A Gui To Gay London for LGBTQ Travelers

history of gay london

Ben Gazur’s whistle-stop tour of the history of gay men London tak om 14th-century persecutn to morn Pri events.

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GAY MEN LONDON, OM PERSECUTN TO PRI

Lookg through our llectn for signs of the long stggle for gay rights. * history of gay london *

But the gay muny, and pecially the growg number of 'molly ho', refed to be quashed. London provid havens for gay muni, but also has a history of beg cel to them.

Gay upl got married Geian London. Although 'gettg married' was a phemism for sex Geian London, also meant a gay marriage ceremony (not any legal terms, of urse).

The women were famo at the time for alleged lascivns, even featurg the homoerotic poem Don Leon, posthumoly attributed to Byron.

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Blz black outs provid opportuni for gay enunters.

Alongsi the lik of pornography and abortn rights, they took offence to those who were openly gay. Many see the protts as the begng of gay liberatn the UK. From 1533 England, homosexual activi between men were a crime punishable by ath.

Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer histori our palac * history of gay london *

In the 18th and 19th century, certa London pubs and ffeeho beme popular gay meetg plac, known as "Molly-ho". The 18th century book Pla Reasons for the Growth of Sodomy England attributed a supposed crease homosexualy to men's drs. The thor claimed gay men wanted to drs like women: "they would appear as soft as possible to each other, any Thg of Manls beg diametrilly oppose to such unnatural Practic.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* HISTORY OF GAY LONDON

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