Oscar Wilde 
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SOURCE: New York Times
6/1/2021
The Push to Preserve Where Wilde Was Jailed for Being Gay
The local council in Reading has been thus far rebuffed in its efforts to purchase Reading Jail, the site of Oscar Wilde's incarceration for "gross indecency," to make it publicly accessible as a historical monument.
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10-1-17
How Fake News Becomes History
by Laura Lee
The cases of Hillary Clinton and Oscar Wilde.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
10-19-16
Posthumous pardons law may see Oscar Wilde exonerated
Ministry of Justice announces initiative to wipe criminal records of gay and bisexual men convicted of sexual offences that are no longer illegal.
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SOURCE: Gay City News
9-4-13
Review of Roy Morris Jr.'s "Declaring His Genius"
by Doug Ireland
A seriously flawed book that only mentions Wilde's sexuality three times.
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