Finding Homosexual Threads in Lincoln's Legend
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A new book by C. A. Tripp, a psychologist who died in 2003, concludes that America's greatest president was a gay man.
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A biography of Gen. Robert E. Lee and a book about the relationship between President Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass were this year's winners of the Lincoln Prize for Civil War scholarship.
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"Setting the Desert on Fire" (W.W. Norton & Company, 352 pages, $27.95), by James Barr: T.E. Lawrence told his version of the Arab revolt, building the legend of Lawrence of Arabia and the intrigue of that time.
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Tom Brady and Eli Manning, the quarterbacks in this yearâs Super Bowl, are models of sex symbol archetypes.
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The latest project at the Museum of Sex harnesses our collective sexual preferences to tailor personal recommendations for adult content. Commentary by Regina Lynn.
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ROME (Der Spiegel) - Echoes of an old culture war have been rippling through Europe, as a bishop in Germany calls for Catholics to keep their kids away from a sex-education musical and the Vatican condemns a new gay-rights campaign in Italy. A children's musical about sex and babies, organized by the German government, has been touring the country since 2003 without noticeable friction. But now it's arrived in the city of Fulda, near Frankfurt, and the local bishop has called for a boycott. The Fairytale of Nose, Belly and Butt should be avoided by right-thinking Catholic families, according to Heinz Josef Algermissen, because in the Church's view, "explanations about sexuality belong in the home," and "can't be left to a theater troupe." The show's Web site begs to differ, saying the theory behind the project is that humans are "sexual beings from birth onward," and that children experience "smooching and touching genitals as no less fun or significant than tickling their big toe." Uproar in Italy, too This notion of human sexuality is no doubt as offensive to the Church as the idea that humans might be wired from birth to be straight or gay - which is the assumption behind an Italian ad campaign protested recently by the Vatican. The regional government of Tuscany has planned to use a photo of a newborn child wearing a hospital bracelet with the word "homosexual" as part of a publicity push to combat homophobia. "Sexual orientation," reads the tag line, which will appear on billboards throughout Tuscany, "is not a choice."  Italy's political right, along with some Catholic groups, want the campaign to be withdrawn. The Church's declared position is that homosexuality is a psychological disorder, not exactly a sin - although indulging in gay sex is a sin.
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Few constituencies are as eager for the Republican Party to falter this political season as gay-rights activists. Yet as they observe the Democratic presidential campaign and the rest of the electoral landscape, their high hopes often are mixed with frustration.
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Sen. Larry Craig's case has opened a window on a thriving subculture. The founder of a popular cruising Website discusses what makes a hotspot, the etiquette and trends in the online quest for gay sex-and his concern that mere foot-tapping could trigger an arrest.
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Spongebob isn't the first cartoon character to cause a stir over homosexuality
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At powwows thousands of Germans with an American Indian fetish drink firewater, wear turquoise jewelry and run around Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg dressed as Comanches and Apaches. The cause of this infatuation is a writer named Karl May.
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The story of modern humansâ final interactions with the extinct Homo erectus may have been revealed by research into the evolution of lice.
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British children as young as four are  being taught about same-sex relationships through fairytales  and storybooks with gay and lesbian characters.
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Millions of fans around the world are digesting the news that one of the main characters in the Harry Potter novels, Albus Dumbledore, is gay.
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Christopher Marloweâs âEdward IIâ tells the story of sexual obsession, religious power and the intersection of the political and personal lives of a flawed leader.
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For disgraced Americans, memoirs  can offer a path to rehabilitation, but for the New Jersey  governor who announced he was gay when he resigned on national  television, his book has led to even more polemics.
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Conservative groups both praise and criticize Windsor report on human sexuality within the Anglican Communion. The long-awaited Windsor Report on the role of homosexuality in the Anglican Communion, drew both
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Almost a year ago, a book by William B. Styple lifted Civil War artist-historian James Edward Kelly from obscurity. Now, Styple is making sure Kelly is never forgotten.