burwelm wrote:Alexander the Great was raised in the Greek culture in which the men would orientate the boys into sexuality by having sex with them- Also there is no proof that Alexander the Great was gay- and he had several wives and a son- so if anything he was bisexual. Also Michelangelo was NOT gay- he painted the Last Supper and alot of artists draw, paint, or sculpt nude figures, that doesn't mean they find them sexually attractive- Michelangelo was a humanist and he was an artist . To most artists, when they draw the human body the are drawing shapes on a piece of paper- everything is objectified- Lines are lines, colors are colors, shapes are shapes. If a guy thinks another guy is attractive that does not make him gay. If a girl finds another girl attractive that does not make her gay.
No one has to be gay- some gay people need to stop blaming their genes and their creator and figure out that they are gay because they choose it and they want it- but if you want something you can starve the desire and you can start wanting something else instead. It is all about will power - you want what you want yourself to want.
Sorry. Wrong. Most of his male 'students ' and known lovers were painted right into the Last Judgement. His most noted lover was Tommaso Dei Cavalieri whom he met in 1532. He actually moved to Rome to be near him.