Fighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (816 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784538744 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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He died a hero. Fighting Proud weaves together the remarkable lives of these men, from RAF hero Ian Gleed – a Flying Ace twice honored for bravery by King George VI – to the infantry officers serving in the trenches on the Western Front in WWI - many of whom led the charges into machine-gun fire only to find themselves court-marshalled after the war for indecent behavior. What his family probably never knew was that Gleed was homosexual. Twice King George VI had congratulated him. Twice before he had bailed out of blazing Spitfires. Fighting Proud also includes a wealth of long-suppressed wartime photography subsequently ignored by mainstream historians.This book is a monument to the bravery, sacrifice and honor shown by a persecuted minority, who contributed during Britain's hour of need.. "In 1943 the famous Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed was shot down over Tunisia. It was not until the 1990s, when one of his lovers was interviewed for BBC television, that the truth
He has also written widely on homosexual representations in film. His -bestselling book Black Poppies (History Press, 2013), a history of the contribution of black men and women to the First World War, won the Southwark Arts Forum Award for Literature. . Stephen Bourne is a writer and historian. An expert on Black and LGBT British history, he has written for BBC History Magazine and History Today and is a regular contributor t
You always walk away from his work knowing something that you didn't know, that you didn't even suspect." Bonnie Greer . "Stephen Bourne brings great natural scholarship and passion to largely hidden stories. He is highly accessible, accurate, and surprising