huffington post: ken burns homophobically 'forgot' a few things?

...and this is why they invented html tagging: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelangelo-signorile/the-roosevelts-ke n-burns_b_5866998.html

As for Eleanor Roosevelt, it has only been rumored/speculated that she was bisexual or lesbian. That has never been confirmed. And much of those rumors/speculation is because she had lesbian friends, including a particularly close relationship with 1 lesbian. But a lot of straight woman have had very close, platonic friendships with lesbians.

So what exactly was the need to have a discussion from various pov's (as the link proposes) regarding Eleanor's alleged bisexuality/lesbianism, based on tabloid speculation/rumor??

Besides, I think the show kind of hinted there might have been some lesbian interest/activity on Eleanor's part.

And there is a huge difference between FDR's relationship with Lucy Mercer, and Eleanor's relationship with Lorena Hitchok. And that difference really shouldn't be difficult to figure out. The difference is that FDR's romance with Lucy Mercer is HISTORICAL FACT. Not only is it historical fact, its historical fact that had a huge and long lasting historical impact on Franklin's/Eleanor marriage. While Eleanor's romance with Loreena IS NOT HISTORICAL FACT. It's just unconfirmed rumor/speculation. And even if were true, it doesn't seem to have a significant impact on anything, other then enhancing Eleanor's love life, and perhaps giving her a fun sex life.

So the show shouldn't haven't given equal weight to both "romances".

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Michelangelo Signorile is a gay activist, radio host and Huffington Koolaid drinker.
In his world everone is gay.

Eleanor enjoyed the company of activist women. Many were lesbians. So what? We have gay freinds. What does that make us?

Signorile is a self-righteous media whore. The next Jerry Springer.

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Who cares whether ER was bi-sexual. I think it unlikely that a 40-50 y/o ER with six kids would have an affair with a 30 something 200 lbs. Lady reporter.

And if did happen, spare me the details, please.

Anyone interested in whether Eleanor was bi or not, can't stand the Roosevelts anyway. A bunch of catfish tea-baggers. If this is their hang up about a nearly fifteen hour series you have to wonder how they managed to tear themselves away from the Kardashians and watch something on PBS. But it is no wonder, since these sleazy tea-baggers did not really watch the series. Also if or not Eleanor was bi, well so what? Folks complaining, like the rancid posters on this board, are biggoted anti-gay and probably anti-black, and anti-semite anyway. Sarah Palin anyone??

If you care about such things, FDR really was a "Homophobe" his involvement in the Newport 1920 scandal is proof of that.

FDR was also involved - behind the scenes of course - in outing a Republican Senator from Massachusetts in 1942. This 'outing' was against the -live and let live - rules the DC elite then lived by. As you can imagine,the Republicans were looking for payback. So when they learned of the Welles' incident in 1943, they put on the pressure and FDR's big buddy got the ax.

Tit for Tat.

Unless someone actually tried to sleep with her and either got accepted or turned down, and admitted it, I don't know how you can prove any of this, or why it even matters.