You never realized it, but Nancy Drew was a gay and a early LGBT icon

Nancy Drew is textbook legendary Americana. Nancy has been kicking ass since the 1930's – finding clues, decoding secret messages, and doing whatever else she has to in order to stop the villain.

But apparently, she was also stopping heteronormativity in its tracks way ahead of her time.

Honestly, I should've known Nancy was a little gay all along. Straight girls have NEVER had to investigate to figure out if their crush likes girls. Straight boys just lay it all out on the fucking table. By 'it', I mean their flaccid penises.

Here's all the proof:

I had never realized she was a gay girl icon until a Tumblr user brought it to everyone's attention

They shared some passages from the book that are just… pretty sexual.

"The girls enjoyed themselves by admiring each other's dainty lingerie."

And more specifically, homosexual.

"Nancy leaned in and choked her off with a kiss."

Some people were really ahead of the rest of us on this.

I would have a crush on Nancy Drew, tbf.

And totally using it to their advantage.

"Impressively homoerotic backrubs."

Greatest gay icon of her time? Another mystery solved!