Was Abraham Lincoln gay and, if so, does it matter?
347761
Don't listen to these people...Lincoln was flaming.  We're talking Brokeback gay here.  It's rumored he wrote showtunes while on the toilet and had a beauty salon installed off of the Oval Office.
837783
I will presume you mean 'openly gay' President since many historians think we've already had a couple of closeted homosexual men serve as President. The answer is; probably some day. Not soon, but when the citizens of this socially backwards nation evolve enough, yes.
622458
It hasn't been proven that he was either although a lot of people believe he was straight for two reasons. 1) All his sonnets were about love involving women and 2) In his final will and testament he left his wife Anne his second best bed making people wonder who got the best one? I guess you could also say that he may have been gay because Shakespeare was considered one of the first women's rights advocates which is actually quite noticeable when you read between the lines in some of his plays especially Othello, Macbeth and Twelfth Night.
680391
Uh... you mean Abraham Lincoln?
189429
As far as we know, no. But some suspect various presidents of being gay.
869621
they're not. a few people who are gay hide their orientation . By the way , he was accused, it hasn't been proven. Any fool can accuse.
964664
He did not so much abuse presidential power as he expanded it. \n\nHe convinced Congress to suspend Habeus Corpus. \n\nNothing in the Constitution prior to the Civil War suggested that states could not secede, but Mr. Lincoln forged an amendment in blood over the issue.
315442
back then the men slept with one another for heat,  but not the same man four years straight like lincoln\n\nthe man had a homosexual lover\n\nget over it
8325
Abraham Lincoln. Preserved the union despite the civil war and freed the slaves. He was a great thinker and orator as well.
1049008
And why pray tell does it matter? Just accept the great gifts he presented to the world. Anyone who could leave that large a mark on the world had to have been a great man - even if had been a gay man.
13059
There isn't really a clear cut way to know for sure. There have been women married for years only to devorce  him later because he was gay. And the wives never suspected it. He wasn't flamboyant, didn't talk funny, didn't do any obvious signs of being gay. So there really isn't any clear cut way of knowing.
40510
Lincoln most certainly did not turn his back on America. Through his determination and perseverance the Union was maintained. Think if we had a man of his integrity available for president now!\n I don't think that presidents have a lot to do with which image appears on coins. Hopefully they are involved in more worthwhile pursuits.
868217
DuBois saw Lincoln as a whole being. He appreciated what he did  with the E.P. of 1863, and I think that he hopes that Lincoln believed what he did was right. He also saw ,what to some of the more refined, aristocratic politicians were Lincoln's less appealing qualities.  Perhaps DuBois found this to be  the basis of Lincoln's understanding for the situation of the slave and the need to rectify the situation .Lincoln also realized that if the country was allowed to be driven apart that the truth in United we stand, divided we fall would become only too real. Washington started it, Lincoln held it together and Churchill saved it. Our country and freedom. And yes I am, as my name would suggest from the South.
814490
Hmmm, me thinks it shouldn't be all that important if he is gay or not. I don't feel like judging him, so I cannot diagnose if he is gay or not.\n\n\nTo be honest, Does the fact a man is gay or not really determine his abilities as a weatherman?
909584
Seeing as how heterosexuals do not feel the need to announce their sexual orientation before running for office, yes, it makes no difference to me.  Sexual orientation is not a indication of future wrong doing.  Bad character is no more prevalent among gays than straights.
617726
We can not really tell! Although in ancient Greece bisexuality was acceptable (homosexuality was not!) we do not have any reference that he was sexually involved with a man. We have only references about his long lasting friendship with Hephaistion and others
916279
I just did a quick search for you and found this link for you.\n\nYes, Miles Davis was gay.\n\nHope it helps :)