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Alexander Wood, a merchant and magistrate, was investigating a rape case in 1810. A woman who claimed to have been raped, did not realize who her attacker was but did state that she scratched the genitals of her attacker. Wood inspected the genitals of a number of suspects in order to experiment and find the attacker. It was suggested that the rape did not happen, the victim did not exist, and that Wood had made the whole thing up in order to satisfy his homosexual urges. There was no evidence that Wood acted inappropriately; however, he was ridiculed and given the nickname "Molly Wood." At the time, "Molly" was a derogatory term for homosexual men.

Years later, Wood purchased land that was given the nickname "Molly Wood's Bush" and this area is now part of Toronto's gay village. In 2005, the business association for the area erected a statue of Alexander Wood and a beer was named for him. A play based on Wood's life was launched in 1994 called "Molly Wood".