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Are there any interesting aspects about Gore Vidal's private life?
In the multi-volume memoir The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Anaïs Nin said she had a love affair with Gore Vidal
Who was Anais Nin?
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, known professionally as Anaïs Nin French: was a French-Cuban American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica.
What else is notable about Gore Vidal's private life besides denying a claim of having a love affair with Anais Nin?
In the multi-volume memoir The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Anaïs Nin said she had a love affair with Gore Vidal, who denied her claim in his memoir Palimpsest.
How did Gore Vidal's and Anais Nin's romance fare?
Author Kim Krizan said she found an unpublished love letter from Vidal to Nin, which contradicts his denial of a love affair with Nin.
Are there any other interesting aspects Gore Vidal's personal life besides his controversy with Anais Nin?
In 1950, Gore Vidal met Howard Austen
Who was Howard Austen?
Howard Austen was the long-time companion of American writer Gore Vidal for 53 years until Austen's death.
Who else was Gore Vidal romantically involved in his life?
Gore Vidal also said that he had an intermittent romance with the actress Diana Lynn, and alluded to possibly having fathered a daughter.
What else did VidGore Vidalal say about his private life besides his intermittent romance with actress Diana Lynn and fathering a daughter?
Gore Vidal said that the secret to his long relationship with Austen was that they did not have sex with each other.
How did Gore Vidal refer to his sexuality?
Gore Vidal said that he refused to call himself gay because he was not an adjective, adding to be categorized is, simply, to be enslaved.
What other aspects of Gore Vidal sexuality did he talk about?
In an interview with Esquire in 1969, Gore Vidal said Homosexuality is as natural as heterosexuality. Notice I use the word natural, not normal.“

Question: What did others say about Vidal's sexuality?
Self-contained rewrite: What did others say about Gore Vidal's sexuality?