Isaac Newton should enjoy an honored place in the LGBTQA community. After all, his work in the field of optics demonstrated that a beam of light consists of all the colors of the rainbow. That’s right! Newton discovered and studied the rainbow ultimately giving this community a recognizable symbol to rally around and identify themselves.
That would be enough to endear Newton to the LGBTQA community forever but there is another reason that this community should be familiar with his legacy. It has been theorized that Isaac Newton was in fact a member of the LGBTQA community. Although Isaac Newton opined on a multitude of subjects from the end of the world as foretold by the Bible to how to calculate the speed of an object on an ellipse, he never mentioned his sexual preference. His peers were silent on the subject as well but there are some interesting clues embedded in the history of Sir Isaac.
Isaac Newton never married. That was not uncommon amongst academics and scholars of the 1600s. In fact, being a lifelong bachelor was quite normal in Newton’s chosen profession. He also never had any children so there is no clear and definitive evidence of heterosexual behavior. There is some speculation that Newton had an unrequited (unconsummated) homosexual relationship with a Swiss mathematician named Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. This claim comes from an interpretation of some of Newton and de Duillier’s correspondence. Actually, historians are arguing about one passage in one letter. Some historians have argued that these writings point to Newton’s true sexuality while others remain skeptical about the interpretation of texts.
There is no definitive evidence for Isaac Newton being heterosexual, homosexual, or some combination of each.
There are some of Newton’s writings that point to a different conclusion. One of Newton’s works the ‘Prooemium', with its first chapter on the history of Christian church as well as some of his private writings, define his views on celibacy. Newton was against the Roman Catholic practice of celibacy amongst clergy. But Newton also wrote that for scholars and academics the practice of celibacy was honorable and that he was in fact celibate.
Our best evidence about Isaac Newton’s personal life indicates that he was celibate which means he falls into the category of “A-Sexual” and fits right into the LGBTQA community.
Congratulations members of the LGBTQA family, Isaac Newton was not only the person who discovered the rainbow but he was also a member of your community as well!
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