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Lovely Lyttelton Lag

Posted by ChrisB|  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 ChrisB|  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.

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John Williams of Ohio

Posted by ChrisB|  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?

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