Is there any evidence that Billy the Kid was gay?

As Quora User alluded to, very little is known about the actual Billy the Kid, as opposed to the legend or the myth of Billy the Kid. There is more made up crap about Billy the Kid than just about any Western historical figure, with the possible exception of Calamity Jane. read more

There is more made up crap about Billy the Kid than just about any Western historical figure, with the possible exception of Calamity Jane. The real Billy the Kid was not THAT interesting of a figure. In terms of his sexuality, there is no evidence that Billy the Kid was gay or for that matter any reliable information about his private life. read more

Vidal wrote over two-dozen scripts and adaptations for TV between 1954-56 including the 1955 play"Billy the Kid" replete with psychosexual undertones. In 1989 he reworked his material into"Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid" for Turner's cable network; his take: Billy was less a homicidal moron than a misunderstood kid. read more

As for where Billy the Kid was born; New York, Indiana, and Missouri are potential birth places, but there is no -without a doubt- proof to support any of them. At the time of his death, it was consistently written that Billy the Kid was born in New York City, so it's very possible that it could be true and that the writers of that era knew something we don't. read more