George Merrill (1867–1928) was a working-class man from Sheffield, England, who lived openly as the life partner of socialist poet and gay rights activist Edward Carpenter for nearly 40 years. Their pioneering,, non-traditional, cross-class relationship served as the primary inspiration for E.M. Forster's homosexual novel Maurice. #georgemerrill #emforster #edwardcarpenter #lgbtqhistory #lgbtqia #lgbtqcommunity | Jeff Waters

George Merrill is a legendary songwriter, who wrote hits including Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" shares his own personal James Brown story. #jamesbrown90 #jb90 | James Brown