Queer Eye for the Ramrod Straight Guy
You might have heard tell of a new book which argues that Abraham Lincoln may, in fact, have been a gay man. This piece looks over other biographies of the acclaimed President and wonders how we could have missed all the signs.
My favorites:
“[T]hey noted … how affectionate he was to kittens and other pets.” (Lincoln, Page 55)
“To settle a dispute over which company should have a certain campground, Lincoln wrestled with Lorenzo D. Thompson. In their first feel-outs of each other, Lincoln called, ‘Boys, this is the most powerful man I ever had hold of.’ “ (Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years, Page 29)
Now that’s comedy.
