Leo Abse dies at 91

[erastes]

A bit of a hero of mine, for obvious reasons.  A man who did a lot, and probably no-one's heard of him. It's well worth watching the video to see the hideous homophobic cartoons that were appearing in the national papers when he was helping to herd in the changes in the anti-homosexuality laws.

Good for you, Leo. Good for you.  I hope they have a Rainbow parade for you, you deserve it.

Comments

[aunty_marion]

I saw that on the teletext, and the name rang a bell. And then I read part of Saturday's Times which had an article about his brother Dannie Abse, the poet. Synchronicity, or what?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

He deserves a big gay funeral, bless him - for all that he was straight and married. He simply said that people would never learn to understand that homosexuals weren't criminals until they were decriminalised. sounds obvious, but....

[essayel.livejournal.com]

He was a star. And had an ear for a VERY catchy title to his books.