Gibson W T
Basingstoke College of Technology, UK.
J Homosex. 1991;21(4):45-55. doi: 10.1300/J082v21n04_04.
This article seeks to reconstruct and contrast two episodes in the nineteenth century Church. Both involved churchmen, Bishop Percy Jocelyn and Dean Charles Vaughan, in homosexual incidents. The second episode, that of Dean Vaughan, has been reconstructed for the first time using the Broadlands Manuscripts of Lord Palmerston. The most interesting aspect of these events is the response of the "establishment" to homosexuality. There seems little doubt that attitudes of the "establishment" were determined largely by class. The "establishment" would not officially condone homosexual behaviour, but in both cases (to varying degrees) it seems to have acted toward these men with latitude. One was able to evade justice, the other denied a mitre but otherwise allowed advancement in the Church. Both incidents provide evidence that persecution of homosexuals was something confined to the lower orders; and that the discreet middle class or aristocratic homosexual could rely on his class for protection. Perhaps integral to this tolerance was a Victorian taste for self-denial. The homosexual who treated his sexuality as a curse and a source of tragedy was more likely to attract the tolerance of his peers than the homosexual who acknowledged his sexuality to the full.
本文旨在重构并对比19世纪教会中的两段经历。两段经历都涉及神职人员，即珀西·乔斯林主教和查尔斯·沃恩主任牧师的同性恋事件。第二段经历，即沃恩主任牧师的事件，是首次利用帕默斯顿勋爵的布罗德兰兹手稿进行重构的。这些事件最有趣的方面是“既得利益者”对同性恋的反应。毫无疑问，“既得利益者”的态度在很大程度上是由阶级决定的。“既得利益者”不会在官方层面上宽恕同性恋行为，但在这两个案例中（程度不同），他们似乎对这些人采取了宽容的态度。一个得以逃避司法追究，另一个虽被剥夺了主教冠，但在其他方面仍被允许在教会中晋升。这两个事件都证明，对同性恋者的迫害仅限于社会底层；而谨慎的中产阶级或贵族同性恋者可以依靠自己的阶级获得保护。或许这种宽容的一个不可或缺的因素是维多利亚时代对自我克制的偏好。将自己的性取向视为一种诅咒和悲剧根源的同性恋者，比完全承认自己性取向的同性恋者更有可能赢得同伴的宽容。
