When did I say her sexuality should influence how she is measured? You're putting words in my mouth. I get it, you don't find it interesting to discuss or learn about whether historical figures were LGBT. That's fine. Given the popularity of this article, many people clearly do find it interesting. So let us have our discourse around this, and you can go read what you're actually interested in. No one is forcing you to read this, so I don't understand where your outrage is coming from. Why try to suppress information or discussion about something just because you personally don't find it valuable? There's no need.