It was pretty common in the past. Horatio Nelson for instance on his death bed wanted to be kissed by his best friend who had taken over command after he had been shot. Guy was totally straight in his many romantic/sexual escapades at least from what we can see. It was just considered to be more of an affectionate thing for close friends at the time. Considering he was dying despite his vainglorious nature I assumed he was still also scared and needed intimacy from a close friend.

British media though much later tried to censor this fact because it could hurt the image of masculinity a national martyr should have.