Memories by Joseph
It was alright to be gay there
Thoroughly confused Joseph eventually phoned the Gay Switchboard. "The person who took my call advised me to go to a youth club in Nechells Green, Birmingham, where he felt sure I would receive advice." This he did. He says that no one made a big dea...
Lurid advice given to DHSS staff
Joseph had his first sexual encounter, aged about 18. At about this time, the early 1990s, the first AIDS awareness adverts started appearing on TV. Joseph found this very frightening and the effect it had on him was that he started to have sexual en...