"For the Uplift of Humanity"
On the Newport sex scandal of 1919, and our long history of persecuting difference
![Mug shot of a sailor charged for sodomy, a crime that in 1919 was the centre of a whole sting operation in Newport. Mug shot of a sailor charged for sodomy, a crime that in 1919 was the centre of a whole sting operation in Newport.](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45ab6819-7fd7-49a6-9bd9-2df51f055ae6_1200x630.png)
Today, we’re looking at an episode from a …
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