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“TANK-TOPPED BUM BOY”

A gay man’s diaries spanning six decades

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Pub Date Apr 28 2026 | Archive Date Jun 25 2026


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Friday 22nd November 1963 - President Kennedy has been assassinated. I hope it wasn’t a Russian that did it or there’ll be a war.

Friday 14th December 1973 - Miners on strike, train drivers on go-slow and no coal or oil. Going to be a three day working week and TV is going off at 10.30 every night. What a state this country is in.

Tuesday 18th February 1975 - Dinner at the vicarage. There were gay vicars, gay Catholic priests and one extremely camp Rural Dean

Thursday 18th December 1986 - A Conservative MP has called for the extermination of all ‘queers’ in gas chambers. Ninety percent to be killed and ten percent to see psychiatrists.

Sunday 18th September 1994 - The fire door opened and two naked queens tumbled into the streets of Peckham.

Wednesday 22nd July 1998 - A vote in The House Of Lords on the equal age of consent for gays. They voted against it and talked of ‘legalised buggery’. There wasn’t a word about love!

Sunday 30th March 2014 - An historic day. First gay marriage! And in so many parts of the world to be gay means imprisonment or the death penalty.

Tuesday 3rd July 2018 - Maybe she should now get rid of the bigots in her party, one of whom reportedly referred to a gay minister as a Tank-Topped Bum Boy.

Friday 22nd November 1963 - President Kennedy has been assassinated. I hope it wasn’t a Russian that did it or there’ll be a war.

Friday 14th December 1973 - Miners on strike, train drivers on...


A Note From the Publisher

Denis Bond trained as an actor at The Rose Bruford College. He has worked in rep theatre, in the West End and has also appeared in many TV programmes. He has published over fifty books and has written numerous scripts for Children’s TV and radio.

Denis Bond trained as an actor at The Rose Bruford College. He has worked in rep theatre, in the West End and has also appeared in many TV programmes. He has published over fifty books and has...


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ISBN 9781806345519
PRICE £7.99 (GBP)
PAGES 1024

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