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"Men Having Sex With Men in 19th-Century England," Dr. Chuck Upchurch (aka the Sodomitical Sleuth) Discusses Love, Sodomy, and the Death Penalty...Oh My!
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Dr. Chuck Upchurch explains that, in 19-century England, male same-sex love, desire, and sex came with frightening baggage...the death penalty! Chuck reveals that so many don't know that anyone engaging in sodomy could be put to death until 1861. Even though the last recorded death was in 1835, it took until 1861 for men having consensual sex with men to not worry about being sentenced to death! Chuck's new book "Beyond the Law: The Politics of Ending the Death…
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