Was Abraham Lincoln gay or bisexual? ( Please READ before answering )?

Question

On April 15, 1837, an impoverished Abraham Lincoln, 28, met Joshua Speed, 22, at his general store in Springfield, Illinois, and immediately agreed to share a bed with him in his living quarters above the store. They continued to share their bed for four years. They must have had a lot of interesting discussions because Joshua was the son of a plantation and slave owner. When Joshua told Abraham that he was returned to his native Kentucky, Abraham had a nervous breakdown. Abraham wrote at the time:

“I am now the most miserable man living. Whether I shall ever be better I can not tell; I awfully forbode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it appears to me.”

They remained friends throughout life. Abraham penned passionate letters to Joshua Speed, which he signed “yours forever,” a phrase he never wrote to his wife.

Hmm.....

As a boy and adolescent, Lincoln, according to his stepmother, "was not very fond of girls as he seemed to me." As a mischievous adolescent, Lincoln wrote a bawdy poem about a potential gay marriage. One of Lincoln's first major crushes, Billy Greene, remarked that Abe's "thighs were as perfect as a human being Could be."

Answer 1

people spoke and communicated much differently 200 years ago...and it was common to share a bed because the option was usually in the barn with the livestock and bugs....the language was much more flowery and emotional...I think the things you point to do not suggest he was gay....it was also common as a matter of honor to show your friends that you would support them with your very life if need be and the language of the day had many references to men giving words to the feeling of camaraderie

Answer 2

Was Abraham Lincoln Bisexual

Answer 3

Why are you so excited to talk approximately homosexuality? Abraham Lincoln became no longer a gay! returned then they could kill you in the event that they knew you the place gay. Which leads me to have faith that your information at the instant are not information in any respect! yet lies! Lincoln's dying could have been instantaneous if that information leaked out to the commonplace public.

Answer 4

Yes, I've read that stuff, too. Interesting but as one can see through the lens of history, Lincoln was a great man and perhaps our greatest president. So what can you say?

Answer 5

Add to that story that his wife, Mary Todd, was prone to violent arguments shouting and throwing things, sometimes with guests at the White House, and it was obvious there were many times they didn't get along at all.

Lincoln was a weird cat. Now he would be called excessively neurotic.

Answer 6

I wouldn't be surprised. A lot of politicians are gay.

Kay Griggs, wife of Colonel Griggs, speaks out about taht stuff.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9137016279925999679&q=griggs&hl=en

Then there's the movie CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE, the banned Discovery Channel documentary, which you can see over in google video.

Answer 7

he was neither !!! in those days it was extremely common for two or 3 men to share a bed because a mattress would cost a months pay and yours forever in those days just meant you were good friends. you would sign letters to your wife with love Abe to let her know that you loved her. he did not LOVE this friend so he wrote "yours forever" meaning friends forever. common letter ending in his time.

Answer 8

Naw.......One can be just friends. There is nothing in history that may think Lincoln was that way. I believe you want it to be in your mind.

Answer 9

Lol, I really don't know. An interesting topic!

Answer 10

Aww, that's so cute! Thanks, now I can spread the word about how Lincoln was bi ;P