Gay Love In Victorian England: 1885-1901 | beetleypete

Contents:

• THE SURPRISG TTH ABOUT THE LIV OF GAY MEN VICTORIAN ENGLAND
• SEX SYMBOL: HOW ANTO BEME A GAY CO WORD THE VICTORIAN ERA
• BEFORE STRAIGHT AND GAY
• GAY LOVE IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND: 1885-1901

THE SURPRISG TTH ABOUT THE LIV OF GAY MEN VICTORIAN ENGLAND

Homosexualy Victorian eraIn Victorian era homosexualy had s differenc and siari. The Victorian era is important to be looked at so that we know the cultural ntext which Osr Wil ed to live homosexualy went agast the notn of masculy, was talked about rarely and threatened the fay stcture as well as was believed to go agast beg fundamentally Brish.

This lack of rmatn om different mediums of munitn is the reason why discsn of homosexualy was not seen throughout society.

SEX SYMBOL: HOW ANTO BEME A GAY CO WORD THE VICTORIAN ERA

Discsns about homosexualy among society was very mimal bee Victorian cizens tried to ignore the fact ncept that mal might have sexual relatnship wh other mal. Homosexualy Victorian eraAttus and expectatns about maral and timate relatnships were very strict durg Victorian era.

BEFORE STRAIGHT AND GAY

On the other hand, male homosexual acts, even the on nducted privately was nsired crimal act. Homosexualy Victorian eraPublicly homosexualy was not discsed and was hard to accs private sexual behavur. Many believed that one uld be moral and at the same time have sexual was one of the reasons why homosexualy was extremely problematic issue the Brish society faced at that time.

In the fundamental Brish society, was embarrassg to speak of this sexual was only when the trials of Osr Wil were gog on that the term and ia of classifyg homosexualy me to limelight. Homosexualy was very rarely discsed Victorian society and whenever was discsed there were severe nsequenc for the men.

GAY LOVE IN VICTORIAN ENGLAND: 1885-1901

Observable homosexualyEven though heterosexualy was nsired normal and natural throughout Victorian era, there is seen visible crease homosexualy pecially among men as well as telligentsia durg that perd of history. The reason was that homosexualy was prohibed as cent behavur public and privately, gay sex behd closed doors was not nsired crimal offence until 1885. HomosexualyVictorian cizens rarely lived up to their stereotyp when me to genr, health and sexualy.

Also, prsur om relig stutns and ernment led to creatg laws agast homosexualy. It is believed that Victorians had a more lenient attu towards gay relatnships or attu to sex between men than their 1960s unterparts. Crossdrsg men, drag balls and homosexual behavur sparked Sectn 11 of 1885’s Crimal Law Amendment Act, which ma “gross cency” punishable the UK.

When the se reached urt, the physil examatns by police were found unreliable and the prosecutn was unable to prove that they had mted any homosexual offence. The surprisg tth about the liv of gay men Victorian England. THE largt ever survey of urt s relatg to the crimalisatn of gay men has revealed some surprisg fds.