCIPL, I.E. SLAVERY. BUCHANAN IS OFTEN BLAMED FOR THE CIVIL WAR DUE TO HIS ACTN THE FACE OF SECSN. EVEN DURG HIS LIFETIME HE HAD TO FEND HIMSELF OM VIC ATTACKS CLAIMG HE WAS RPONSIBLE FOR THE SPLTERG OF THE NATN. THOUGH HE SISTED THAT HE DID THE RIGHT THG TILL THE DAY HE DIED AND THAT HISTORY WOULD ABSOLVE HIM, HISTORY HAS GIVEN THAT NOTN A HARD {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, A NSTUTNAL ORIGALIST, BELIEVED THAT THE WHOLE QUTN OF SLAVERY ULD BE SETTLED BY FERRG TO THE JUDGMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT AND S TERPRETATN OF THE CONSTUTN. IN THE SE OF DRED STT V. SANDFORD, THE ENSLAVED STT WAS SUG FOR HIS EEDOM, ARGUG THAT HE HAD LIVED STAT AND TERRORI WHERE SLAVERY WAS ILLEGAL. BUCHANAN HOPED A BROAD SUPREME COURT CISN FAVOR OF KEEPG SLAVERY LEGAL WOULD MATA THE NATNAL PEACE—AS WE KNOW, DIDN'{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;}BEFORE HE TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE, BUCHANAN PERSUAD A NORTHERN SCOTUS JUDGE AND FELLOW PENNSYLVANIAN TO VOTE WH THE URT'S SOUTHERN MAJORY. TWO DAYS AFTER BUCHANAN'S GURATN, THE SUPREME COURT LED DRED STT V. SANDFORD THAT BLACK PEOPLE "NNOT BE, NOR WERE EVER TEND TO BE, CIZENS" OF THE UNED {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;}WH ABRAHAM LLN'S ELECTN 1860, TALK OF SECSN GREW STRONGER, AND BUCHANAN PROVED HIGHLY EFFECTUAL AT STOPPG . HE ANGERED BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH WH HIS ERTIA AND CISN-MAKG; HE BLAMED NORTHERN ABOLNISTS FOR THE NFLICT AND FEND THE SOUTH AS BEG "JTIFIED," IF NOT LEGALLY ENTLED, TO "REVOLUTNARY RISTANCE."MPI/GETTY IMAG1856: A RTOON SHOWG AMERIN POLICIANS (OM LEFT) STEPHEN A DOUGLAS (1813 -1861), FORMER PRINT FRANKL PIERCE (1804 - 1869), PRINT JAM BUCHANAN (1791 - 1868) AND LEWIS CASS (1782 - 1866) FORCG SLAVERY DOWN THE THROAT OF A EOILER. THE EOILERS WERE OPPOSED TO THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT WHICH EXTEND SLAVERY THROUGHOUT THE WT TERRORI. (PHOTO BY MPI/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;}BUCHANAN, SEND OM RIGHT, "FORCG SLAVERY DOWN THE THROAT OF A EOILER."{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;}BY THE TIME LLN TOOK OFFICE 1861, SEVEN STAT HAD SECED. TWO MONTHS AFTER BUCHANAN LEFT THE WHE HOE, THE CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT—SOME EVEN LLED "BUCHANAN'S WAR."{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;}SO YEAH, JAM BUCHANAN WAS KDA THE WORST. BUT WHAT MAK HIM GAY? MEET WILLIAM RUF DEVANE KG: 13TH VICE PRINT OF THE UNED STAT (FOR SIX WEEKS). U.S. SENATOR OM ALABAMA. ALLEGED LOVER OF JAM BUCHANAN.PHOTO BY © CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGWILLIAM RUF DE VANE KG (1786-1853) WAS A U.S. SENATOR OM ALABAMA FOR 31 YEARS AND THE MISTER TO FRANCE OM 1844-1846. HE WAS ELECTED AS VICE-PRINT UNR FRANKL PIERCE. HE WAS SWORN CUBA, WHERE HE WAS STAYG HOP OF ALLEVIATG THE TUBERCULOSIS THAT KILLED HIM JT WEEKS LATER. THE ONLY VICE-PRINT EVER SWORN ON FOREIGN SOIL, HE DIED BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO SERVE. (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;}WILLIAM R. {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;}SHADY D.C. NTEMPORARI REFERRED TO KG AS "MISS NANCY" AND "AUNT FANCY," AS WELL AS BUCHANAN'S "BETTER HALF," "HIS WIFE," AND "MRS. B." THE TWO WERE SO SEPARABLE THEY WERE KNOWN AROUND TOWN AS THE "SIAME TWS," AND THEY LIVED TOGETHER FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS. BUCHANAN EVEN PLANNED TO N FOR PRINT 1844 WH KG AS HIS {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;}INED, KG'S FLUENCE ON BUCHANAN MIGHT EXPLA WHY THE PENNSYLVANIA LAWYER HAD SUCH AN AFFY FOR THE SOUTH. ONE BUCHANAN BGRAPHER NSIRS KG TO BE A POLIL MENTOR WHO LEFT "AN LIBLE IMPRSN ON HIM."{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 WHAT AN IMPRSN. WRG TO A IEND 1844, BUCHANAN LAMENTED BEG AWAY OM KG:{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. I FEEL THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR MAN TO BE ALONE; AND SHOULD NOT BE ASTONISHED TO FD MYSELF MARRIED TO SOME OLD MAID WHO N NURSE ME WHEN I AM SICK, PROVI GOOD DNERS FOR ME WHEN I AM WELL, 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;}KG, FOR HIS PART, WROTE BUCHANAN THAT SAME YEAR THAT HE WAS "SELFISH ENOUGH TO HOPE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROCURE AN ASSOCIATE WHO WILL E YOU TO FEEL NO REGRET AT OUR SEPARATN. FOR MYSELF, I SHALL FEEL LONELY THE MIDST OF PARIS, FOR HERE I SHALL HAVE NO FRIEND WH WHOM I SHALL MUNE AS WH MY OWN THOUGHTS.”