#Peter Wildeblood

[mrmousetolliver]

Against the Law (1955) by Peter Wildeblood Arrested on January 9, 1954 and charged in March with "conspiracy to incite certain male persons to commit serious offences with male persons" ( or buggery), Wildeblood admitted during the trial to being a homosexual and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Published in 1955, Against the Law chronicles Wildebloods experiences with the British legal system, and brought to light the appalling conditions in HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, and encouraged campaigns for prison reform and for reform of law regarding homosexuality. Wildeblood was convicted in what is known as the Montagu Trial, in which he and several other men were convicted.

#classic #gay #gay writer #lgbt writers #required reading #gay history #lgbt history #peter wildeblood

[mariocki]

Victoria Regina: Spring (1.1, Granada, 1964)

"I don't know what to think of it."

"It, meaning what?"

"Female. On the throne. King would have been so much better."

"Oh, I don't know, my lord: heirs male of the last generation have not been a conspicuous success."

"No English king has been a conspicuous success since Edward I."

"Yet the monarchy has gone on."

"Yes. And it's gone off."

#victoria regina #spring #granada #classic tv #1964 #laurence housman #peter wildeblood #stuart latham #patricia routledge #joachim hansen #geoffrey dunn #max adrian #michael bilton #cyril luckham #miles malleson #marianne deeming #nicholas courtney #humphrey morton #ann way #michael wolf #finding myself in something of a Saint burnout I turned to this 4 part mini series from 1964 to freshen my brain. ah good old granada‚ #could you be further from the uneasy gloss and polish of ITC? immediately we open on drabby little sets and actors stumbling over their #lines. feels like.. home. based on the play by Housman‚ a fascinating figure (more or less openly gay at a very dangerous time to be so‚ #and a passionate supporter of womens suffrage who produced art and propaganda for the cause and was arrested at rallies) the play had been #adapted for American tv a couple of years earlier‚ but the text dated back to 1934 and it's surprising how fresh and modern it feels #almost certainly that's a reflection of Housman's progressive sensibilities. this is no simple hagiography but a study of what it meant for #a woman to be crowned in England in that time. Routledge is superb as the young queen‚ an apparent innocent in the ways of courtly politics #and deferential to her male advisors; but beneath it just the beginnings of a sense of steel at her centre‚ an unwillingness to bend or to #otherwise compromise on a point of principle. also excellent is Cyril Luckham‚ nearly unrecognisable beneath a dashing wig‚ as Victoria's #first PM Lord Melbourne. history has not been especially kind to Melbourne‚ but if he was anything like Luckham's kindly uncle he was ok

[the-breath-in-air]

An "oh no what am I going to watch after Fellow Travelers is done?" List

When I first saw the trailer for Fellow Travelers I was disappointed because it looked predictable. Turns out it wasn't nearly as predictable as I thought, and is actually quite good. But then I got to thinking...why not share a list of series and movies that folks might be interested in watching once Fellow Travelers is done airing.

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If you want to see more about McCarthyism, Roy Cohn and the Lavender Scare:

Bully. Coward. Victim. (2019) and Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019) - Both of these documentaries focus on the life of Roy Cohn, from his time at the McCarthy hearings, to his time as the Studio 54 lawyer, to his work during the Reagan era and his eventual death from AIDS. Where's My Roy Cohn? also focuses in on Roy Cohn's working relationship with Donald Trump. "Bully. Coward. Victim. was produced by the granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and as such, it also focuses more on the lasting impact of Cohn's role in their executions. There's a lot of overlap between the two documentaries, but I think they're both worth watching if you can.

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If you want to see more stories of gay men in the 1950s:

Against the Law (2017) - This is a biopic about Peter Wildeblood, a man who was put on trial for homosexuality and who, remarkably, acknowledged that he was gay during the trial. This trial and Wildeblood's later actions, are considered pivotal in the movement toward decriminalizing homosexuality in the UK. The movie takes place mostly in the 1950s and, again, deals with queer men trying to find love in a time in which laws, social norms, etc. made it exceedingly difficult to do so. The drama is interspersed with interviews in 2017 with real queer men who were alive at the time of the trial.

