attitudes+towards+homosexuality+in+WWI


 * Attitudes towards homosexuality in 1918/**
 * “You’re not going to believe this. They’re sending him to Rivers.”**
 * This was a bigger, and nastier shock than Sassoon knew how to account for. “Why?”**
 * “ What do you mean, ‘ Why’ ? To be cured of course.”**
 * Sassoon smiled faintly. “ Yes. Of course.” (199) /**
 * The definition of homosexuality is sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex. / [|The dictionary]/ Essentially, homosexuality was frowned upon and not really accepted during the WWI time period. People who were homosexual were often undercover and kept it secret, or continued their lives with a member of the opposite sex. People thought of homosexuality as a “disease” and could require some sort of medical treatment. After WWI, their was a rise of a gay pride movement where people began to “come out”. / [|Check out Wikipedia]/ WRH + ESS**