The Awokening of Kevin

Until recently, I didn’t even realise I was a Black Gay Man. Gay – yes, but Black – no. Ridiculous,…

Forced Out

Three months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, on a cold December morning, I reported for duty at GMP’s training school in Bury, a looming brick structure with long iron gates. At twenty-three years old, with my recently issued uniform in bags, I was about to cross the threshold of the Sedgley Park…