Just a few tidbits from the over 900 fascinating true stories in
Queers in History

Did you know that?

• Joan Crawford and Marilyn Monroe had a one-night-stand?
• Leonardo da Vinci was imprisoned twice for same-sex affairs?
• Sir Francis Bacon's mother complained about him sleeping with the male servants?
• Leonard Bernstein had an affair with an Israeli soldier?
• A US President and his male roommate were so close they were called "Siamese Twins"?
• Grandpa Walton had an affair with one of the founders of the gay rights movement?
• A welterweight champion boxer killed his opponent in the ring after being taunted by him for being gay?
• The lesbian wife of a gay actor accused Howard Hughes of having an affair with her husband shortly before his mysterious murder?
• The founder of Shinto Buddhism also founded a tradition of male-male love in Japan?
• Angelina Jolie wanted to marry her "Firefox" co-star Jenny Shimizu?
• Two ancient Egyptian men shared a tomb as husband and wife?
• A well-known actress went temporarily deaf after her famous husband informed her he was gay?
• Abraham Lincoln slept with his bodyguard in the White House when Mrs. Lincoln was away?
• Lawrence of Arabia dedicated his life's work to a young male lover?
• A much-decorated admiral in the British navy during WW2 was nicknamed "Lord Mountbottom"?
• Sir Isaac Newton suffered a nervous breakdown after breaking up with his male roommate?
• An Egyptian pharaoh was reported to his council for a secret affair with a general?
• Two famous actresses had an affair while on a USO tour to entertain troops during WW2?
• The wife of one US president moved her girlfriend into the White House, and another US President shared his White House bed with the male chief of his security detail?
• An heroic soldier in the US Revolution was actually a woman in disguise, who "married" another woman after her service in the Continental Army?  More about Deborah Sampson.
• A great composer may have been forced to commit suicide to avoid a homosexual scandal?
• One of the greatest male American athletes of all time was arrested twice for same-sex indiscretions?
• In 1886, when US officials asked an Indian tribe to send "their best woman" to visit Washington, DC, the tribe chose to send a man in a dress?
• The toughest athlete playing the world's toughest sport, Gareth Thomas came out in 2009.
• Samuel Butler was a shepherd before he wrote his groundbreaking novel, Erewhon.

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