[rlmorel]

"...But based on his long-term relationship with Tolson and apparent lack of interest in women, IMHO Hoover was gay unless proven otherwise..."

Good gosh. Really? So he is guilty by default, and the burden is on a dead man (or anyone who wishes to defend him) to prove otherwise?

[wideminded]

Good gosh. Really? So he is guilty by default

I don't view it as being 'guilty' of anything, just as a fact should be faced.

and the burden is on a dead man (or anyone who wishes to defend him) to prove otherwise?

I think the burden is on anyone who believes otherwise to provide a more logical explanation for the known facts about Hoover. If it wasn't Hoover and Tolson, just two guys who went everywhere together and vacationed together, had a lifelong devotion to each other and had no interest in women, everybody would just accept that yes, they are most likely gay.