{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;}THIS WOULD BE SUPER CUTE—LIKE, WHO GO "A WOOG" TO GENTLEMEN ANYMORE?—IF BUCHANAN HADN'T BEEN A TERRIBLE AND UNF LEAR WHO REIGNED OVER THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME THE NATN'S HISTORY WHILE DICKMATIZED BY THE SOUTH TO MAKG SOME REAL PISS-POOR {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 GOOD NEWS? WHILE JAM BUCHANAN IS GENERALLY NSIRED THE WORST PRINT EVER, HIS SUCCSOR IS OFTEN NSIRED THE BT. MUCH LIKE BUCHANAN—AND PRETTY MUCH ANY HISTORIL FIGURE—ABE LLN'S SEXUALY HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF BATE FOR AG. LLN ALSO HAD A SPECIAL MALE IEND WH WHOM HE SHARED CLOSE QUARTERS, JOSHUA FRY SPEED.BY FILSON HISTORIL SOCIETY - LLN LEGENDS BY EDWARD STEERS JR. (UNIVERSY OF KENTUCKY PRS, 2007), PUBLIC DOMA,{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 {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 1837, LLN MOVED TO SPRGFIELD, ILL., TO PURSUE A REER LAW. THERE, HE MET AND BEIEND SPEED; THEY BEME ROOMMAT AND REPORTEDLY SHARED THE SAME BED FOR FOUR YEARS. THAT WAS APPARENTLY SOMETHG MEN DID BACK THE MID-19TH CENTURY SCE SPACE WAS LIMED—OR WHATEVER REASONG HISTORIANS E TO BUNK THE MANY, MANY MORS OF LLN'S PURPORTED {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 PRACTICE OF ERASG A PERSON'S QUEERNS, OR THE QUEER PEOPLE THEIR LIV, OM THEIR OFFICIAL HISTORY HAS MA G RETROACTIVE GAYDAR THAT MUCH HARR. AS HAVE SHIFTG VIEWS OF TIMACY 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 2005 BGRAPHY ON THE 16TH PRINT CLAIMS THAT LLN ALSO HAD AN TIMATE RELATNSHIP WH HIS BODYGUARD, WH WHOM HE ALSO SHARED HIS BED THE ABSENCE OF HIS WIFE, MARY TODD. ALL ALL, LLN MAY HAVE SHARED HIS BED WH 11 DUS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. WHO'S TO SAY IF HE SLIPPED ANY OF THEM HIS LLN LOG OR VED THEM TO HIS STIC B?{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;}WH BUCHANAN, THE EVINCE IS MORE OVERWHELMG. HE NEVER MARRIED AND HAD A LONGSTANDG RELATNSHIP WH THE SAME MAN, AND THEIR RRPONNCE—THAT WHICH WASN'T BURNED BY THEIR RPECTIVE NIEC AFTER THEIR ATHS—SUGGT MORE THAN JT THE UAL CLOSE MALE IENDSHIP OF THE EARLY 1800S.SSPL/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - MARCH 29: PHOTOGRAPH OF LLN (1809-1865) WHO WAS THE 16TH PRINT OF THE UNED STAT OF AMERI. HE JOED THE REPUBLIN PARTY 1858 AND WAS ELECTED PRINT TWO YEARS LATER. IN 1863, HE PROCLAIMED THE EMANCIPATN OF ALL SLAV THE SOUTHERN CONFERATE STAT AND LATER THAT YEAR RTATED HIS ANTI-SLAVERY VIEWS THE GETTYSBURG ADDRS. DURG HIS 1864 MPAIGN FOR RE-ELECTN, HE EMBRACED THE ABOLN OF SLAVERY. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ACTOR JOHN WILK BOOTH WHILST ATTENDG THE THEATRE 1865. (PHOTO BY SSPL/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;}ABE LLN, PUTTG THE "SPRG" {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 SOME WAYS, THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY WAS MUCH MORE OPEN TOWARDS PHYSIL TOUCH BETWEEN MEN AND EXPRSNS OF LOVE,” HISTORY PROFSOR RACHEL CLEV TOLD TIME THIS {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;}LLN'S QUEERNS IS HARR TO P DOWN, PECIALLY WHEN G A RATHER MORN TERPRETATN OF HOMOSEXUALY. AFTER ALL, HOMOSEXUALY AS A TERM DIDN'T EXIST UNTIL 1868, THOUGH AS A NCEPT 'S BEEN AROUND SCE TIME {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 THK THAT THERE WERE ALWAYS GRAY AREAS AND NUANC AND PLENTY OF POSSIBILI FOR MEN THE LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY TO HAVE SEX WH OTHER MEN AND NOT NSIR THEMSELV GAY,” CLEV {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;}CONSIRG HOW MUCH POLICIANS LOVE TO EQUIVOTE, MAYOR PETE IS PROBABLY/FELY ONTO {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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AMERI'S ONLY BACHELOR PRINT MAY HAVE BEEN ITS ONLY GAY ONE

