“The Book of Queer,” and “Bob’s Burgers” Hits the Big Screen
The New Yorker Radio Hour
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The Book of Queer's Resident Homo History
The idea of a homosexual hadn't yet been conceived or instructed in the english language. That's why we love the word queer. All it means is whatever is at odds with the normal, the legitimate, the dominant. So what do we know about lincoln's sexuality? Well, we know he had four children, so we have to start there. We also know that he loved four men. The proof is in a the memoirs written by his contemporaries and by these men themselves. And you know the historian who tells this story, thomas balserski's wonderful scholar, he says, it always goes back to the bed. When you look at whom was l Lincoln sleeping with
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