Source Record
Genius on trial: key sources relating to Oscar Wilde at The National Archives
Why this source is used
National Archives webarchive source on key Oscar Wilde trial documents, including the 1895 trials and two-year hard-labour sentence.
Start with the answer
Start with the answer How did UK law criminalise homosexuality before 1967? Before 1967, English and Welsh law criminalised male same-sex intimacy through buggery and gross indecency offences, with punishments ranging from execution to imprisonment. Read the topic guide Criminalisation Before Decriminalisation Before partial decriminalisation in 1967, English and Welsh law criminalised male same-sex intimacy through sodomy and gross indecency offences.
Source Status
- Publisher
- The National Archives
- Type
- archive
- Reliability
- high
- Cited by
- 3 pages
Source Links
Open original source https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20251210105221/https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/genius-on-trial-key-sources-relating-to-oscar-wilde-at-the-national-archives/ Accessed 2 June 2026 Open archived copy https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20251210105221/https://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/genius-on-trial-key-sources-relating-to-oscar-wilde-at-the-national-archives/