The tete-a-tete found their letters is among the most tertg I have seen om policians of this you, as a scholar, have reason to believe or spect that eher Buchanan or Kg was gay or bisexual? The classifitn of heterosexualy and homosexualy as sexual orientatns do not bee wispread until the end of the 19th century.

I adm that the kd of answer we want is elive -- gay, bisexual, straight -- and I am hant to impose a ntemporary worldview on 19th century social relatns...

By this lens, I don't see the evince for Buchanan beg eher gay or bisexual, and I generally read him as "straight-actg, straight-lookg, " spe the claims of others who thk him clearly to be gay. I thk we stand on firmer ground wh Kg, about whom the evince suggts that he was gay. That this half of the rrponnce (Buchanan to Kg) do not survive is unfortunate, but has more to do wh Kg as a rerd keeper and the ravaged state of post-war Alabama than anythg "emotnally non-heterosexual, " I take that you mean homoerotic.

LATVIA BE 7TH NATN TO BE LED BY AN OPENLY GAY HEAD OF STATE

There has never been an openly gay print of the Uned Stat, but some historians have argued that Jam Buchanan, the only print who never shared the Whe Hoe wh a first lady, may have had feelgs for a member of the same sex.

WAS JAM BUCHANAN AMERI’S FIRST GAY PRINT?

It would not have been unual, nor would have proved Buchanan not to have been gay, if they had married; history is filled wh homosexual men who married straight women.

