'It’s hard beg a traveller and beg gay - don’t mix' - Manchter Eveng News

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• CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHICH CHARACTER HIS NEW BOOK A TALE OF SORCERY IS OPENLY GAY — AND WHY 'S SO IMPORTANT
• 'IT’S HARD BEG A TRAVELLER AND BEG GAY - DON’T MIX'DEAN, WHO GREW UP THE GYPSY MUNY, HAS TOLD HIS STORY OF A LIFE AS A GAY TRAVELLER TO ENURAGE OTHER LGBT PEOPLE THE GYPSY, TRAVELLER AND ROMA MUNI TO SPEAK OUTMENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYBETH ABB07:00, 28 APR 2018BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWSIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
• GAY LIFE A BTAL GYPSY HOME

CHRIS COLFER REVEALS WHICH CHARACTER HIS NEW BOOK A TALE OF SORCERY IS OPENLY GAY — AND WHY 'S SO IMPORTANT

When he ns away om home at 15, and his father disvers he is gay, he puts a bounty on his head. EW got an exclive look at A Tale of Sorcery, and spoke to Colfer about the potency of wrg an openly gay character a children's book. " The Tale of Magic seri always explored acceptance and opprsn, and this is the first time my middle gra books that I have my first openly gay character.

I have known sce the first time I ever nceived [Xantho] my head that I knew they were gay. When I first started wrg, many people told me that I was makg a mistake bee the world wasn't ready to let their kids read a book by an openly gay man, so I really shied away om cludg any openly LGBT characters my first set of books bee I thought I was already fightg an uphill battle as was.

'IT’S HARD BEG A TRAVELLER AND BEG GAY - DON’T MIX'DEAN, WHO GREW UP THE GYPSY MUNY, HAS TOLD HIS STORY OF A LIFE AS A GAY TRAVELLER TO ENURAGE OTHER LGBT PEOPLE THE GYPSY, TRAVELLER AND ROMA MUNI TO SPEAK OUTMENBOOKMARKSHARENEWSBYBETH ABB07:00, 28 APR 2018BOOKMARKVIO LOADGVIO UNAVAILABLECLICK TO PLAYTAP TO PLAYTHE VIO WILL TO-PLAY SOON8CANCELPLAY NOWSIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S BIGGT STORI SENT DIRECT TO YOUR BOXINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!

I actually reaed om g the word "gay" bee so many books get banned so many untri the mute you have the word "gay" the text. He also grew up knowg he was gay. “So they wouldn’t like one of their own to turn out gay.

“It’s hard beg a traveller and beg gay - don’t mix, ” he says. “I knew I was gay om an extremely young age, I’ve never known anythg else, ” says Dean, om Greater Manchter, where the travellg muny is believed to be 15, 000 strong. “Growg up everyone joked that I was gay so I know some people wouldn’t be surprised.

GAY LIFE A BTAL GYPSY HOME

“But no-one wants to be associated wh ‘gays’ the gypsy muny and the way people speak about would put anyone off g out - they aren’t supportive. “I don’t know that many gay people. I have heard plenty of ments about gay people so I know what (my muny) thk.

It aims to challenge homophobic attus and provi support for those who often feel they have nowhere to turn. The Traveller Movement say they have found that discsg LGBT issu is taboo travellg muni - and that homophobia is a very real but hidn problem. “If I were to e out today would only take one person to take a picture of me and put a ptn about me beg gay and would go around on WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media – the news would travel fast, ” he says.