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==Wilde's sexuality==
==Wilde's sexuality==
Although Wilde had relations with women in his youth, he became decidedly [[homosexual]] after his encounter with Robert Ross, and was also a [[pederast]]. Wilde himself believed that he belonged to a culture of "[[male love]]" inspired by the [[Greek pederastic tradition]], through his association with the Uranians. This claim does not really accord with the unsavory nature of Wilde's activities.
Although Wilde had relations with women in his youth, he became decidedly [[homosexual]] after his encounter with Robert Ross, and was also a [[pederast]]. Wilde himself believed that he belonged to a culture of "[[male love]]" inspired by the [[Greek pederastic tradition]], through his association with the Uranians. This claim does not really accord with the unsavory nature of Wilde's activities.
Friends such as Aubrey Beardsley and Max Beerbohm record Wilde sitting in the Café Royale in London chatting over dinner about having had relations with five boys in one night, and engaging in analingus.
Friends such as Aubrey Beardsley and Max Beerbohm record Wilde sitting in the Café Royale in London chatting over dinner about having had relations with five boys in one night, and engaging in analingus.
One of his witticisms recorded from this period is "Little boys should be obscene and not heard."
One of his witticisms recorded from this period is "Little boys should be obscene and not heard." During his trial, police brought evidence of him having homosexual relations with boys in thirteen different cases. <ref>Neil McKenna. The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, Random House, 2011 p.480-481. </ref>
His pronounced pederastic tastes are confirmed by many letters and poems, addressed to youths and choir-boys in erotic terms.
His pronounced pederastic tastes are confirmed by many letters and poems, addressed to youths and choir-boys in erotic terms.
The 1995 film about Oscar Wilde, starring Stephen Fry, omitted any reference to his taste for boys, in order to give the false impression that he was a victim and a martyr.
The 1995 film about Oscar Wilde, starring Stephen Fry, omitted any reference to his taste for boys, in order to give the false impression that he was a victim and a martyr.