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Did Abraham Lincoln’s Bromance Alter the Course of American History?

Joshua Speed found his BFF in Abraham Lincoln.

by Charles B. Strozier via The Conversation on February 15, 2017

1860 political cartoon depicting Lincoln as a "Wide-Awake"

A Posthumous Romance of White Male Reunion

The history of deriving political meaning from Abraham Lincoln’s sexuality.

by Andrew Donnelly via HNN on February 11, 2025

Lincoln portrait superimposed on rainbow flag

So What if Lincoln Was Gay?

Reflections from the author of a novel that does not shy away from the question of Lincoln's sexuality.

by Louis Bayard via The Paris Review on April 16, 2019

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Lincoln's Great Depression

Abraham Lincoln fought clinical depression all his life. But what would today be treated as a "character issue" gave Lincoln the tools to save the nation.

by Joshua Wolf Shenk via The Atlantic on October 1, 2005

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