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S1E8 Mark - (3) Thrown Out at 16 — From Grimsby to Japan, One Gay Man's Journey Through the 1980s and Beyond
In the final part of my chat with Mark we start off in Lincolnshire, moving quite quickly to Melbourne, Oz where he settles in to dating and the gay scene and someone gets a warm hand on their…
S1E7 Mark - (2) Thrown Out at 16 — From Grimsby to Japan, One Gay Man's Journey Through the 1980s and Beyond
The 2nd part of three with Mark. In this episode we've moved to Japan (Tokyo) and will eventually move on to Thailand (Bangkok) and we will hear tales of bicycle theft, being both Gaijin and Hentai…
S1E6 Mark - (1) Thrown Out at 16 — From Grimsby to Japan, One Gay Man's Journey Through the 1980s and Beyond
Mark grew up in Grimsby in the early 1980s with no language for what he was and no one to ask. He came out, got thrown out of his family home at sixteen, and made his way through London, Brighton,…
S1E5 Stewart - Faith, Section 28 and Finding Love — Being Gay with a Catholic Conscience in 1980s Manchester
Stewart grew up in Lancashire with a strict Catholic upbringing and a faith he never wanted to lose. He talks about coming out against the backdrop of Section 28, Manchester's chief constable calling…
S1E4 Tim - From Canada to Sleeping Rough in London — One Gay Man's Journey Across Continents
Tim grew up in Ontario, adopted into an evangelical Christian family, came out at 24 and left without a word. He moved illegally to Alaska, visited Disney World 57 times, and followed a pole dancer…
S1E3 Maurice - Living with HIV Since 1984 — Cottaging Arrests, Theatre, and 40 Years a Survivor
Maurice is in his eighties and has lived with HIV since 1984. He talks about a working-class Lancashire childhood, becoming a teacher and then a theatre stage manager, being arrested in a police…
S1E2 Ron - Gay in the 1950s — Cruising the Cheshire Lanes, 51 Years of Love and Starting Over at 80
Ron was born in 1943 and started meeting men by driving the lanes of Cheshire in the late 1950s, when it was still illegal. He talks about finding love on a country road the week Apollo 11 landed on…
S1E1 Colin - Gay Manchester in the 80s — Coming Out, the Moss Side Riots and 40 Years of Love
Colin came out in the north-east in the late 70s and moved to Manchester around 1980, when the gay scene was three pubs and a basement nightclub. He talks about finding his people through a church…
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