#mollyhouse — Public Fediverse posts
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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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