1Hoover was a gay cross-dresser. Despite rampant speculation — that Hoover was gay, a cross-dresser or had no sex life — the truth about his sex life is nearly impossible to pin down. Hoover was married to his job and zealously protective of his public image. He lived in an era when being outed as gay would cost anyone his career and reputation, and he was not one to risk such consequences. Read full article > >

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Five myths about J. Edgar Hoover

1Hoover was a gay cross-dresser. Despite rampant speculation — that Hoover was gay, a cross-dresser or had no sex life — the truth about his sex life is nearly impossible to pin down. Hoover was married to his job and zealously protective of his public image. He lived in an era when being outed as gay would cost anyone his career and reputation, and he was not one to risk such consequences. Read full article > >

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Five myths about J. Edgar Hoover

So is this good for a writer’s sex life? The 18th annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award has been given to Rowan Somerville, an Irish author. Somerville beat Jonathan Franzen, Christos Tsiolkas and former Labour Party flack Alistair Campbell, among others, to…

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Irish Author Wins Bad Sex Award