The Gentleman's Club

Men's private clubs used to be very common in major cities like London, where some still can be found. Whilst most of them were filled with stuffy old farts conspiring to make themselves even wealthier, some of them were more libertine.

In nineteenth century England, public male/male affection was strictly verboten but, in private, homosexual activity between otherwise "straight" married men was actually somewhat common. I don't imagine bartenders sucked off too many blokes in the club common rooms; however, upstairs in the private chambers, you can bet your spats things like this happened.