Great Queers in History

S01E21: Francis Bacon, English writer, essayist, politician, and philosopher, founder of empiricism (1561-1626)


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Francis Bacon, the one studied in philosophy classes in school, was a first-rate statesman and a great philosopher, as well as a homosexual who was fortunate enough to enjoy his sexuality because the king at the time was also homosexual, and Bacon was by his side, meaning he was privileged. Eventually, he fell from grace, but it was due to financial issues, and his brother, incidentally, was also homosexual, much to the dismay of their puritanical mother, Lady Anne Bacon, who ended up without grandchildren.
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Great Queers in HistoryBy Otto Mas