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recovering archivist and museum worker. I have an Instagram for my cats @vitaandbosie
![Howard was gay, a fact that comes up frequently in his later work.[9] He was out to some degree since at least the 1960s, when he remarked to friend W. H. Auden that he was offended by a fellow poet's use of Jewish and gay epithets, "since [he was] both these things", to which Auden replied, "My dear, I never knew you were Jewish!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreih7kjvy74chfqoo5fg6vi3fpy3ndwwl4yzqn3jelnfxdjjb3xlpw4)
