"How did Donald Trump go from a history of corporate bankruptcies that made others pay the cost of his business failures, and from a record of racial discrimination, exploiting illegal labour, and predatory behaviour towards women, to being a viable candidate for the presidency of the US?
Nazimova reportedly coined the phrase "Sewing circles" as code to refer to lesbian or bisexual actresses of her day who concealed their true sexuality.[14]
Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov Jr. (1886 - 1967)
Prince Yusupov was best known for taking part in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin.
He describes in his autobiography often spending time with Gypsy bands and adopting female clothing.
"He was a known bisexual and transvestite, and some have asserted that he and Grand Duke Dmitri were lovers as well as fellows in the murder of Rasputin.
"Prince Felix Yusupov claimed to have seduced King Edward VII of England while in drag."
Film director Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948) Sergei Eisenstein's diaries contain accounts of his infatuations with many young men, including his assistant, Grigori Alexandrov.
His drawings include many illustrations of homosexual activity.
Ivan IV (The Terrible,1533-84) was the first ruler to be crowned tsar of all Russia.
He liked men in women's clothes.
One of his lieutenants, Feodor Basmanov, rose to power by performing seductive dances in women's clothes in Ivan's court.
"The Russian nobleman Feodor Basmanov was almost certainly a sometime lover of the tsar as well, according to three accounts from the time along with numerous later references.
"Which wouldn’t be surprising because the Muscovites for several centuries up until the 1700s had a reputation for being quite accepting of homosexuality, which shocked those visiting Russia from other parts of Europe."
Sophia Parnok (1885 – 1933) Sophia Parnok was a gay/lesbian children's author and poet.
She met the young poet Marina Tsvetaeva, with whom she became involved in a passionate love affair that left important imprints on the poetry of both women.
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