Now, a documentary about Abraham Lincoln called " Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln " sets out to prove just that. The film focuses on Lincoln's relationships with four different men who reportedly had intimate connections to the 16th president and evidence that Lincoln was likely attracted to men.

"Lincoln was an uncouth country bumpkin, very folksy in his mannerisms and his speech. He wore highwater pants," Chesson says. Adds Harvard professor John Stauffer, "Lincoln always had a bad-hair day."

Here’s how Lover of Men makes the case that Lincoln had intimate relationships with men and why this scholarship is not more widely known. Tracing all of the evidence that Linco

A new documentary spotlights President Abraham Lincoln's sexuality, with historians arguing that the 16th U.S. president was what we would now call queer.

The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln” director Shaun Peterson makes a compelling case that Honest Abe was queer. The 102-minute doc features 20 Lincoln scholars and historians and never-before seen photographs and letters that argue that there is no denying that Lincoln had sexual relations with men.

Subtitled “The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” the film gathers an array of historians to argue that Lincoln had romantic relationships with men.

All these years later, people are still buzzing about Abraham Lincoln’s love life. That’s owed in large part to Lover of Men: The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln, a new documentary from director Shaun Peterson that sheds light on relationships with men the film scholars’ say Lincoln had throughout his life.

Historians -- in the movie Lover of Men -- surmise that either Lincoln was virgin at 33 or his sexual needs before his marriage to Mary Todd were being fulfilled through men. The movie deals with four men in Abraham Lincoln's life -- William Greene,