That and he was an unapologetic homosexual; but you're right, far ahead of his time for all regards. Though he suffered for it, we still talk about him, quote him, because of it. He became more than a man thumbing his nose to a society, he became an idea.
[Madam Longbottom] Like finding your favourite trousers from a decade's past and realizing it's a bit snug in the middle. They will settle right with time, I suppose. Blighty is still fucking Blighty, I've seen. Good people conditioned to find value in rubbish and bad people dictating the terms of living and their value.