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If you want to see more stories of ruthless politicians trying to hide that they're gay:

A Very English Scandal (2018) - As the title suggests, this miniseries takes place in the UK. It's based on a true story...even the more outlandish moments. Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) is a career politician who's been hiding that he's gay for decades. He's developed a ruthlessness and callousness to his own situation and he, predictably, treats everyone around him as disposable. Then along comes Norman Scott (Ben Whishaw), a young man who Thorpe is instantly attracted to. But Scott struggles with self-acceptance and mental health issues, and Thorpe has no compassion nor patience for any of that. The result is a dark comedy about this doomed relationship alongside the change to the law in the UK to decriminalize homosexuality.

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If you want to see more stories of queer folks in the 1980s:

It's A Sin (2021) - This is a miniseries that follows a group of queer folks during the 1980s in London. It's all about their search for love and finding themselves and whatnot, even as they are forced to deal with HIV and AIDS. It's a good show that is worth a watch, especially if you haven't seen much else about being queer in the '80s.

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Angels in America (2003) - Of course Angels in America was going to end up on this list. It is one of the definitive pieces of fiction on living in New York during the AIDS crisis. The play was originally performed in 1991...just four years after AZT was approved for use in the US to treat HIV and AIDS. It's big, and complex, and as much about the state of the U.S. at the time as it is about these individual characters and their lives. Also, Roy Cohn shows up, working as a political operative for Reagan. It really is, as it's subtitle says, "A Gay Fantasia on National Themes."

#fellow travelers #bully coward victim #where's my roy cohn #against the law #a very english scandal #it's a sin #angels in america

[suzy-queued]

@gallavichthings

@gallavichthings

A.U.gust day 12: 1950s

Mickey and Ian are Peter Wildeblood and Eddie McNally, British lovers who were persecuted. Their relationship paved the way for the decriminalization of homosexuality. The book and movie Against the Law chronicle their story. Learn more here

Full gallery here | Prompt list here

#A.U.gust #gallavich fan art #day 12 1950s #ian x mickey

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bethanroberts8: Today the film of my novel #mypoliceman will have its world premiere @tiff_net! A long time ago, I started thinking about Bob and Morgan - EM Forster and the love of his life, the policeman Bob Buckingham. And I read the wonderful oral history Daring Hearts and Peter Wildeblood's searing memoir Against the Law. Then I made a lot of stuff up and wrote it down. And now, thanks to @robbierogers, @gberlanti @michaelgrandagecompany, @amazonstudios, @harrystyles, @emmalouisecorrin, @mrdrdawson, #ruperteverett, #linusroache & #ginamckee,here we are. Bonkers. And brilliant.

#bethan roberts #harry styles #sep22 #mpm #tiff22

[puzzlehat]

okay so at this point i’ve gone through most of martin hutson’s filmography and amongst his tv roles we’ve got:

miniature figurine painter who a woman left her husband for (in a murder mystery series)

heir to a photography shop who kills two men to protect a woman he’s infatuated with (in a murder mystery series)

devout catholic boy with a shit job and his relationship with his girlfriend falling apart who gets killed by his priest mentor after realizing said priest buddy is a german spy (in a murder mystery series)

lawyer who was part of a gambling ring and gets killed trying to get access to the money years later (in a murder mystery series)

guy who has to tell some woman about her lover? husband? cheating on her? and ends up asking the receptionist on a date before being dumped by her immediately afterwards and never being seen again (in a medical drama)

guy who has to tell his ex-boyfriend’s girlfriend that her boyfriend is queer (in a medical drama)

actual peter wildeblood (in a british-political-history dramatization series)

mi5 agent keeping an eye on some correspondent and his model girlfriend (in a british-political-history-dramatization series)

journalist keeping an eye on the unearthing of tutankhamuns tomb (in a british-political-history-dramatization series)

and then for his movie roles we’ve got

new york cop

monk with the monk haircut

[keep-tilting-at-windmills]

Born in the home of his grandparents in Thurlow Square, South Kensington, on October 20, 1926, Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, was an English politician known for founding the National Motor Museum, as well as for a pivotal cause célèbre in British gay history following his conviction and imprisonment for homosexual sex in 1954.

