Talk:The love that dare not speak its name

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The love that dare not speak its name is my first contribution. The page existed before, as a redirect to homosexuality. It no longer contains a direct reference to homosexuality, but such a meaning might easily be inferred from the articles Lord Alfred Douglas and Oscar Wilde. The text of the poem alone does not make me think that the other Love is homosexual alone. Oscar Wilde's response to the question begs the interpretation that the other Love is any that does not fit into a socially acceptable category. Homosexuality is (and was) not the only one.

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I have seen a talk page that uses "the love that dare not speak its name" as a euphemism for homosexuality, and another talk page that may only be suggesting "unnatural love". The euphemism is clear in Robertson Davies' quote on 1970s. Perhaps some sort of reference to its use as a euphemism should be included, but I'm still wary of suggesting that 'homosexuality' is its only meaning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SeanCollins (talk • contribs) 11:04, July 11, 2006‎ (UTC)

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