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Jeffrey Weeks has been called 'the 'most significant British
intellectual working on sexuality to emerge from the radical
sexual movements of the 1970s'. Yet behind the titles and
acclaim lies the story of a hugely fascinating, inspirational life
- one both immersed in love and blighted by pain and loss.
Growing up in a tight-knit mining community in the post-war
Rhondda Valleys, Weeks knew from a young age that he was
different. However, grappling with his burgeoning gayness
amid this hotbed of sexual conservatism and traditional gender
divisions, his initial explorations into this uniqueness led to little
more than isolation and shame.
Finding salvation in his studies, university brought with it a
life-defining opportunity to thrive within the radical culture of
late sixties and seventies London. He soon found himself at the
forefront of the new gay liberation movement, and his work as its
pioneering historian would spark a long career as a researcher and
writer on sexuality, with widespread national and international
recognition.