An alumnus of Ridley College, Canada, before going on to Eton College and finally New College, Oxford, Lord Beaulieu inherited his title at the age of two and held it for 86 years and 155 days; the third longest time anyone has held a British peerage (the others being the 7th Marquess Townshend at 88 years, and the 13th Lord Sinclair at 87 years).

Lord Montagu, a friend of Princess Margaret and Liberace, read Modern History at Oxford; though an altercation in his second year between the Bullingdon Club and the Oxford University Dramatic Society led to his room being wrecked and he felt obliged to leave.

Beaulieu gained an interest in motoring from his father (who commissioned the original 'Spirit of Ecstasy' mascot for his Rolls-Royce), and his family collection of historic cars led him to open the National Motor Museum in the grounds of his stately home, Beaulieu Palace House, Beaulieu, Hampshire, in 1952.

Despite keeping his homosexual affairs discreet and out of the public eye, Montagu became one of the most notorious public figures of his generation after his conviction for 'conspiracy to incite certain male persons to commit serious offences with male persons'; the law, commonly referred to at the time as 'The Blackmailer's Charter', being derived from that used in the Oscar Wilde trials in 1895.

In 1950s England, witch hunts, later called the 'Lavender Scare', were ruining the lives of gay men and lesbian women who lived amid an atmosphere said to be virulently anti-homosexual. So much so, as many as a 1000 men were reportedly locked up in Britain's prisons every year; imprisonments, often the result of entrapment by 'agents provocateurs' (undercover police officers posing as gay men soliciting in public places).

Convicted of performing gross offences with an RAF serviceman during a weekend party at the beach hut on his country estate, Beaulieu was imprisoned for twelve months along with Michael Pitt-Rivers and Peter Wildeblood; though the trial caused such a backlash of opinion among politicians and church leaders, it resulted in the setting up of the Wolfenden Committee,which, in its 1957 report, recommended the decriminalisation of homosexual activity in private between two adults. Ten years later, Parliament finally carried out the recommendation; a huge turning point in gay history in Britain, where anal sex had been a criminal offence since 1533.

Lord Montagu died on August 31, 2015, at his Beaulieu Estate in the New Forest. He rests alongside his parents in the family plot in the churchyard of The Church of the Blessed Virgin and Holy Child, Beaulieu.

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Reino Unido, 24 de março de 1954. Dez anos antes da descriminalização da homossexualidade, jornalista Peter Wildeblood e seus amigos Lord Montagu e Michael Pitt-Rivers são condenados e presos para indecência e sodomia.

[autumncottageattic]

A Very British Sex Scandal (2007)

#a very british sex scandal #A Very British Sex Scandal 2007 #drama film #documentary drama #homosexuality in Great Britain #homosexuality #Sam Heughan #Martin Hutson #Peter Wildeblood #gay men #Eddie McNally #Lord Edward Montagu #movies to watch

[comeseimportasse]

Dovevo controllare ogni mia parola, ogni mio gesto,per non tradirmi. Quando venivano fatte battute sui "queers" dovevo ridere come gli altri, e quando si parlava di donne dovevo inventarmi delle conquiste.

Mi odiavo in quei momenti, ma mi sembrava di non poter fare diversamente.

Peter Wildeblood

#comeseimportasse #citazioni #frasi #frasi trumblr #citazione tumblr #peter wildeblood #processato e condannato per omosessualitá #queer #lgbt #lgbtq+

[mariocki]

Victoria Regina: Winter (1.4, Granada, 1964)

"What is one to do? There are so many of them - far too many, as you say - and social conditions make it so difficult, you can't get rid of ignorance in a day, Mrs. Clayton!"

"No, nor in a lifetime if one does nothing. Indifference, prejudice, class distinction; all help."

"Help?"

"Have helped, most certainly, to make Windsor what no self-respecting place ought to be."

"Would you wish to get rid of class distinction, Mrs. Clayton?"

"I would wish to get rid of anything, ma'am, which prevents people from recognising their responsibilities."

