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A man's own story from the Rhondda.
Jeffrey Weeks was born in the Rhondda in 1945, of
mining stock. As he grew-up he increasingly felt an
outsider in the intensely community minded valleys, a
feeling intensified as he became aware of his gayness.
Escape came through education. He left for London, to
university, and to realise his sexuality. From the early
1970s he was actively involved in the new gay liberation
movement and became its pioneering historian. This
was the beginning of a long career as a researcher
and writer on sexuality, with widespread national and
international recognition. He has been described as
the 'most significant British intellectual working on
sexuality to emerge from the radical sexual movements
of the 1970s'.
His seminal book, Coming Out, a history of LGBT
movements and identities since the 19th century, has
been in print for forty years. He was awarded the OBE in
the Queen's Jubilee Honours in 2012 for his contribution
to the social sciences.
