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Molly house is an
archaic English term for a tavern or private room where
homosexual males and
transwomen could meet each other and possible sexual partners. Found in most of the larger cities, Molly houses were a precursor to the modern
gay bar.
The most famous of these was
Mother Clap's Molly house in the
Holborn area of
London. In the
18th century, homosexual males in England were prosecuted under
sodomy laws, for which the penalty was death by
hanging. The court records of their users' trials are the main documentary evidence of such establishments that survive today. On
9 May 1726, three men (
Gabriel Lawrence,
William Griffin, and
Thomas Wright) were hanged at
Tyburn for sodomy.
Charles Hitchen, the Under City Marshal (and crime lord), was also convicted (in
1727) of attempted sodomy at a Molly house.
Patrons of Molly houses (who were called "Mollies") often dressed in women's clothing, took on female personae, and affected
effeminate mannerisms and speech.
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