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Wait, was Buckingham Palace built on a gay brothel?

Rictor Norton compiled his research in a new essay titled “The Gay Subculture in Early Eighteenth-Century London.” In it, he quotes English politician Clement Walker as chronicling gay sex in Mulberry Garden, now the site of Buckingham Palace.In 1649, Walker wrote of the “new-erected sodoms and spintries at the Mulberry Garden at S. James’s.” (For the uninformed, “sodoms and spintries” refer to brothels and sex workers.)Norton also quotes another writer from the 1600s, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, who penned a poem about his love of linkboys–that is, young men tasked with carrying a torch alongside noblemen at night in the city:Nor shall our love-fits, Chloris, be forgot,When each the well-looked linkboy strove t’enjoy,And the best kiss was the deciding lotWhether the boy f*cked you, or I the boy.Apparently, the Earl of Rochester was also versatile.
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28.09 / 02:39
lesbian boy Buckingham Palace May Have Been Site Of A Gay Brothel In The 1600s
 The Gay Subculture in Early Eighteenth-Century London.Rictor explained that the first known gay brothels and cruising spots may have appeared in London circa 1600.However, Rictor made the dubious discovery relating to the Buckingham palace site when he stumbled upon the writings of English politician Clement Walker, who in 1649 mentioned the existence of “new-erected sodoms and spintries at the Mulberry Garden at S. James’s.”The Mulberry Gardens were created by King James, and is at present the northwest corner of Buckingham Palace.
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