2006-07-08 11:40:23 · 10 answers · asked by hiram a 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
For decades, there has been speculation and rumors that Hoover was a homosexual, but no concrete evidence of these claims has ever been presented. Such rumors have circulated since at least the early 1940's: an FBI memorandum dated June 11, 1943, reports on a woman spreading gossip of Hoover being "queer" and keeping "a large group of young boys around him." The memo reports the woman said she had overheard conversation at an adjoining restaurant in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1941.
Even within Hoover's own lifetime, journalists and other observers made observations that hinted at a hidden personal life. Walter Winchell, the famed gossip columnist, once wrote a column that superficially extolled Hoover, while at the same time included many of the aforementioned peculiarities. A journalist (in an article cited by Winchell) who managed to talk her way into an interview with Hoover wrote an article drily entitled, "Hoover: He Always Gets his Man, But he Never Found a Woman."
Hoover's right-hand man, Clyde Tolson, was a constant companion for more than 40 years, with the pair often vacationing together. Both were lifelong bachelors, with Hoover living with his mother until her death in 1938. Raised a devout Presbyterian, Hoover had considered the ministry as a career, with some critics saying that he used this to try to render his personal conduct (sexual or otherwise) above reproach during his long FBI tenure.
When Hoover died Tolson inherited his estate of approximately $551,000 and moved into his home, having also accepted the flag that draped Hoover's casket. Tolson is buried a few yards away from Hoover in the Congressional Cemetery.
2006-07-08 11:44:45 · answer #1 · answered by I love my husband 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My information changed into the photos of J. Edgar in drag were a KGB smear marketing campaign. As for his being gay, he actual changed into twisted adequate to be a annoyed gay guy in the closet. i wager the difficulty is, if J. Edgar Hoover changed into gay, how did that result his habit in mild of the various abuses of means he dedicated as head of the FBI. i do not care if he loved adult men, yet when he changed into appearing out his soreness with that selection by using abusing means it paints an attractive and troubling photo.
2016-11-01 11:27:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That wasn't the worst of his problems!
2006-07-08 11:52:48 · answer #3 · answered by Star of Florida 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If wearing sexy lingerie under his business suit makes him gay, then yes, he was gay.
2006-07-08 11:44:51 · answer #4 · answered by villazar701 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was definitely a Rump Ranger !
2006-07-08 11:45:09 · answer #5 · answered by Caesar 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would seem so / or at least he was very eccentric
2006-07-08 11:51:23 · answer #6 · answered by BONE° 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as the day is long!
2006-07-08 11:42:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
His boyfriend said he wasn't, but you never know.
2006-07-08 11:41:48 · answer #8 · answered by Charles Currie -stand-up comic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was an *** wipe anyway
2006-07-08 11:42:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!!!
2006-07-08 11:42:38 · answer #10 · answered by Shirley M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