19th century era pictures of gay couples.

Gay men were persecuted with public hangings due to the public notion that it was "chosen" rather than born. However, laws were selectively applied and so gay men were somewhat safe unless they were fully "out" meaning they had to be discrete. Here are several photographs of 19th century gay lovers, they're ever so adorable, it's really too bad they existed at a time where you "maybe" could get hung depending on if some bigot was having a bad day ❤️

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