The most well known molly-house in 18th century London was that owned by Mother Clap, which had been open from 1724 to 1726, when a raid sustained by the Societies for the Reformation …

2020年6月19日 · 18th century London was home to a flourishing gay subculture with Molly Houses at the centre of the social scene. ‘Molly’ was a slur used for effeminate, homosexual …

Coming from Latin ‘mollis’, meaning soft or delicate, ‘molly’ was 18th-century slang for a camp, effeminate and presumably gay man. The pubs, clubs and coffee houses in which they would …

2017年12月8日 · A whole molly underworld found its home in London, with molly houses, the clubs and bars where these men congregated, scattered across the city like stars in the night sky.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, there was an explosion of institutions known as 'molly houses', where men could go to dress as women to dance, drink and celebrate. Find out more …

2016年11月20日 · In 18th century London a 'molly house' was a coffeehouse, inn, or tavern at which men could meet in secret to socialise and have sex. 'Molly' or 'moll' was a slang term for …

Molly houses were not exclusive to London. In 1806, 24 mostly working-class men were arrested for offences committed together at a public house in Sankey, on the outskirts of Warrington. …

Randolph Trumbach was the first historian to argue that there was a thriving, gay male subculture in eighteenth-century London. The public life of this subculture revolved around certain coffee …

This pioneering historical study is the first comprehensive chronicle of the English gay community at its 18th-century roots, sporting for the first time a distinctive subculture with its "molly …

A Molly House was a cross between a gay club and brothel in the 18th century. They were social venues where people could come to sing and dance, but men could sit on each other’s laps.