Why a gay 19th century London brothel owner had to pretend to be a woman to avoid police persecutn - MyLondon

Contents:

• 18TH CENTURY MOLLY HO – LONDON’S GAY SUBCULTURE
• WHY A GAY 19TH CENTURY LONDON BROTHEL OWNER HAD TO PRETEND TO BE A WOMAN TO AVOID POLICE PERSECUTNMADAME PARSONS RAN WHAT IS SAID TO BE THE BT BROTHEL MAYFAIR'S BURLGTON ARGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYERI BUIST12:00, 9 OCT 2021BOOKMARKBURLGTON AR BY T.H SHEPHERD (IMAGE: T.H SHEPHERD)THE 12 - OUR EE NEWSLETTER WH ALL THE NEWS YOU NEEDMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE 12 - OUR EE NEWSLETTER WH ALL THE NEWS YOU NEEDINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• THE SURPRISG TTH ABOUT THE LIV OF GAY MEN VICTORIAN ENGLAND

18TH CENTURY MOLLY HO – LONDON’S GAY SUBCULTURE

18th Century Gay Subculture. 18th century London was home to a flourishg gay subculture wh Molly Ho at the centre of the social scene.

WHY A GAY 19TH CENTURY LONDON BROTHEL OWNER HAD TO PRETEND TO BE A WOMAN TO AVOID POLICE PERSECUTNMADAME PARSONS RAN WHAT IS SAID TO BE THE BT BROTHEL MAYFAIR'S BURLGTON ARGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYERI BUIST12:00, 9 OCT 2021BOOKMARKBURLGTON AR BY T.H SHEPHERD (IMAGE: T.H SHEPHERD)THE 12 - OUR EE NEWSLETTER WH ALL THE NEWS YOU NEEDMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 THE 12 - OUR EE NEWSLETTER WH ALL THE NEWS YOU NEEDINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

‘Molly’ was a slur ed for effemate, homosexual men and the term was adopted to scribe the clubs, taverns, ns, or ffee ho where they met up secret.

In the 18th century, beg ught a homosexual act or the act of sodomy uld have meant time spent the pillory, penal service, transportatn, or even a ath sentence pendg on the se and the evince. Although the Molly Ho uld be raid by police, they provid a safe place for homosexual men to socialise and openly discs or exprs their inti. There is a long tradn of homosexuals creatg a chosen fay wh whom they n be open and vulnerable about inty and sire.

THE SURPRISG TTH ABOUT THE LIV OF GAY MEN VICTORIAN ENGLAND

The play traced three centuri of homosexualy begng wh Mother Clap’s molly hoe to a 21st century home. The number of Molly Hoe raids monstrat there was a gay culture London the later 18th century and early 19th century.

One of the ma agators phg for the arrts of homosexual men was the Society for the Reformatn of Manners who planted spi and rmant to help brg men to prosecutn and even to their ath.

The sheer number of raids and nvictns the 1720s do validate that there was a gay subculture London.