Poetry brings love to life and these incredible poets immortalized their love in their writings. Though many were afraid of persecution and hid their sexual orientation, others boldly came out in a time when homosexuality was completely condemned. Here we take a look at 10 of the greatest gay or bisexual figures in classic literature.
Adrienne Rich
Born in 1929, she was one of the most influential and widely-read poets of the 20th
century. As an undergraduate at Harvard, she met Alfred Haskell Conrad,
an economics professor, and they wed in 1953. Later, Rich said she only
married him to get away from her family and to experience what she had
thought would be a full life. The marriage was very strained and Conrad
feared that his wife had lost her mind. They separated in 1970, and
shortly after the split, Conrad shot himself. In 1976, she entered into a
relationship with Michelle Cliff, who was to become her lifelong
partner. It was after this relationship that she really began to address
“lesbianism” in her work, and took a leader’s role for sexual equality.
In The Guardian, she was credited with bringing “the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse.”.Source: http://www.bidnessetc.com/entertainment/poetry-knows-sexual-preference-10-famous-lgbt-poets-history/
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