These too were quiet and discreet, and most of London’s citizens didn’t know they even existed. And then there were the molly houses, or male brothels. Some places were noted meeting spots: the Crown pub in Charing Cross Road, the Intrepid Fox pub in Soho, the Long Bar at the Trocadero. Gay men had to be discreet (not something poor Oscar was noted for, sadly) and they had to be careful about where and how they met. Oscar Wilde is probably the most famous gay man to suffer imprisonment for being homosexual, but he was by no means the only one. Punishable, if caught and convicted, by prison. Anne_barwellA big welcome to Anna Butler today who is blogging about her new release The Gilded Scarab.īeing gay in the London of Rafe’s time was not easy.
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