#victoria regina #classic tv #granada #winter #1964 #laurence housman #peter wildeblood #stuart latham #patricia routledge #max adrian #jameson clark #dorothy reynolds #lloyd pearson #kevin brennan #rosamond burne #ernest milton #ian wilson #george curzon #charles cullum #john h. moore #christopher steele #having been in some ways sidelined by the plot of Albert's death in Autumn‚ Victoria is once again centre stage for Winter. dealing with #her final decades as queen‚ the play opens on VR receiving old friend Disraeli (a welcome return for Max Adrian‚ here playing Disraeli as #an old and tired man compared to the twinkling politician of Autumn) before quickly taking in meetings with a reformer of public life and #then a group of bishops. the effect is to present a queen who is as strong of spirit and mettle as she ever was‚ but who is gradually #living out of time and touch with her country; Mrs Clayton is something of a grotesque and the scene clearly has a comic element‚ but she's #also right when she talks about improving conditions for the poor and updating infrastructure. even the bishops are able to appreciate #changing times and evolving views. but Victoria is so steeped in tradition that she risks belonging to an age entirely separate from her #people. Housman was a gay‚ feminist reformer so it's fairly obvious where his sympathies lie‚ but he also lived through the period this ep #covers: his portrait of the queen is not without affection‚ and the series ends on a note of public celebration with the diamond jubilee

[the-breath-in-air]

Watching 2007′s A Very British Sex Scandal and then 2017′s Against the Law one after the other is interesting. They’re both depictions of Peter Wildeblood, his love affair with Edward McNally, and his trial for “gross indecency” (alongside Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers).

One of the big differences is that in Against the Law, Wildeblood is portrayed as very naive about queer culture of the time and naive about the oppression he faces. In A Very British Sex Scandal, Wildeblood’s depicted as far more aware of the danger he faced.

#a very british sex scandal #against the law #peter wildeblood

[biggaypictureshow]

Against The Law (DVD Review) – A look back at one of Britain’s most infamous gay sex scandals

#against the law #daniel mays #lgbtq #gay tv #peter wildeblood #gay history

[burntlikethesun]

Happy Pride Month!

if you're from the UK and your LGBT education begins and ends with Stonewall, and you want to know about British history, here's a little starter pack of visual media that will entertain and educate about our past:

Maurice (1987) - After his lover rejects him, a young man trapped by the oppressiveness of Edwardian society tries to come to terms with and accept his sexuality. First gay film that has an unambiguously happy ending for a romantic couple.

It's a Sin (2021) - Ritchie, Colin and Roscoe leave home at 18 to begin new lives in 1981 London, but they find themselves challenged by a virus that most of the world ignores.

Gentleman Jack (2019) - It's 1832 in West Yorkshire, England -- the cradle of the evolving Industrial Revolution -- where landowner Anne Lister is determined to save her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall, even if it means bucking society's expectations. Based on the diaries of Anne Lister.

Pride (2014) - Realising that they share common foes in Margaret Thatcher, the police and the conservative press, London-based gay and lesbian activists lend their support to striking miners in 1984 Wales. Based on a true story.

Against the Law (2017) - When Peter Wildeblood fell in love with Edward McNally in 1952, homosexuality was a crime in Britain. Their love affair would have devastating consequences for each of them. Events leading up to the Wolfenden Report and the first openly gay man to challenge discrimination in court in England.

Queer as Folk (1999) British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. One of the first instances of gay life being centred in a British drama rather than a sub plot.

Man in an Orange Shirt (2017) - Two entwined yet separate stories illustrate the very different challenges to happiness for two gay couples in England - Michael and Thomas in the aftermath of World War II and Adam and Steve in the present day. Although they are set decades apart, the two stories are linked by family and a painting that holds a secret that is carried down from one generation to the next.

A Very English Scandal (2018) - It is the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been decriminalised, and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he is desperate to hide. Based on a true story.

Bob and Rose (2001) - A gay school teacher, Bob, is fed up with the shallowness of the gay club scene in Manchester. A romantic at heart, Bob yearns to meet the right person and settle down. After yet another unsuccessful date, he meets a woman who catches his eye, Rose. Features protests against Section 28.

