Bibliograph

We can be heroes, a survivor's story, Paul Burston

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We can be heroes, a survivor's story, Paul Burston

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

We can be heroes

Responsibility statement

Paul Burston

Sub title

a survivor's story

Summary

"Paul Burston wasn't always the iconic voice of LGBTQ+ London that he is today. Paul came out in the mid-1980s, when 'gay' still felt like a dirty word, especially in the small Welsh town where he grew up. He moved to London hoping for a happier life, only to watch in horror as his new-found community was decimated by AIDS. As an activist he stormed the House of Commons during the debate over the age of consent. As a journalist he spoke up for the rights of the community at a time of tabloid homophobia and legal inequality. As a novelist he founded the groundbreaking Polari Prize. But his lifestyle hid a dark secret, and Paul's demons--shame, trauma, grief--stalked him on every corner. From almost drowning at eighteen to a near-fatal overdose at thirty-eight, this is Paul's story of what happened in the twenty years between, and how he carved out a life that his teenage self could scarcely have imagined"--, Provided by publisher

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