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LGBTQ* History You Should Know

(and probably never heard of)

MOLLY HOUSES

* precursor of “Gay bars”

* Found during the 18th century

* Privately owned taverns and homes

— had a private room for homosexuals and cross-dressers

— “safe” area for people to meet

* Many of the Molly Houses collapsed following the England’s ruling of sodomy as a capital offense (though a handful survived until the late 19th century)

NAME CAME FROM “Mollies” — which was an effeminate term for gay men in the 1700’s.

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