Lovely Lyttelton Lag
Posted by | Posted on May 1, 2026, 4:03 PM
Salacious reports in a tabloid newspaper open the door to a look at the queer life of Lyttelton gaol at the start of the twentieth century.
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Cranleigh Barton, Queen Mother
Posted by | Posted on Apr 5, 2026, 2:10 PM
Cranleigh Barton was a discreetly homosexual New Zealand lawyer and artist. In 1915, a friend sent him the campest of letters.
John Williams of Ohio
Posted by | Posted on Jul 6, 2025, 2:21 PM
John Williams arrived in New Zealand from America in the late nineteenth century, and spent many years in prison. He died while serving a life sentence for sodomy. What do we know of his life?
