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It's funny how the homophobes would like everyone to believe that Shakeaspeare was definitely straight.
There is much proof out there to prove that he may have been at least bisexual.
Just because someone is married to a woman in Shakespeare's time does not mean he's attracted to women.
That was expected, there did not yet exist a queer identity. Homosexuality was a behavior, not a characteristic of a person.
Some of Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed to a man. And some plays, especially twelfth night, play with sexuality and gender.
Compared to today, they're nothing, but for Shakespeare's time they were risque.
My advice is to do real research, not listen to the close-minded homphobes on here who want history to be only what they want it to be.
Kevin
Posted by Kevin Aldridge on April 07, 1997 at 23:30:27
In Reply to "Was shakespeare gay" posted by dan on April 04, 1997 at 20:22:46
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