Horny History: Ervin Arnold and The Newport Sex Scandal Part One

It’s real history, as told by some dude in my inbox and me.

This post contains sensitive content on homophobia. Reader discretion is advised.

It’s 1919 in Newport, Rhode Island and gay sex is illegal. It turns out people just like it though, because they are still doing it. Ervin Arnold never admitted, that I know of, to having relations with any of the men you are about to hear about. He just really wanted to know what those gay people were up to.

Arnold did not stop his thorough, thorough investigation of those gay people here. This is only the beginning of this story. Thankfully for us, another Horny man has already accepted his fate as starring in Part Two of this story. Stay tuned.

This history might seem surreal, but I promise you it’s real and well researched. I’ll do a full “If you want to know more” on Part Two, but I absolutely have to tell you about this book on the subject.

The story and quotes from Arnold were researched by Lawrence Murphy. Without Lawrence there wouldn’t be easily accessible quotes from Arnold. He poured over Arnold’s notes to give us this. Sadly, he was rejected because it was too scandalous a book, and he never lived to see it published.

It is published now though and it’s,

Perverts by Official Order: The Campaign Against Homosexuals by the United States Navy by Lawrence R. Murphy

I was lucky enough to be able to read an ebook version from a friend and I so very highly recommend it.