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Sundance: ‘Sweetheart’ Director Luke Wintour on Secret Gay Life in 1720s England and His Aunt Anna Wintour’s Support of His ‘Queerness and Filmmaking’
'Sweetheart' director Luke Wintour talks gay life in 1720s England and his aunt Anna Wintour's support of the queer community.
Long before – like centuries before — “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” there were Molly Houses, queer underground clubs that operated in London in the 1700s. By day, these houses were regular coffeehouses, but at night, they turned into secret same-sex watering holes that included drag performances, sexual activity and more. Much of the story is based on court records of countless men who were arrested during police raids of Molly Houses.
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