The repression of Gordon's sexual instincts helped to release a flood of celibate energy which drove him into weird beliefs, eccentric activities, and a sometimes misplaced confidence in his own judgement.
"What this most certainly meant", indeed.
This is unsubstantiated homosexual propaganda intented to burnish the reputation of homosexuality by attempting to link their practises to historical heros.
This rang a distant bell. I could hardly let it go with what I knew.
The Battle of Britain was a triumph for the RAF. Now in the war 1939-1945, Some cartoonist created a mythical figure of a fighter pilot. He was a fop, educated in England's so called public schools, the elite of Harrow and Eton Notable for homosexuality. He used his own language such as "wizard prang" etc.
Someone ran an article claiming the "homosexual British fighter pilots" defeated the " masculine Luftwaffe". It was generally mocked as "the gaying of the Royal Airforce".
A former RAF officer came on the television and explained that the heroes were Flight Sergeants, not the rakish fops depicted. He said they were the pick of the lower middle class. He said since homosexual relations were punishable by 7 years in prison, very unlikely they were homosexual.
A bit of a ramble by me, but it just niggled my mind, not to post.