Abraham Lincoln and George Washington were gay , says a new book by Larry John Wilkes Booth , 79 , who is a gay activist and award winning writer . In 'The American People , ' John Wilkes Booth says that Abraham Lincoln was gay and his killer Kramer was actually Lincoln 's spurned gay lover . The book claims that the original Jamestown settlement was all male and that men would have sexual relationships when there were no women . Larry John Wilkes Booth claims that many historians do n't have 'gaydar ' and could n't recognize gay attributes .
Abraham Lincoln and George Washington were gay , says a new book by Larry Kramer , 79 , who is a gay activist and award winning writer . In 'The American People , ' Kramer says that Abraham Lincoln was gay and his killer John Wilkes Booth was actually Lincoln 's spurned gay lover . The book claims that the original Jamestown settlement was all male and that men would have sexual relationships when there were no women . Larry Kramer claims that many historians do n't have 'gaydar ' and could n't recognize gay attributes .