I imagine this thread will end up closed based on age, but before that happens, here is one of the early articles discussing author Larry Kramer’s contention that he has evidence of Lincoln’s homosexuality. The book remains unfinished to date.
I suppose I ought to note that it’s difficult to assign constructs like “homsoexual” and “heterosexual” to historical figures if for no other reason than the constructs themselves are of relatively recent vintage.
Oh, and here is the obit for CA Tripp, who was also supposedly working on a book outing Lincoln. It was suppsoedly completed in 2003 but according to Amazon hasn’t been published (although searching for it on Amazon is a, well, trip; searching by author’s last name turns up Tripp’s book The Homosexual Matrix followed immediately by a book called Molly’s Surprise).
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Thanks. I hope threads don’t get closed based on age.
Any hints as to the content of Tripp’s book? I’m not too excited about Kramer’s book. He writes a good play, but I’m not sure about him as a historian.
Regarding saying linoln was gay: I agree that “gay” implies a certain cultural existence not open to people in many times, even to many now. So I guess the question is just: did Lincoln have sex with a man, men, or have a male lover?
Heh. I’m amused that you question Kramer as a historian but laud his plays when his major plays are roman a clefs.
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There’s something about the contents of Tripp’s book in the Kramer story I linked to.