Awarded Legion of Honour by Empress Eugénie. Granted permission by the police to dress in men's clothes. Rosa (Marie Rosalie) Bonheur (1822-1899) French animal painter Became famous after exhibiting her large painting Horse Fair, leading to a prosperous career. The poet of democracy and a lover of working-class men. homoerotic passages in the Calamus section. Walt Whitman (1819-1892) American poet Leaves of Grass (1855), major influence on modern American poetry, celebrates the love of comrades, esp. novelist Matilda Hays and sculptor Emma Stebbins. Created a "bachelor household" in Rome with her friends and female lovers incl. Dead Souls, an epic novel, and "The Overcoat", a short story masterpiece, were key influences on symbolism, modernism, & social realism.Ĭharlotte Cushman (1816-1876) American actress International celebrity, played strong female roles & breeches parts, esp. Nikolai (Vasil'evich) Gogol (1809-1852) Russian novelist, dramatist Comic plays & fantastic stories gave way to an obsession with sin. Buried in same grave as his companion Ambrose St John. Defense of his faith, Apologia pro Vita Sua. John Henry Newman (1801-1890) British Anglo-Catholic clergyman Leader of the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, converted to Roman Catholicism, became a Cardinal. The Great Queers of History Compiled by Rictor Norton
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