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These men were known for their minds.
Illustration by Hilton Dresden. Pictured: Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg soak up some sun.
Throughout history, many of humanity's greatest minds have been those of homosexual men. Authors, artists, playwrights, philosophers--if you can think of an academic or artistic field, chances are some of the best brains were queer brains. And yet, those with widely-remembered legacies are often folks with bulging biceps and chiseled faces. Well, we're working to rectify that! We've compiled this list of some of the sexiest gay thinkers to grace our history books.