Heterosexual Dictatorship: Male Homosexuality in Postwar BritainA revisionist and controversial history of homosexual culture in Britain and the mid-20th century, this incisive account takes as its focus the Wolfenden Committee on Homosexuality and Persecution established in 1954, and uncovers a witchhunt. |
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Page 45
... large number of cases suggested that for many years the Met had been using policemen to trap homosexual men in lavatories and that it was common for the constables in the course of the trial to lie about what had happened . This use of ...
... large number of cases suggested that for many years the Met had been using policemen to trap homosexual men in lavatories and that it was common for the constables in the course of the trial to lie about what had happened . This use of ...
Page 145
... number of homosexual crimes and convictions unaltered , and it would be a gross misrepresentation of this particular ... large number of people should utter loud cheers because we have removed from the field of criminality ...
... number of homosexual crimes and convictions unaltered , and it would be a gross misrepresentation of this particular ... large number of people should utter loud cheers because we have removed from the field of criminality ...
Page 158
... number of charges , but produced a great inflation in crimes such as homosexual offences , where the accused was charged with a large number of offences but convicted on only a small number of them . As a result it seemed in the early ...
... number of charges , but produced a great inflation in crimes such as homosexual offences , where the accused was charged with a large number of offences but convicted on only a small number of them . As a result it seemed in the early ...
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Typical Men: The Representation of Masculinity in Popular British Cinema Andrew Spicer No preview available - 2003 |
The World We Have Won: The Remaking of Erotic and Intimate Life Jeffrey Weeks No preview available - 2007 |