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ravinglunatic t1_j5smc9b wrote

Eleanor Roosevelt was a lesbian in spite of being married to Franklin. She wrote a letter to Gypsy Rose Lee that said “May your ass always be shining.”

Amelia Earhart seems kind of gay.

I’ll bet they at least kissed.

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Kellar21 t1_j5syzg4 wrote

Another case of bi-erasure I see, classic.

She was bi, she slept around with men too.

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BisonBravey t1_j5tfkeu wrote

I think either label retroactively applied is problematic. She is not here to tell us how she identified. There would have been more than one reason she might have elected to sleep with men but still identified as a lesbian. She might have been bi. She might have felt she was straight, but had some distractions. We can't know without being able to explain how we use these terms contemporarily and hear her thoughts.

But she certainly seemed to have attractions and relationships that were at the very least queer.

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pataconconqueso t1_j5tu0cz wrote

Yup this is why I say she was probably queer or at least sapphic

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ravinglunatic t1_j5u0tii wrote

Bi-erasure? Jesus. She was married to a man that she was ok that he had mistresses. FDR died with his mistress. She had sex with FDR, complained that he wanted it more than her but that doesn’t necessarily mean she was bisexual so much as a wife in first half of the 20th century.

I’m not a historian. I don’t know her pronouns, specific preferences, etc. but whatever offense you took to this is absurd because it was unintentional and doesn’t really matter anyway.

They’re just words. She seemed to like girls. Give it a rest. I’m not your enemy.

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angleonyourshoulder t1_j5uxlqg wrote

Username checks out

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ravinglunatic t1_j5wt0k8 wrote

You’re definitely confused about your gender. It’s probably due to a lack of word comprehension. I don’t expect you to understand this reply because you clearly can’t read.

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angleonyourshoulder t1_j5wwiei wrote

Baby how am I confused about my gender, where did that come from? All I was saying is that you’re ranting and no one cares okay babe? Have a good night.

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