Jam Loewen, a proment Amerin soclogist and historian, has been outspoken his claims that Buchanan was the first gay print, wrg a 2012 say:. "There n be no doubt that Jam Buchanan was gay, before, durg, and after his four years the Whe Hoe. Loewen has argued that Buchanan's homosexualy is not often discsed morn tim bee Amerins do not want to believe that society was more tolerant of gay relatnships the 19th century than they are now.

WAS THE 15TH PRINT GAY?

Although has long been mored that Richard Nixon had a homosexual affair wh his close iend Bebe Rebozo, Buchanan is still the most likely ndidate for first, and only, gay Amerin print.

Thanks to his vol support of gay marriage, Print Barack Obama did earn the tle briefly, albe symbolilly, a May 2012 Newsweek magaze article, wrten by Andrew Sullivan. Ta Brown, edor--chief for Newsweek at the time, explaed the term and the ver photo of Obama wh a rabow halo superimposed over his head by tellg news se Poli, "If Print Clton was the ‘first black print’ then Obama earns every stripe that ‘gaylo’ wh last week’s gay marriage proclamatn.

Lln has e unr speculatn as well as havg had gay or bisexual affectns, but he did marry and father four children.

RICHARD NIXON ARGU GAYS ARE 'BORN THAT WAY' IN NEWLY-RELEASED WHE HOE TAP

“Ta Brown Explas Obama 'Gaylo'. “Andrew Sullivan on Barack Obama's Gay Marriage Evolutn. Mayor Pete, we're here to a recent terview, you said that "statistilly 's almost certa" that Ameri has had gay prints, but when prsed for nam, you murred, sayg, "My gaydar don't even work that well the prent, let alone retroactively.

"Ours works very well ed, although we no longer refer to as "gaydar" but LGBTTQQIAAP-dar. Now, as a public service to you, we have ranked 14 prints acrdg to their gay potential. EisenhowerGay: Pated gay: None of the landsp had fy Inx: 9Thomas JeffersonGay: Kept a mockgbird named Dick.

OUR REAL FIRST GAY PRINT

Spent the morn equivalent of $120, 000 on we durg his first term as gay: May have served claret wh Inx: 14John Qucy AdamsGay: Regularly skny-dipped Tiber Creek, a Potomac River gay: Decled to have nu selfi Inx: 17Lyndon JohnsonGay: Referred to his penis as Jumbo, makg him Ameri's first size gay: Lady Bird was his wife, not his drag Inx: 21Andrew JohnsonGay: Sewed his own bpoke gay: Never asked anybody if he looked fat Inx: 28William McKleyGay: Wore a red rnatn boutonniere his lapel at all tim and kept a bouquet of rnatns on his gay: Inx: 35Ronald ReaganGay: Voted Most Nearly Perfect Male Figure by the Universy of California 1940 and posed nearly nu for a sculpture gay: Did actual work on his Inx: 42Gerald FordGay: Met his future wife while workg as a male mol (wowza, see image).

Appeared on the ver of gay: Turned down the ver of Inx: 48Warren HardgGay: Threw parti for his Airedale terrier, Laddie Boy, who had a llar ma om Gold Rh gay: No actual teapots were volved Teapot Inx: 56Calv CoolidgeGay: Had pet nari named Snowflake, Nip and Tuck. Liked to have his slp massaged wh petrolm jelly while eatg gay: Breakfast clud Inx: 61Chter A.

JAM BUCHANAN: AMERI’S FIRST GAY PRINT?

ArthurGay: Known as "Elegant Arthur. He said no to gay: He checked them out before turng them Inx: 70Abraham LlnGay: Shared a bed wh his iend Joshua Speed for three and a half years.

"Not gay: He actually tried to w his wrtlg match. )Gay Inx: 82Jam BuchananGay: Never married. " Both men had their papers burned after gay: Oh, e on, he's Inx: 100Louis Bayard is the thor of the novel Courtg Mr.

