On this day, 125 years ago, Oscar Wilde was convicted of ‘gross indecency’ and slapped with the ‘maximum sentence allowed’

It is 125 years today since Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years hard labour for the simple crime of being gay. Wilde’s conviction in 1895 came as something of a shock in London literary circles. The Irish writer had taken the city by storm with plays like Salomé and …...