Hating Peter Tatchell (2021) - Documentary. The profound life story of the controversial human rights campaigner whose provocative acts of civil disobedience rocked the establishment, revolutionised attitudes to homosexuality and exposed tyrants in the fight for equality.

#lgbt history #lgbt uk #lgbt #gay history #pride

[kenneth-williams-diaries]

"Obviously the sex life of consenting adults of same or opposite sex has nothing to do with the State. The present law is so primitively barbaric that it gives rise to more trouble than it would ever be, without it."

Kenneth Williams Diary entry on 14 January 1956, after reading Peter Wildeblood's book on the Montagu case, 'Against the Law' (1955)

His devastatingly honest diaries, which he kept from the age of 16 until his death from an overdose of barbiturates at the age of 62 (in 1988), is arguably his greatest legacy. Filled with malicious gossip, anecdotes and waspish humour, it's posthumous publication caused a sensation. It also revealed a desperately lonely man, ill at ease with his sexuality. To his friend the playwright Joe Orton he confided, 'I'm basically guilty about being a homosexual, you see.'

taken from "Speak Its Name! - Quotations by and about gay men and women" Edited by Christopher Tinker (National Portrait Gallery, UK 2016)

In order to do justice to Ken, I have to add (t)his pride flag as he often described himself as asexual, too ...

#🌈 ... for you love 💜🖤🤍 #Kenneth Williams #The Kenneth Williams Diaries #KW in his own words #Speak Its Name! #excerpts #homosexuality #asexuality #lgbqt #queer history #lgbqt pride #gay pride #gay rights #lgbqt flags #Union Jack gay pride #Union Jack asexual pride #my edits #photo edits #photo montage #UK history #luv u my prince!!!!!!

[lylethewarblerguy]

Klaine has really helped young gay men to cope through difficult times of their lives, when depressed, bullied or alone. Their story gives hope to many young men that they will find love, marry and have kids too. What do you think of their legacy?

I don’t know if this ask is in good faith but I will operate under the assumption that it is.

Long post so it'll be under 'keep reading'.

TL:DR I think it's important to acknowledge the fact that Klaine has done a lot of good for the community whilst also not ignoring or minimising the bad.

I see Klaine in a similar way to how I see Peter Wildeblood. If you don’t who that is: Wildeblood was one of the first publicly homosexual men in the UK and he was a gay rights advocate in the 1950s. He did a lot for gay people and the decriminalisation of homosexuality, and he is an extremely important figure in the history of gay rights in the UK.

But Wildeblood was also extremely homophobic towards the broader gay community. He was constantly distancing himself from those whom he described as the “pathetically flamboyant pansy”. He was somewhat pro conversion therapy and thought that being gay was inherently wrong and something you shouldn't be proud of. But also something that you can’t control and therefore shouldn’t be jailed for.

It is possible to acknowledge the immense positive impact that Wildeblood had on gay rights in the UK whilst also acknowledging that he wasn’t a great person and that he did a lot to hurt some particularly vulnerable members of the community.

That is how I see Klaine. I completely acknowledge the good that Klaine has done and the progress that they’ve made for the queer community. But I also acknowledge the harm that they’ve done by romanticising an abusive relationship and giving young queer people unhealthy expectations for what a queer relationship should look like.

For the people whom Klaine helped: I am so happy for you! I am glad you found something that helped you make sense of yourself and your experiences and that you found something to help you get through what life throws at you. I don’t ever wanna take that away from you and I don’t think you should be expected to take that away from yourself. I have never and will never argue that Klaine didn’t do anything good for the queer community. But I just also will never ignore the harm they've caused to some queer people. Similarly to how you can acknowledge how glee as a whole has helped people whilst also acknowledging that the show did some pretty problematic and outright bigoted shit sometimes.

All in all, to answer your question, I have absolutely nothing against them having helped people and I am extremely happy for anyone who they do help. However, I don't think they should be publically hailed as a perfect piece of queer representation, a great relationship, or something to look up to and want.

#I'm gonna tag this with #anti klaine #lol klaine #not because this is those things #but because I don't want people who love klaine #seeing this and attacking me