Peterson claims that Speed, who co-owned a general store, and Lincoln shared a bed for four years between 1837 to 1841, suggesting that Lincoln was gay or bisexual.
The documentary also claims that Lincoln fell into 'the period of his darkest depression' after finding out through the local paper that Speed was selling his store, moving out of their shared home.
They established a kind of suicide watch. His friends removed his razor kit and any other sharp objects, like a knife. And he wrote to his law partner: 'I am the most miserable man living'.
Even though the labels gay and bisexual did not exist in the early and mid 19th century, the film sheds light on Lincoln's troubled personal life.
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