Talk:Molly house

Only buggery that was illegal?

I don't think this is correct: "homosexuality in England was illegal, punishable by execution". Wasn't it buggery that was illegal, rather than homosexuality per se? DavidFarmbrough 08:37, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Homosexuality was recriminalised by the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. Dave420 12:09, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Not correct, homosexuality was never illegal. It was homosexual acts that were banned. The Act criminalized "gross indecency with another male, whether "in public or in private"".203.184.41.226 (talk) 22:22, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

Isn't this a fish?

Can we have this direct to a fish instead? At least have a disambiguation?

See Molly for disambiguation. Ashley VH (talk) 23:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Miss Molly

According to Rock 'n' Roll lore, the song "Good Golly Miss Molly" by Little Richard (1956) was a direct refrence to this and alludes to his days as a drag queen in such an establishment.

See [[1]]

Stratuser (talk) 10:05, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

You would need a WP:RS before you can insert that here, and there isn't one on that page - the only source (Rolling Stone) makes no mention of this. Mish (talk) 10:43, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Was BDSM also part of the Molly house,

I know a lot of TV's nower days like BDSM and there must have been men back then sort out suck activitys. There are no references to any place where men could go and see a dominatrix. There must have been somewhere, its like prostitution its one of the oldest professions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.121.129 (talk) 19:45, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Article improvement - University project

Hello everybody contributing to this page. I'm a student from a History of English Culture class at Ca' Foscari University and as part of my exam I chose to (try and) contribute to the improving of this article. My references for the moment are:

• Tim Hitchcock & Robert Shoemaker, Tales from the Hanging Court, Hodder Education 2007, pp.12-17
• The Old Bailey Online proceedings
• Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England: A Sourcebook. Updated 15 April 2015
• [2]
• [3]

Any advice (as for bibliography or editing) will be very appreciated. Thank you. --Pbord (talk) 21:43, 18 October 2015 (UTC)

You can also have a look at the book prof. Clegg suggested:

• English masculinities, 1660-1800, edited by Tim Hitchcock and Michèle Cohen, London ; New York : Longman, 1999

It is available in the University library Ca' Foscari BALI - Studi Europei e Postcoloniali. You can look for its collocation in the University's On-line Public Access Catalogue. Altereli (talk) 12:36, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you very much, I borrowed it along with other texts I will add soon to the list. Pbord (talk) 18:29, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Hi, I know you have already been checking the Old Bailey website, but I have found this, and I think it might provide you with some new information, especially because of the introductory reading you find at the bottom of the page! Here you go: The Old Bailey - Homosexuality Asile91 (talk) 11:20, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you @Asile91:, thank you for reminding me that link, it was one of the first article I read but I almost forgot it while looking for other suggestions!

Assignment week 10:offering suggestions

Hi Pbord! I have chosen your article to do the assignment of week 10.So I hope you do not mind me offering suggestions to you. I will be just telling some of the things I would do at this point if I had to expand this article. But, of course, the validity and pertinence of my advice needs to be checked with our instructors. I really like the general structure but I would at least add more information in the sections "Famous molly houses in London", "Molly Houses and law enforcement" and "Trials related to molly houses". Perhaps, one could give more details about the mentioned people, places and acts (ex. Margaret Clap, Buggery Act 1533 and Charles Hitchen). In addition, one could report the story of one or more exemplary cases in the section "Trials related to molly houses". Thank you! Ml17221746 (talk) 15:00, 15 November 2015 (UTC)

Thank you @Ml17221746:, actually I'm currently working on the expansion of the sections you just cited, unluckily the difficulties I find lay in the integration of the content that was already present and my sources, and this slows considerably my work. Anyway, thank you very much, your feedback tells me I'm going to the right direction.

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