Jeffrey Weeks has been called 'the 'most significant Britishintellectual working on sexuality to emerge from the radicalsexual movements of the 1970s'. Yet behind the titles andacclaim 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-warRhondda Valleys, Weeks knew from a young age that he wasdifferent. However, grappling with his burgeoning gaynessamid this hotbed of sexual conservatism and traditional genderdivisions, his initial explorations into this uniqueness led to littlemore than isolation and shame. Finding salvation in his studies, university brought with it alife-defining opportunity to thrive within the radical culture oflate sixties and seventies London. He soon found himself at theforefront of the new gay liberation movement, and his work as itspioneering historian would spark a long career as a researcher andwriter on sexuality, with widespread national and internationalrecognition.
