Lizzie Borden’s LGBTQ Secret
The alleged murderess was in love… with a lady!
This is not your mother’s Lizzie Borden. Most are aware of the infamous Borden. Though the information seems to be based around the allegations she killed her parents. Yet, there was so much more to the Lizzie Borden legend that seems to have disappeared under the glare of the more salacious stories.
For starters, the woman largely credited as being Borden’ mother, was her stepmother. Both Borden and her sister, Emma were upset with their father and stepmother. The parents had planned on selling the childhood home of the girls. This led to a massive family fight, just before the murders.
Religion Played a Part
Back in 1892, Lizzie Borden was considered a spinster. Unmarried and racing towards 40, Borden despised the title society bestowed upon her. Even more than that, allegedly she hated the religion her father forced upon the family.
According to historians, Borden was not keen on spending her Sunday mornings with people who didn’t like her. And whom she didn’t like. Yet, Andrew Borden threatened to withhold money from his daughters should they chose not to go to church with the family.
There was more though. As one of the wealthy families in Fall River, Massachusetts, the…
