FURTHER RESEARCH INTO HOMOSEXUALITY
Police activity against gay men was rife throughout the 1950s. Many homosexuals were blackmailed, although only a fraction came to the attention of the police. The film Victim of 1961 brought these issues to a mainstream audience. It starred Dirk Bogarde as a repressed, married homosexual taking on the blackmailers who drove his partner to suicide.
The belief that homosexuality constituted an illness and could be cured was a staple of the popular press during the period
Homophobia in rural areas could be even more intense. Every young man and young woman was expected to get married and have children. Rural pressure to conform pushed many gay men and lesbians into unhappy marriages or even suicide.
The belief that homosexuality constituted an illness and could be cured was a staple of the popular press during the period
Homophobia in rural areas could be even more intense. Every young man and young woman was expected to get married and have children. Rural pressure to conform pushed many gay men and lesbians into unhappy marriages or even suicide.
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