I think this country will be a healthier place if people in public life who are gay, announce that they are gay and left it at that so that the majority in society would understand that homosexuals are their friends, their supporters and a major contribution to the cultural and healthy life of this nation.

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The programme itself can heard on the BBC Archive website. The book Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin (a single copy had been bought by the Inner London Education Authority for limited use in teaching) had received attention from the UK's tabloid press since 1983.

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