DID YOU KNOWthat some of the most amazing people in history were gay: rough sex painters, poets, scientists, musicians, and even mighty warrior-kings? Knowing some of these great HEROES of the past helps dispel many MYTHS about gay people, and looking past the LEGENDS that they have become reveals them to be people just like you and me. The terms hetero- and homosexual were only made up in the last hundred years or so, but the phenomenon of people falling in love with members of their own gender is as old as humanity. A feeling of being "different" is one of the keys to genius, and gay people should know that many of history's great geniuses felt just the way they do. But they show us that gay people can invoke eternal expressions of love, show us the amazing grace of God, be Lionhearted, create the most magnificent expressions of Christianity in painting, sculpture, architecture, and music, create ravishing beauty from overwhelming anguish, and can even die young, yet conquer the world. Everyone should be aware that gay and lesbian people are an important part of the magnificence of the human experience. Who wrote "America the Beautiful"? Lesbian Katharine Lee Bates, that's who. Click here to read all about her. Was ABRAHAM LINCOLN gay? Click here to get the scoop! SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN SODOMY LAW! Should you "come out"? OF COURSE YOU SHOULD! But don't just take MY word for it -- Click here to ASK MARILYN! Is former PRESIDENT CLINTON gay? Well, no. But he did issue an official proclamation declaring June 2000 as Gay & Lesbian Pride Month. Click here to check it out! Blimey! Now the LONDON TIMES has a story saying ROBIN HOOD was gay! Click here to read all about it, squire! Is America a Christian country? THE FOUNDING FATHERS say no no no!