MAYOR PETE IS HALF RIGHT. THE U.S. DID HAVE A GAY PRINT, BUT HE SUCKED."I WOULD IMAGE WE'VE PROBABLY HAD EXCELLENT PRINTS WHO WERE GAY," SAID PETER BUTTIGIEG THIS WEEK. "DOUGHFACE" JAM BUCHANAN WASN'T ONE OF THEM. {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 LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJUNE 18, 2019/3:45 {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:5871PX;WIDTH:4028PX;}BETTMANN / GETTY(ORIGAL CAPTN) HON. JAM BUCHANAN, 15TH PRINT OF THE UNED STAT, 1857-61. UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH.BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJUNE 18, 2019 / 3:45 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"MAYOR PETE IS HALF RIGHT. THE U.S. DID HAVE A GAY PRINT, BUT HE SUCKED.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-06-18T19:45:04.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-06-18T19:45:04.000+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":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","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;}SOUTH BEND MAYOR AND NOTED HOMOSEXUAL PETE BUTTIGIEG RECENTLY POSED THAT, BASED ON SHEER STATISTICS, AMERI HAS TOTALLY HAD A GAY {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 WOULD IMAGE WE'VE PROBABLY HAD EXCELLENT PRINTS WHO WERE GAY—WE JT DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ON," BUTTIGIEG {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 THG IS, WE PROBABLY DO KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE QUEER POTUS, BUT HE'S GENERALLY NSIRED ONE OF THE WORST PRINTS, IF NOT THE WORST, EVER. (THOUGH OUR CURRENT ONE IS GIVG HIM A SER N FOR HIS MONEY.){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;}MEET JAM BUCHANAN: 15TH PRINT OF THE UNED STAT (OM 1857 TO 1861). CONFIRMED BACHELOR. DOUGHFACE.CHARL PHELPS CHG/CLASSICSTOCK/GETTY IMAG1850S PORTRAIT JAMES BUCHANAN 1791-1868 15TH AMERICAN PRESIDENT DEMOCRAT MODERATE BALANCE SLAVERY HOME WHEATON PENNSYLVANIA USA (PHOTO BY CHARL PHELPS CHG/CLASSICSTOCK/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;}GOOD OL' DOUGHFACE {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 DOUGHFACE WAS A POPULAR TERM OF THE ERA FOR A NORTHERN POLICIAN WHO FAVORED SOUTHERN PRCIPL, I.E. SLAVERY. BUCHANAN IS OFTEN BLAMED FOR THE CIVIL WAR DUE TO HIS ACTN THE FACE OF SECSN. EVEN DURG HIS LIFETIME HE HAD TO FEND HIMSELF OM VIC ATTACKS CLAIMG HE WAS RPONSIBLE FOR THE SPLTERG OF THE NATN. THOUGH HE SISTED THAT HE DID THE RIGHT THG TILL THE DAY HE DIED AND THAT HISTORY WOULD ABSOLVE HIM, HISTORY HAS GIVEN THAT NOTN A HARD {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, A NSTUTNAL ORIGALIST, BELIEVED THAT THE WHOLE QUTN OF SLAVERY ULD BE SETTLED BY FERRG TO THE JUDGMENT OF THE SUPREME COURT AND S TERPRETATN OF THE CONSTUTN. IN THE SE OF DRED STT V. SANDFORD, THE ENSLAVED STT WAS SUG FOR HIS EEDOM, ARGUG THAT HE HAD LIVED STAT AND TERRORI WHERE SLAVERY WAS ILLEGAL. BUCHANAN HOPED A BROAD SUPREME COURT CISN FAVOR OF KEEPG SLAVERY LEGAL WOULD MATA THE NATNAL PEACE—AS WE KNOW, DIDN'{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;}BEFORE HE TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE, BUCHANAN PERSUAD A NORTHERN SCOTUS JUDGE AND FELLOW PENNSYLVANIAN TO VOTE WH THE URT'S SOUTHERN MAJORY. TWO DAYS AFTER BUCHANAN'S GURATN, THE SUPREME COURT LED DRED STT V. SANDFORD THAT BLACK PEOPLE "NNOT BE, NOR WERE EVER TEND TO BE, CIZENS" OF THE UNED {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;}WH