So he was both a traitor and a fucking faggot.
So he was both a traitor and a fucking faggot.
But it was unusual for two adult men to happily sleep together at home for so long the way that Abe and Josh did. And it’s not like Joshua Speed couldn’t afford an extra bed--after all, he was a bed salesman! He was practically the Sealy Posturepedic of Springfield, Illinois.
Nearly four years later, Abe learned that Josh was leaving him and going back to his native Kentucky. Abe was devastated and suffered symptoms of what today we would call a nervous breakdown, an episode known to historians as Lincoln’s "fatal first." January 1, 1841. Well, New Year’s Day is not one of my favorites either. By the way, there is not a shred of evidence to support the contention of some historians that Lincoln also broke off an engagement with Mary Todd or suffered any of the other myriad setbacks that some have postulated to explain what upset him on that fateful day, other than the well-documented impending separation from Speed.
Lincoln was depressed, perhaps even suicidal, and wrote, "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.” At that time, Lincoln was 31 and Speed was 25, so this was no childhood phase. As Abe grew older he continued to have intimate relationships with men.
But it was unusual for two adult men to happily sleep together at home for so long the way that Abe and Josh did. And it’s not like Joshua Speed couldn’t afford an extra bed--after all, he was a bed salesman! He was practically the Sealy Posturepedic of Springfield, Illinois.
Nearly four years later, Abe learned that Josh was leaving him and going back to his native Kentucky. Abe was devastated and suffered symptoms of what today we would call a nervous breakdown, an episode known to historians as Lincoln’s "fatal first." January 1, 1841. Well, New Year’s Day is not one of my favorites either. By the way, there is not a shred of evidence to support the contention of some historians that Lincoln also broke off an engagement with Mary Todd or suffered any of the other myriad setbacks that some have postulated to explain what upset him on that fateful day, other than the well-documented impending separation from Speed.
Lincoln was depressed, perhaps even suicidal, and wrote, "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.” At that time, Lincoln was 31 and Speed was 25, so this was no childhood phase. As Abe grew older he continued to have intimate relationships with men.
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