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This is not a review. I always let a place settle in a couple of months before I do a full-fledged review. This is more of a “How ya doing?” column.

Although no law can truly prevent unfair treatment, nondiscrimination laws act as a deterrent and offer a path to accountability when problems arise. But many state statutes do not explicitly protect LGBTQ+ people — and without federal nondiscrimination laws pertaining to the queer community, most LGBTQ+ people in the United States are left vulnerable.

For years, tongues have wagged about whether America’s 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, practiced what in his day was called “the love that dare not speak its name.” Speculation about the Great Emancipator’s sexuality was largely stoked after the 1926 publication of Carl Sandburg’s biography of Lincoln, in which he described the latter’s relationship with his friend Joshua Speed as having “streaks of lavender — spots soft as May violets.”

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