#Lem Billings

[c86]

John F. Kennedy and his gay best friend Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings

#john f kennedy #jfk #lem billings #photography #black and white #friendship #gay #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #1930s

[bonnieura]

denial is a river in egypt

#art #drawing #sketch #my art #original art #artists on tumblr #jfk #john f kennedy #jack kennedy #lem billings #jackie kennedy #jbk #jackie o #the kennedys #yea im not sure what 2 add anym #and GOD FORBID TUMBLR GIVE MY IMAGES QUALITY

[keithbutgay]

JFK was kinda Dazai-coded ngl

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #dazai osamu #skk #soukoku #nakahara chuuya #john f kennedy #jfk #jack and lem #lem billings

[kennedy-family-library]

Lem and Jack when they were young.

#Lem Billings #John F. Kennedy

[dreamofstarlight]

June 8, 1968

#kennedy family #the kennedys #robert f kennedy #rfk #bobby kennedy #ted kennedy #edward m kennnedy #emk #joe kennedy ii #stephen smith #lem billings #ethel kennedy #ethel skakel kennedy #robert f kennedy jr #rfk jr #kerry kennedy #michael kennedy #david kennedy #courtney kennedy

[joannkennedy]

Joan Kennedy photographed with Ethel Kennedy, Pat Lawford, and Lem Billings at the 1960 Democratic National Convention.

#joan kennedy #the kennedys #aesthetic #ethel kennedy #lem billings #beautiful women #fashion #fashion icon #iconic women #kennedy family #60s aesthetic #60s 70s 80s 90s #60s vintage #60s icons #60s style #60s fashion #60s #1960s #1960s history #1960s fashion #democratic national convention #dnc #vintage glamour #vintage celebrity #american vintage #vintage aesthetic #rare photos

[yadivagirl]

Today I learned that JFK’s best friend was a gay man named Len Billings.

JFK knew he was gay but didn’t care and Lem, not wanting to hurt JFK‘s reputation and political career, basically stayed in the closet for most of his life. 

Despite being a constant presence in the Kennedy family for years and traveling extensively with the family, he’s not a household name because he was gay. 

#Lem Billings #JFK

[lancer-andlace]

Jack, Jackie, and Lem Billings

#jfk #jack kennedy #John F. Kennedy #jacqueline kennedy #jackie kennedy #Lem Billings #kennedy #the kennedys #the kennedy family #potus #flotus

[corncobble]

jfk and lem

#lem billings #jfk #john f kennedy

[missfeline99]

Imagine for a moment that you’re Lem Billings, oldest and closest friend of future president John F. Kennedy, excited to get a letter from him while he’s recuperating in the hospital, only for it to be a rant where he reports having a 12-inch long iron tube shoved up his ass after shitting blood.

These are his actual words btw.

#I have IBS so I get it but like damn Jack !!!! boundaries who #jfk #john f kennedy #president kennedy #lem billings #history

[rushlixx123]

#ur mom #your mom #john f kennedy #john fitzgerald kennedy #jfk #lem billings

[fazbearfart]

season 4 PLEASE introduce a lem billing clone that jfk has a crush on IM BEGGING

#clone high #clone high jfk #jfk #lem billings #clone high lem billings #might make him an oc

[bonnieura]

i hate queer people

+ ref and a ramble under cut (god forbid tumblr doesn't kill the quality

honestly it fucks me up just how detailed some sources' claims are when it comes to JFK and lem billings' relationship. of course if we just throw out the idea of them pulling things out of their ass, how was jfk not considered bisexual at least? also i find it pretty amusing how allegedly whenever kennedy was ill (even if for a moment, like dizziness which afaik was a common symptom/result of addison's disease) he needed lem to be there with him no matter yow many nurses (attempted to at least) aided him. if all that was true that would be a mix of both wholesome and odd fuuuuck

Frankly it pisses me off how american queer history is never discussed in the american public. even the most iconic and famous (or infamous) of american figures had had parts of themselves completely overwritten by texts and articles to not rub up sad conservatives the wrong way. So much of history is lost because of this disgusting discrimination but sigh what can i do

#art #drawing #jfk #sketch #my art #original art #us presidents #potus #lem billings #john f kennedy #jack kennedy #gay #lgbtq #queer history #....?? #no i think that counts. that definitely does imo #american history #dont think i forgot any more #artists on tumblr #that one was trending last time i checked lmfaooo

[towboats]

thinking about jfks gay best friend. they toured europe together (in a "heterosexual best friends" way) and got a dog, but had to give him up because jfk had allergies </3

#jfk #lem billings #he had his own room in the white house #they had sleepovers #if youre catching what im throwing #and historians will call them #history #text #hyperfixation on former president of the united states of america john fitzgerald kennedy #you love to see it #just wait until i turn him into a warrior cat

[kennedy-family-library]

Jack and Lem in a Palm Beach photo booth just before their European tour, 1937.

#John F. Kennedy #Lem Billings

[dreamofstarlight]

Campaign trip to the Bronx Zoo - 1964

#Ethel’s hair color looks so gorg #robert f kennedy #rfk #bobby kennedy #ethel kennedy #ethel skakel kennedy #kathleen kennedy #kathleen kennedy townsend #robert f kennedy jr #rfk jr #david kennedy #courtney kennedy #michael kennedy #lem billings #kennedy family #the kennedys