How Gay Was Abraham Lincoln?
It seems that great presidencies spawn many great mysteries. But of all the great presidential unanswered questions there is one that soars higher than the others, rising all the way above the fruited plain. And that question is: “How gay was Abraham Lincoln?”
Any honest investigation into the potential gayness of Abraham Lincoln must begin with the assumption of heterosexuality. He was after all a married man. But even a quick Google search is enough to stir this presidential presumption. Turns out there’s an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to the potential gayness of Abraham Lincoln. Maybe the facial hair on his chin was Lincoln’s second most important beard in his life?
Lincoln scholars have debated the “gay Lincoln thesis” for just under a century. The reality is that Lincoln, even under the gayest microscope, was at most only a little bit gay. But despair not, for if you follow the rainbow, it might still lead to a presidential pot of gay....
0:00 Introduction
2:18 Part I: Mary Todd or Hairy Bod
6:53 Part II: Brokeback Mt. Rushmore
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