Is there any proof that Hoover was a practicing homosexual? Cross-dressing isn’t proof of that - people can be very complicated - and I’ve heard an interview of someone who apparently knew him who said that he was not really a homosexual...
Not that it matters that much. On this thread, I’m concerned with racism, and the manipulation for which it is used for certain divisive ends, over and over again in our history.
The sole source for Hoover being a homosexual is not very reliable.
If Hoover was gay he was a deeply closeted one. The only evidence is his sharing a DC townhouse with his 2nd in command - Clyde Tolverson (I think is the name!). I think it’s more accurate to say he was asexual or nonsexual in attitude. Such people do exist!
First of all, if you’re a crossdresser, you’re a homo unless you’re working Vaudeville. That’s just the way it is. Second of all, he was a lifelong bachelor, lived with the man, left everything he owned to that man, took vacations to the beach with that man. He was obsessed with his appearance, and the physical appearance of his agent. Queer as a $2 bill