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The homoerotic potential of Oxford’s monastic muny which purposefully acmodated scholars and youths together shared rooms, sometim shared beds, may have appealed to the young Wilmot. The 2004 bpic The Liberte portrayed the tragedy of Wilmot (portrayed by Johnny Depp) but, regrettably, unrplayed his homoeroticism.
No acunt of Wadham’s queer past would be plete whout mentn of the towerg figure of Mrice Bowra, the domable Warn of Wadham between 1938 and 1970, whose homosexual explos, bawdy poetry, and stupefyg quips (such as ‘[b]uggery was vented to fill that awkward hour between evensong and cktails’) are now the stuff of Oxford legend. A renowned eccentric and misogynist, his homosexualy was an open secret.
In a reflective piece published 1984, Rothschild paid tribute to Ford’s volvement wh preparg a ttimony om Brish blogists which was submted to the Home Office’s Commtee on Homosexual Offenc and Prostutn:. Fisher preparg a scientific, geilly oriented report for the Wolfenn Commtee, which was at the time nsirg possible chang the laws relatg to homosexualy. A fervent equaly mpaigner, Harris is an Honorary Print of the Liberal Democrat Campaign for Lbian and Gay Rights and a Vice-Print of the Gay and Lbian Humanist Associatn.