"I am the most miserable man alive," the future president wrote after his friend (and alleged lover) Joshua Speed moved away, in the documentary 'Lover Of Men' Abraham Lincoln was, by most accounts, ...
In the new documentary Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln, a group of scholars argue that the 16th President of the United States had sexual relationships with multiple men during his ...
Lincoln met Joshua Fry Speed in Springfield, Illinois, in 1837. They lived together for four years, during which time they occupied the same bed during the night (some sources specify a large double ...
In the new documentary “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” director Shaun Peterson tackles decades’ worth of speculation about the sexual orientation of the towering 16th U.S.
How could historians have ignored Joshua Speed for so long? It has long been amazing to me that the significance of the friendship between Joshua Speed and Abraham Lincoln has never been appreciated ...
Every year, October marks National LGBTQ+ History Month, and what better to celebrate than with a tribute to our first-ever (allegedly!) gay president, Abraham Lincoln? Our 16th U.S. president’s ...
Men talk of bromance and a new kind of buddy system, of searching for soul mates, even love, but not in the context of sex. That is the point in this new world of male friendship. It is relatively new ...
Shaun Peterson hadn’t thought much about Abraham Lincoln’s love life until around 15 years ago. That changed when he read Gore Vidal’s 2005 Vanity Fair article about “The Intimate World of Abraham ...
A new film centered on the private life of President Abraham Lincoln lifts the stovepipe lid clean off, revealing some shocking truths about one of America’s most beloved historical figures — namely, ...