Napoleon was gay

Napoleon boasted that power was an aphrodisiac and that "I take women and forget them".

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Yet a Channel 4 documentary suggests his penis, now owned by a US collector, measured just inches. “Napoleon found out when he was in the desert in Egypt and embarked on the first of his 22 love affairs.” But while they were not “Romeo and Juliet” their early letters are scorching. Napoleon was married twice, to women, but that hasn’t stopped people from speculating about his sexuality.

He lived in an era where being openly and outwardly gay or bisexual was impossible – although if you were going to try it, France was probably the right place to be. I know that homosexuality was made legal during the revolution, and that this was reaffirmed in Napoleon's later penal code. I've also heard notable. While there is no definitive evidence to suggest that Napoleon openly advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, his policies and treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals can shed light on his views.

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