ABRAHAM LLN'S ELECTN 1860, TALK OF SECSN GREW STRONGER, AND BUCHANAN PROVED HIGHLY EFFECTUAL AT STOPPG . HE ANGERED BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH WH HIS ERTIA AND CISN-MAKG; HE BLAMED NORTHERN ABOLNISTS FOR THE NFLICT AND FEND THE SOUTH AS BEG "JTIFIED," IF NOT LEGALLY ENTLED, TO "REVOLUTNARY RISTANCE."MPI/GETTY IMAG1856: A RTOON SHOWG AMERIN POLICIANS (OM LEFT) STEPHEN A DOUGLAS (1813 -1861), FORMER PRINT FRANKL PIERCE (1804 - 1869), PRINT JAM BUCHANAN (1791 - 1868) AND LEWIS CASS (1782 - 1866) FORCG SLAVERY DOWN THE THROAT OF A EOILER. THE EOILERS WERE OPPOSED TO THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT WHICH EXTEND SLAVERY THROUGHOUT THE WT TERRORI. (PHOTO BY MPI/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;}BUCHANAN, SEND OM RIGHT, "FORCG SLAVERY DOWN THE THROAT OF A EOILER."{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;}BY THE TIME LLN TOOK OFFICE 1861, SEVEN STAT HAD SECED. TWO MONTHS AFTER BUCHANAN LEFT THE WHE HOE, THE CIVIL WAR BROKE OUT—SOME EVEN LLED "BUCHANAN'S WAR."{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;}SO YEAH, JAM BUCHANAN WAS KDA THE WORST. BUT WHAT MAK HIM GAY? MEET WILLIAM RUF DEVANE KG: 13TH VICE PRINT OF THE UNED STAT (FOR SIX WEEKS). U.S. SENATOR OM ALABAMA. ALLEGED LOVER OF JAM BUCHANAN.PHOTO BY © CORBIS/CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGWILLIAM RUF DE VANE KG (1786-1853) WAS A U.S. SENATOR OM ALABAMA FOR 31 YEARS AND THE MISTER TO FRANCE OM 1844-1846. HE WAS ELECTED AS VICE-PRINT UNR FRANKL PIERCE. HE WAS SWORN CUBA, WHERE HE WAS STAYG HOP OF ALLEVIATG THE TUBERCULOSIS THAT KILLED HIM JT WEEKS LATER. THE ONLY VICE-PRINT EVER SWORN ON FOREIGN SOIL, HE DIED BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO SERVE. (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;}WILLIAM R. {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;}SHADY D.C. NTEMPORARI REFERRED TO KG AS "MISS NANCY" AND "AUNT FANCY," AS WELL AS BUCHANAN'S "BETTER HALF," "HIS WIFE," AND "MRS. B." THE TWO WERE SO SEPARABLE THEY WERE KNOWN AROUND TOWN AS THE "SIAME TWS," AND THEY LIVED TOGETHER FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS. BUCHANAN EVEN PLANNED TO N FOR PRINT 1844 WH KG AS HIS {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;}INED, KG'S FLUENCE ON BUCHANAN MIGHT EXPLA WHY THE PENNSYLVANIA LAWYER HAD SUCH AN AFFY FOR THE SOUTH. ONE BUCHANAN BGRAPHER NSIRS KG TO BE A POLIL MENTOR WHO LEFT "AN LIBLE IMPRSN ON HIM."{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 WHAT AN IMPRSN. WRG TO A IEND 1844, BUCHANAN LAMENTED BEG AWAY OM KG:{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. I FEEL THAT IS NOT GOOD FOR MAN TO BE ALONE; AND SHOULD NOT BE ASTONISHED TO FD MYSELF MARRIED TO SOME OLD MAID WHO N NURSE ME WHEN I AM SICK, PROVI GOOD DNERS FOR ME WHEN I AM WELL, 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;}KG, FOR HIS PART, WROTE BUCHANAN THAT SAME YEAR THAT HE WAS "SELFISH ENOUGH TO HOPE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROCURE AN ASSOCIATE WHO WILL E YOU TO FEEL NO REGRET AT OUR SEPARATN. FOR MYSELF, I SHALL FEEL LONELY THE MIDST OF PARIS, FOR HERE I SHALL HAVE NO FRIEND WH WHOM I SHALL MUNE AS WH MY OWN THOUGHTS.”{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;}THIS WOULD BE SUPER CUTE—LIKE, WHO GO "A WOOG" TO GENTLEMEN ANYMORE?