Given how they treated eg Alan Turing, I think you have a point :-) (preventive anti-outrage disclaimer: I'm not suggesting that homosexuality is eccentric, I'

Given how they treated eg Alan Turing, I think you have a point :-) (preventive anti-outrage disclaimer: I'm not suggesting that homosexuality is eccentric, I'm only suggesting that it might have been considered eccentric by many in mid-20th century UK)