LGBTQ+ history

During his time in Oxford, Wilde fully embraced ‘aesthetic flair’: growing his hair long; dressing in flamboyant fashions and assuming exaggerated affectations. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

7 facts you (probably) didn’t know about Oscar Wilde

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Young people celebrate outside the boarded-up Stonewall Inn after riots over the weekend of June 27, 1969. (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah/Getty Images)

Stonewall and the fight for gay rights . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

People outside the Stonewall Inn attempt to block police arrests, 28 June 1969. The crowd did not disperse until 4am the following morning (New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images)

Out of the closets and into the streets: the legacy of the Stonewall Riots

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Gentleman Jack, Suranne Jones as Anne Lister (Photo by BBC/Lookout Point/Jay Brooks)

Gentleman Jack . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Record producer Joe Meek

Joe Meek: the life and legacy of the British record producer

A 15th-century detail from the Fountain of Youth, Piedmont, Italy. (Image by De Agostini/Getty Images)

Sexing up history: how to study and tell the history of sex

Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in 'The Favourite'. (Photo by Twentieth Century Fox/Entertainment Pictures)

The Favourite: the real history behind the new Queen Anne film

A Campaign for Homosexual Equality rally held in London’s Trafalgar Square in 1974. The Sexual Offences Act of 1967 helped pave the way for activism such as this in the 1970s, says Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite. (Corbis via Getty Images)

The 1967 Sexual Offences Act: a landmark moment in the history of British homosexuality

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Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde in 'The Happy Prince'.

The Happy Prince: Rupert Everett on Oscar Wilde’s life in exile . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward IV of England. (GeorgiosArt via Getty Images)

The secret intimacies of Edward IV: multiple marriages and a same-sex affair?

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The Victorians’ surprisingly liberal attitude towards gay men