The love that dare not speak its name is a phrase from the last line of the poem "Two Loves" by Lord Alfred Douglas, written in September 1892 and published in the Oxford magazine The Chameleon in December 1894. It was mentioned at Oscar Wilde's gross indecency trial and is usually interpreted as a euphemism for homosexuality. In Wilde's definition, "the love that dare not speak its name" was: See also The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name, a 1976 poem by James Kirkup References 1890s neologisms Quotations from literature English phrases LGBT linguistics Oscar Wilde