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[โ€“] LemmynySnicket 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First openly gay man in world history with a written down quote attributed directly to him that is talking about how gay he is...... maybe?

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

The world history thing was a comment someone else made after he died and is a bit of big claim, but I guess he was the first notable, documented person in the modern era to say "Yeah, I like guys, is there really anything wrong with that?"