Lookg through our llectn for signs of the long stggle for gay rights.
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GAY MEN LONDON, OM PERSECUTN TO PRI
* history gay london *
From 1533 England, homosexual activi between men were a crime punishable by ath.
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.
It was not until the 1960s that gay men's flamboyant drs styl fluenced mastream fashn, makg more lourful and adventuro.