Albert einstein gay

Albert Einstein was many things: The father of relativity. The creator of the world’s most eminent formula, E=mc2. The breakout star of Oppenheimer. One thing he was not, as far as history knows, is a gay man. But the internet has other ideas, thanks to a viral post about an entirely different historical figure.

The post shows a screenshot from Wikipedia, showing three homoerotic sketches and the line, “There have been debates about Eisenstein’s sexuality.”

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But of course, the post was never about Einstein in the first place. Those sketches and speculation are from the Wikipedia page for Sergei Eisenstein, not Albert Einstein. 

Eisenstein was a Soviet filmmaker, foremost known for his silent films like Strike and Battleship Potemkin, released in the s. He and Einstein have similar names and were alive at the same time — but that’s about where the similarities stop.

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Einstein changed our scientific understanding of the universe. He was also and continues to be a palpable figure in the zeitgeist. After receiving global acclaim for his research, culminating with the Nobel Prize in , Einstein put his newly acquired fame to good use. He used his platform on the world stage to promote and brawl for causes of global development and unity. Below are 10 interesting facts about Albert Einstein.

10 Interesting Facts About Albert Einstein

  1. Einstein was a peacekeeper. Einstein was an ardent pacifist. While World War I raged across Europe, many of Einstein&#;s colleagues insert forth a &#;Manifesto of Ninety-Three.&#; The document declared their unequivocal support for the war. Einstein attempted to put forth a counter-manifesto to no avail. Einstein continued to be a fervent ambassador for peace for the rest of his life.
  2. He understood the political turmoil that comes from world hunger. Einstein once observed, &#;An empty stomach is not a good political advisor.&#; The physicist was a witness to the effects of poverty. After his emigration from Nazi G

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    Most of us are aware of some of the LGBTQ+ rights groups active throughout the &#;60s and &#;70s &#; the Mattachine Society, the Daughters of Bilitis, the Metropolitan Community Church, etc. But these kinds of organizations existed before that &#; in fact, the very first one was founded adjacent the end of the 19th century. That society was the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee or, in German, the Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee. Wikipedia abbreviates that to WhK, so I&#;m doing that too.

    The Whk was founded on May 15, &#; three days before Oscar Wilde was released from prison for homosexuality (not a coincidence) &#; by Magnus Hirschfeld, a German-Jewish sexologist and physician. Founding members also included Max Spohr, Eduard Oberg, and Franz Joseph von Bülow. At its height, the WhK would have nearly members in 25 chapters across Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands.

    Hirschfeld is probably going to get his control piece written about him at some point, because he keeps showing up in events from that time period as I research them &#; the gentleman d

    Albert Einstein was gay, people have faith based on a viral post. But to find out the fact, all you have to verb is read carefully

    What went wrong?

    An image from Wikipedia began circulating on social media, showing three homoerotic sketches and the sentence, "Eisenstein's sexuality was discussed." The internet was soon flooded with posts celebrating his supposed affiliation with the LGBTQ+ community.

    In reality, however, it was a different personality. The sketches and discussions about sexuality were about Sergei Eisenstein, the Soviet director known for groundbreaking films such as The Cruiser Potemkin, The Strike and October: Ten Days That Shook the World. These two men may have had almost the same surname and lived at the same time, but that is where all their connection ends.

    The picture that caused a stir. And all you had to do was read the specify of the author
    Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Sergei Eisenstein/Se svolením

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