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Shakespeare was thought to have been gay. Mostly by gay people. Some of his poems only make sense to them if put in perspective that he was gay or at least bisexual. (In Shakespeare's day men often expressed extravagant affection for other men without being attracted to them sexually, in the same way many people say they love their mothers without wanting to have sex with them.)

Shakespeare is thought by some people to have been a nobleman in disguise. Mostly by social snobs

Shakespeare is thought by others to be a university graduate in disguise. Mostly by university graduates

Shakespeare is thought by yet more people to have been a woman in disguise. Guess who?

There is no other author who people want to insist was gay or aristocratic or educated or female against all the evidence to the contrary. Nobody tries to suggest that Emily Dickenson's poetry was really written by a man or that Homer was really a Turk. People are satisfied that all authors are who they are--except Shakespeare.

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