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In the Seventies, Vidal even spoke out in support of paedophiles who formed a notorious group set up to campaign for legalised sex between adults and children called NAMBLA, the North-American Man/Boy Love Association.

In the Seventies, Vidal even spoke out in support of paedophiles who formed a notorious group set up to campaign for legalised sex between adults and children called NAMBLA, the North-American Man/Boy Love Association.

One of his friends admitted he was astonished when Vidal once told him: ‘You know I’m a pederast.’

One of his friends admitted he was astonished when Vidal once told him: ‘You know I’m a pederast.’

Vidal had an even darker side, his half-sister told Teeman. In 1957, he and a group of men, including the British poet Stephen Spender, beat up a male prostitute under a bridge. Burr Steers says the incident - which has never been reported - happened in England. This corroborates what we know about most so-called “gay-bashing” (when it is not a fiction) being done by “gays” themselves. In 2012, several years after William Buckley’s death, his son, Christopher, said he had thrown away the file his father kept on Vidal.”  

Vidal had other dark secrets, his half-sister told Teeman. In 1957, he and a group of men, including the British poet Stephen Spender, beat up a male prostitute under a bridge. Burr Steers says the incident - which has never been reported - happened in England.  

  In 2012, several years after William Buckley’s death, his son, Christopher, said he had thrown away the file his father kept on Vidal.”  

Vidal lived with a male partner, Howard Austen, but this relationship was like most homosexual partnerships, a matter of convenient house-sharing by two promiscuous people.

Vidal lived with a male partner, Howard Austen, but this relationship was like most homosexual partnerships, a matter of convenient house-sharing by two promiscuous people.