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The man who wrote the literal book on heterosexual marriage and the nuclear family, Leon Battista Alberti, couldn't help but get a little queer.
Amazon Prime's Leonardo – True story of gay sex arrest explained David Opie © Amazon Prime Amazon's Leonardo series tells the real-life story of Da Vinci's sodomy arrest, but the show still represents a missed opportunity for LGBTQ+ representation. Leonardo episode 2 spoilers follow. Leonardo Da Vinci's relationships with women – like the subject of the Mona Lisa – were, it seems, mostly restricted to his canvas. For centuries, scholars have suggested that Da Vinci was actually gay, and this queer aspect of his identity is now being explored in Amazon's new biopic, si...
Leonardo episode 2 spoilers follow. Leonardo Da Vinci's relationships with women – like the subject of the Mona Lisa – were, it seems, mostly restricted to his canvas. For centuries, scholars have suggested that Da Vinci was actually gay, and this queer aspect of his identity is now being explored in Amazon's new biopic, simply titled The series is bizarrely framed as a murder mystery, kicking off with a bearded Aidan Turner being held in prison for killing a woman named Caterina. As the first episode progresses, we learn that the pair were romantically involved, but in real life, it see...