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Notable Names in Homosexuality
There were many people throughout history that
were homosexual and managed to change the world in some way. These people
were known for not only being homosexual - but also for rising past
their homosexuality and showing the great talent that they possessed,
and that society will never forget them for.
Sir Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was a man of many talents. He
was an English writer, lawyer, philosopher, and for many years he was a statesman
as well. Originally born in London in 1561, Francis was elected into Parliament
in 1584. He worked through the political rankings being Knighted and moving
through many important jobs before being removed from office for taking bribes.
In 1621 he gave up his political career and became a writer. He spent his
time writing about philosophy and criticizing the likes of such greatness
as Aristotle. It has been said that Sir Francis Bacon had many erotic
relationships with young Welsh servants. While this information appeared
in writings throughout his life the modern scholars only just became aware
and his homosexuality was finally brought to light.
James Baldwin
James Baldwin was raised in Harlem, New York
City. During the 1960's he was very active in the civil rights movements.
The writer of the famous, Go tell it on the Mountain, Baldwin, the
eldest of nine children, became a Pentecostal preacher at the age of 14.
Eventually he stopped working with the church and began his career in writing.
In the late 1940's Baldwin moved to France and wrote many books about men
coming to grips with homosexuality. In his private life Baldwin was well-known
for being openly gay and speaking out against the discrimination of
homosexuality.
Oscar Wilde
Born in 1854, Oscar Wilde is known for his personal
life as well as for his artistic triumphs. Many times has it been brought
up that Wilde, known for being eccentric and overly flamboyant, struggled
with Catholicism and who he was as a writer and as a man. Wilde is perhaps
one of the most famous Irish playwrights of all time. Though it is disputed
whether Wilde was gay, or bisexual, he did serve a prison sentence for homosexual
acts. He tended to favor the younger male lovers. Robert Ross, for example,
ended up being Wilde's literary executor who was out to seduce Oscar Wilde
from the day they met.
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Hans Christian Andersen
This writer not only wrote such classics as
The Ugly Duckling, but he was also widely known for his well-established
love affairs with both men and women. His emotional bonds were what seemed
important to him, and it is possible that he never had sex with either gender
though that was never discovered. Andersen had many affairs with men of various
walks of life. Just to name a few, at one point he was with a ballet dancer,
and another time he chose the Grand Duke of Weimar. Although (according to
scholars and recordings made in his diary) it is believed that he chose to
masturbate rather than to indulge in physical sex with another. Hans kept
strict admissions of these acts in his diary, along with his other secret
thoughts.
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf has often been criticized for
her life's work - though it often consumed her entire being. Born in 1882,
Woolf went through many struggles ranging from sexual abuse to what some
refer to as bi-polar disorder. She suffered many breakdowns and attempted
suicide many times. It was well known that Virginia clung to passionate
relationships with women. She said she felt they were vital to her and her
work. Her relationship with her sister was considered one unlike any other,
and she had many notable relations with many women until she successfully
committed suicide during one of her breakdowns. Along with the close
relationships she had, she was also close to many gay men. It is rumored
that her relationships with most of these men were volatile and on again,
off again.
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