It comprises diary entries, letters, newspaper reports, extracts from novels and more, on a subject so alien at the time to polite society that many couldn't even agree on what to call it.
Conservative peer Earl Winterton said homosexualism, an internal Metropolitan police report applied the dainty tongs of a hyphen (homo-sexuals), while others opted for pansies.
Public profile of gay men increasing, partly through famous cases like John Gielgud's arrest in 1953. Elsewhere, a moving tone with statements on the support for affection and concerns about age-gap relationships.
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