'Double lives - a history of sex and secrecy in Westminster', The Guardian 16 May 2015

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16 May 2015

Six sheets of A4, printed both sides; black, yellow and brown on white with colour photos. Printout from The Guardian newspaper online. Article by Michael Bloch, drawing on his forthcoming book "Closet Queens" to be published by Little, Brown later the same month. The article discusses male politicians who are known, or rumoured to have been "homosexual" or bisexual, or experienced sexual attraction or entanglements with other men, from the late 19th Century onwards. Includes sections on Jeremy Thorpe, Lord Rosebery (who Rosebery Avenue, Islington, is named after, and whose story has connections to Oscar Wilde), Earl Beauchamp, Winston Churchill, Bob Boothby Harold Nicholson, Viscount Hinchingbrooke, Henry 'Chips' Channon, Alan Lenox-Boyd, Sir Philip Sasoon, Sir Paul Latham (who served time in prison for a homosexual offence), Malcolm Bullock, Roy Jenkins, Tony Crosland, Richard Crossman, Derick Heathcote-Amory, Selwyn Lloyd, Ian Harvey, Charles fletcher-Cooke, Denzil Freeth, Edward Health (Prime Minister 1970-74), Alan Duncan, Matthey Parris, Hugh Dalton, Hugh Gaitskell, Oliver Baldwin, Gavin Henderson, George Thomas, Norman St John Stevas, Peter Mandelson, Michael Portillo, Stephen Twigg, Simon Hughes, Chris (now Lord Chris) Smith, Ben Bradshaw, Ron Davies, and David Laws.

LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+) Community, LGBTQ+ Individuals, LGBTQ+ Social Life, PARLIAMENT

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