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Seeking gay threads in Lincoln's legend
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Dinitia Smith
International Herald Tribune
12-17-2004
Was Abraham Lincoln a gay American? The subject of the 16th president's sexuality has been debated among scholars for years. They cite his troubled marriage to Mary Todd and his youthful friendship with Joshua Speed, who shared his bed for four years. Now, in a new book, C.A. Tripp says that Lincoln had a homosexual relationship with the captain of his bodyguards, David Derickson, who shared his bed whenever Mary Todd was away. The book, ''The Intimate World of Abraham Lincoln,'' is to be published next month by Free Press. Tripp is a ...
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