A new documentary claims that President Abraham Lincoln was gay.

Titled “Man's Lover: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” the film project claims to detail “Lincoln's romantic relationships with men,” using “preeminent Lincoln scholars and never-before-seen photographs and letters,” according to the promotion. Obtained According to the New York Post.

“Lincoln probably slept in the same bed with men more often than with women,” one film expert said, according to The Washington Post.

Many of the historians interviewed are academics at Ivy League or smaller liberal arts universities, such as Harvard, Columbia, Brown, and Wellesley. (Related article: “Becoming the majority”: Report: LGBT population at Ivy League universities soars)

The documentary isn't the only new pop culture production to link Honest Abe to homosexuality.

The new Broadway show “Oh Mary” chronicles the events in the weeks leading up to Lincoln's assassination. The comedy is variety It has been described as “without a doubt the funniest, most hilarious, most over-the-top play to have been shown on Broadway in years.”[ting] Confronting American history.”

The documentary also touches on the larger theme of historical and cultural icons being portrayed as gay – for example, in the 2017 live-action version of Beauty and the Beast, Disney portrayed Gaston's best friend, LeFou, as gay. according to To ScreenRant.

Abraham Lincoln was married to Mary Todd Lincoln from 1841 until his assassination in 1865.

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