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Debunking the Myth That Lincoln Was Gay

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Honest Abe shared a bed with the same man for four years, but the times were different and so was the nature of the love shared between people of the same sex.

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There’s something appealing about the notion that Abraham Lincoln was gay. It suits the gender-bending national mood. Gay Lincoln? It would show Donald Trump that a great leader—a true leader—need not be a macho jackass.

Alas, according to Charles Strozier, the psychoanalyst, history professor, and author, Lincoln

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