—IF BUCHANAN HADN'T BEEN A TERRIBLE AND UNF LEAR WHO REIGNED OVER THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME THE NATN'S HISTORY WHILE DICKMATIZED BY THE SOUTH TO MAKG SOME REAL PISS-POOR {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 GOOD NEWS? WHILE JAM BUCHANAN IS GENERALLY NSIRED THE WORST PRINT EVER, HIS SUCCSOR IS OFTEN NSIRED THE BT. MUCH LIKE BUCHANAN—AND PRETTY MUCH ANY HISTORIL FIGURE—ABE LLN'S SEXUALY HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF BATE FOR AG. LLN ALSO HAD A SPECIAL MALE IEND WH WHOM HE SHARED CLOSE QUARTERS, JOSHUA FRY SPEED.BY FILSON HISTORIL SOCIETY - LLN LEGENDS BY EDWARD STEERS JR. (UNIVERSY OF KENTUCKY PRS, 2007), PUBLIC DOMA,{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 {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 1837, LLN MOVED TO SPRGFIELD, ILL., TO PURSUE A REER LAW. THERE, HE MET AND BEIEND SPEED; THEY BEME ROOMMAT AND REPORTEDLY SHARED THE SAME BED FOR FOUR YEARS. THAT WAS APPARENTLY SOMETHG MEN DID BACK THE MID-19TH CENTURY SCE SPACE WAS LIMED—OR WHATEVER REASONG HISTORIANS E TO BUNK THE MANY, MANY MORS OF LLN'S PURPORTED {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 PRACTICE OF ERASG A PERSON'S QUEERNS, OR THE QUEER PEOPLE THEIR LIV, OM THEIR OFFICIAL HISTORY HAS MA G RETROACTIVE GAYDAR THAT MUCH HARR. AS HAVE SHIFTG VIEWS OF TIMACY 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 2005 BGRAPHY ON THE 16TH PRINT CLAIMS THAT LLN ALSO HAD AN TIMATE RELATNSHIP WH HIS BODYGUARD, WH WHOM HE ALSO SHARED HIS BED THE ABSENCE OF HIS WIFE, MARY TODD. ALL ALL, LLN MAY HAVE SHARED HIS BED WH 11 DUS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. WHO'S TO SAY IF HE SLIPPED ANY OF THEM HIS LLN LOG OR VED THEM TO HIS STIC B?{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;}WH BUCHANAN, THE EVINCE IS MORE OVERWHELMG. HE NEVER MARRIED AND HAD A LONGSTANDG RELATNSHIP WH THE SAME MAN, AND THEIR RRPONNCE—THAT WHICH WASN'T BURNED BY THEIR RPECTIVE NIEC AFTER THEIR ATHS—SUGGT MORE THAN JT THE UAL CLOSE MALE IENDSHIP OF THE EARLY 1800S.SSPL/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - MARCH 29: PHOTOGRAPH OF LLN (1809-1865) WHO WAS THE 16TH PRINT OF THE UNED STAT OF AMERI. HE JOED THE REPUBLIN PARTY 1858 AND WAS ELECTED PRINT TWO YEARS LATER. IN 1863, HE PROCLAIMED THE EMANCIPATN OF ALL SLAV THE SOUTHERN CONFERATE STAT AND LATER THAT YEAR RTATED HIS ANTI-SLAVERY VIEWS THE GETTYSBURG ADDRS. DURG HIS 1864 MPAIGN FOR RE-ELECTN, HE EMBRACED THE ABOLN OF SLAVERY. HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ACTOR JOHN WILK BOOTH WHILST ATTENDG THE THEATRE 1865. (PHOTO BY SSPL/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;}ABE LLN, PUTTG THE "SPRG" {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 SOME WAYS, THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY WAS MUCH MORE OPEN TOWARDS PHYSIL TOUCH BETWEEN MEN AND EXPRSNS OF LOVE,” HISTORY PROFSOR RACHEL CLEV TOLD TIME THIS {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;}LLN'S QUEERNS IS HARR TO P DOWN, PECIALLY WHEN G A RATHER MORN TERPRETATN OF HOMOSEXUALY. AFTER ALL, HOMOSEXUALY AS A TERM DIDN'T EXIST UNTIL 1868, THOUGH AS A NCEPT 'S BEEN AROUND SCE TIME {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 THK THAT THERE WERE ALWAYS GRAY AREAS AND NUANC AND PLENTY OF POSSIBILI FOR MEN THE LATE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY TO HAVE SEX WH OTHER MEN AND NOT NSIR THEMSELV GAY,” CLEV {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;}CONSIRG HOW MUCH POLICIANS LOVE TO EQUIVOTE, MAYOR PETE IS PROBABLY/FELY ONTO {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

