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Historians are certain that Frederick the Great was gay due to a letter he wrote on July 1750 to his homosexual secretary and reader, Claude Étienne Darget, which stated, My hemorrhoids fondly salute your penis.

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Historians are certain that Frederick the Great was gay due to a letter he wrote on July 1750 to his homosexual secretary and reader, Claude Étienne Darget, which stated, “My hemorrhoids fondly salute your penis.”

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