What was Allen Ginsberg's sexual orientation?

Question

Not like it matters because I'l alays love him, but I've been reading lots of different things and can't make a fair decision.

Answer 1

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I believe he was Gay.

Answer 2

~Since he himself openly acknowledged and flaunted his homosexuality, I suppose you would be safe in taking him at his word.

Answer 3

yes, From shmoop:

One of his major accomplishments in this field was the writing of a killer jingle for Ipana toothpaste (source). By this point in his life, Ginsberg had already traveled widely, been kicked out of school for writing obscenities on a window, taken many drugs, been arrested, graduated from Columbia University with a literature degree, come out as gay, had a visionary experience involving the British poet William Blake, undergone therapy at a psychiatric institute, lived with a mentally unstable mother, mingled with the most famous poets of the day, and much more. Howl is intensely influenced by all of these events.

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http://www.shmoop.com/intro/poetry/allen…