Latvia swore the first openly gay print of a Baltic natn Rkēvičs, who sce 2011 was the untry’s foreign mister, was elected by Parliament May after Print Egils Levs did not seek re-electn.

”Rkēvičs “proudly” announced he is gay on Twter November 2014, though the untry, a former Soviet republic, is not pecially LGBTQ-clive. ” He said he knew there would be “mega hysteria, ” but he end wh the hashtag “#Proudtobegay. ”He is one of jt a few openly gay heads of state the world.

HAS AMERI ALREADY HAD A GAY PRINT? FOUR PIEC OF EVINCE THAT JAM BUCHANAN MAY HAVE BEEN FIRST

She is thought to be the first openly gay prime mister the was an active unnist her nearly 10 years workg as a flight attendant, acrdg to the Council of Women World Lears, a work of female heads of state.

After the accatn, he said, he was chased down the street by reporters, one of whom yelled, “Yet they say you’re a homosexual! ”Xavier Bettel Prime Mister of Luxembourg (2013-prent)Luxembourg Prime Mister Xavier Bettel at a news nference Belgra, Serbia, on July Vojovic / APBettel was first elected prime mister of Luxembourg 2013, and 2018 he beme the first openly gay prime mister the world to be re-elected for a send marriage beme legal Luxembourg 2015, and the same year Bettel beme the first servg European Unn lear to marry a same-sex partner, the BBC recently cricized a Hungarian law that bans school tnal materials and TV shows for people unr 18 that are emed to promote LGBTQ ntent, Rters reported. “To be natnally blamed, to be nsired as not normal, to be nsired as a danger for young people — ’s not realizg that beg gay is not a choice, ” Bettel said, acrdg to Rters.

Gay, lbian and bisexual people n serve the ary, but transgenr people nnot. “Hopefully this will blow over three or four days, and then I won’t be known as the gay mister, ” she told The Associated Prs at the Varadkar Prime Mister of Ireland (2017-20, 2022-prent)Irish Prime Mister Leo Varadkar Bssels on June 30.

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Ludovic Mar / AFP - Getty Imag fileVaradkar beme Ireland’s first openly gay Taoiseach, or prime mister, 2017 and served until 2020. More than 150 years before Ameri elected s first black print, Barack Obama, most likely had s first gay print, Jam Buchanan (1791-1868).

Loewen has done extensive rearch to Buchanan’s personal life, and he’s nvced Buchanan was gay. “I’m sure that Buchanan was gay, ” Loewen said. “There is clear evince that he was gay.

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Loewen said he asked a staffer at Wheatland if Buchanan was gay, and the reply was: “He most fely was not. “There’s no solid proof that Buchanan was heterosexual, nor is there solid proof that he was homosexual, ” Clarke said. Wheatland also has about 45 volunteer tour guis, and to Clarke’s knowledge, none of the guis is openly gay.

But Clarke said he wouldn’t object if a volunteer offered a personal opn that Buchanan was gay, if asked by a visor. But Loewen said those flaws shouldn’t disurage members of the LGBT muny om acknowledgg Buchanan’s stat as a gay man. “Lots of gay people have been exemplary, ” he said.

If we only adm that really great people are gay, what kd of history is that? “I’m not gay, ” Loewen said. “I don’t n around tryg to fd gay folks or black folks unrneath every rock.

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Has the Uned Stat ever had a homosexual print? In those days, homosexualy was nsired a vile perversn stead of a normal ndn for some people.

Do that suggt that he was gay?