The Cleveland Street Affair

• Author(s): Colin Simpson, Lewis Chester, David Leitch,
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Pages: 236
• ISBN_10: 0297771132
  ISBN_13: 9780297771135
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / LGBTQ , Social Science / LGBTQ+ Studies / Gay Studies , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Prostitution & Sex Trade ,

Description:... The Cleveland Street scandal occurred in 1889, when a homosexual male brothel in Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, was discovered by police. At the time, sexual acts between men were illegal in Britain, and the brothel's clients faced possible prosecution and certain social ostracism if discovered. It was rumoured that one client was Prince Albert Victor, who was the eldest son of the Prince of Wales and second-in-line to the British throne. The government was accused of covering up the scandal to protect the names of any aristocratic patrons.