DYK although #QueerSex was a capital crime, #MollyHouses sprang up in mid-17thC London to allow 1,000s of #GayMen to carry on their #SexLives? Many wore full drag & many celebrated #GayMarriages in them. Ghosts of #QueerHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

DYK being #queer earned the death penalty in 18thC England? But #GayCulture grew at the same time. #GayGuys or “#mollies” & #rentboys could #hookup, #crossdress, & #marry in London #mollyhouses. #Foucault said there was no #homosexuality until 19thC!?!? HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

18thC cross-dressing men from #MollyHouses used feminized names when they appeared in court: Black-eyed Leonora, Duchess of Devonshire, Duchess of Gloucester, Fanny Murray, Kitty Cambric, Kitty Fisher, Lady Godiva, Lucy Cooper, Miss Selina, Miss Sweet Lip, & Pretty Harriet!

DYK #MollyHouses began to spring up mid-17thC to allow thousands of #queers in London to carry on their #SexLives? Many wore #FullDrag & many celebrated #GayMarriages in them. Ghosts of #QueerHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #CrossDress

Rev. John Church performed #SameSexMarriage in 18thC London #MollyHouses. His church w/a phallic name—the Obelisk—served #queers & their allies. After he served 2 years for #sodomy, 1,000 people waited to hear him preach. #GayHistory #GayMarriage #GayRights

DYK #MollyHouses began to spring up mid-17thC to allow thousands of #queers in London to carry on their #SexLives? Many wore #FullDrag & many celebrated #GayMarriages in them. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory