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Oscar Wilde and Alan Turing are probably the most famous cases of homosexual men persecuted for their sexuality - both cases happened in England. Are there other cases in Europe / United States were well known people were imprisoned for their sexuality ?

by /u/Aberfrog in /r/AskHistorians

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