Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.243
Object Name
badge
Title
AVENGE OSCAR WILDE
People
Oscar Wilde
Description
Orange circular badge with purple text reading "AVENGE OSCAR WILDE" in a stylised serif font.
The phrase âAvenge Oscar Wildeâ was popular during the 1970s gay liberation movement. Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer who was imprisoned in 1895-1897 for âgross indecencyâ for consensual homosexual acts.
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