Humpday History Highlight
By Wyatt Earp | April 6, 2011
April 6, 1895 – Oscar Wilde Arrested
Writer Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
Wilde had been engaged in an affair with the marquess’s son since 1891, but when the outraged marquess denounced him as a homosexual, Wilde sued the man for libel. However, he lost his case when evidence strongly supported the marquess’s observations. Homosexuality was classified as a crime in England at the time, and Wilde was arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to two years of hard labor.
Homosexuality was classified as a crime? Good thing Justin Bieber made it big in 2010, huh? I’m just sayin’.
Topics: HHH, Literature | 14 Comments »
April 6th, 2011 at 5:35 am
I was a bisexual for a while.
Any sex I got, I had to buy.
April 6th, 2011 at 8:02 am
Robert B. – Hell, I’ll take anything!
April 6th, 2011 at 9:17 am
It’s illegal to sleep naked in Minnesota, and in Utah you can’t marry your first cousin before the age of 65.
April 6th, 2011 at 9:29 am
what exactly was the hard labor they made homosexuals do?
April 6th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Hairdressing and interior design.
April 6th, 2011 at 9:36 am
Mrs. Crankipants – And by then, why bother?
Orchid – Bending over and picking up all the dropped soap?
April 6th, 2011 at 10:23 am
Wyatt:
Wasn’t there an old law that forbade kissing at train stations?
(and the libtards want to bring back high-speed rail…all that SIN…lol)
Stay safe.
April 6th, 2011 at 11:25 am
Bob G – It’s so Congress can get out of town before the torches and pitchforks arrive.
April 6th, 2011 at 11:26 am
Homosexual? Really? Best disguise ever! Totally had me fooled.
April 6th, 2011 at 11:39 am
Looks like a steampunk Adam Ant, doesn’t he?
April 6th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
John D – Looks as straight as Richard Simmons.
Wes S. – Don’t drink, don’t smoke, eh, I don’t want to know what he does.
April 6th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Not too many years earlier he might have faced execution.
I can find no support for this, but supposedly when the homosexuality law[s] were being revised Queen Victoria wondered why women were included, as she could not imagine how they could derive sexual pleasure. Albert must have been quite something…
April 6th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
when the outraged marquess denounced him as a homosexual, Wilde sued the man for libel.
Sooooo……what was his defense ?
“I’m not a homosexual, but my partner is” ?
April 8th, 2011 at 8:42 am
John A – He was the John Holmes of the realm!
JT – I’m gay, but I don’t like it?