The sexuality of Abraham Lincoln has been considered for over a century. īoth American Presidents James Buchanan and his successor Abraham Lincoln were speculated to be homosexual. Another citation is the Book of Genesis 18 to associate the term, cry to the Sodom and Gomorrah.
For example, Webster cited First Epistle to the Corinthians VI to define the homosexual context of the term abuser. He occasionally cited the King James Version. Webster, however, focused on terms for gay sexual practices and ignored lesbian sexual practices: bugger, He included several LGBT terms in his book. Noah Webster published the original Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language ( Webster's Dictionary) in 1828. With the establishment of the United States following the American Revolution, such crimes as ' sodomy' were considered to be a capital offense in some states, while cross-dressing was considered a felony punishable by imprisonment or other forms of corporal punishment. Further information: Sexuality in the United States
