In his teen years, American novelist James Baldwin began to feel smothered for being both African-American and gay in a racist and homophobic America.īaldwin escaped to France where he wrote essays critiquing race, sexuality and class structures. His most controversial relationship was with a young Persian eunuch named Bagoas, who Alexander kissed publicly at a festival of athletics and arts. Alexander the Great was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon: a bisexual military genius who through the years had many partners and mistresses.
