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The “#MollyHouses” of the #Regency #era were basically just #sophisticated #19thCentury #gay #sexclubs

We first hear of #mollyhouses in 1700, mostly through #court #transcripts and the #hysterical #articles of #investigative #journalists. In the #18thcentury, the molly house that attracted the most gasping and pearl-clutching was #MotherClap’s #MollyHouse in the #Holborn #borough of #London.

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https://www.queerty.com/the-molly-houses-of-the-regency-era-were-basically-just-sophisticated-19th-century-gay-sex-clubs-20230521

The "molly houses" of the Regency era were basically just sophisticated 19th century gay sex clubs - Queerty

“Mollies” a.k.a. gay men would meet in taverns, alehouses, or coffee-houses (think less Starbucks, more cafe-and-hostel) for discreet encounters of the racy kind.

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