In the first episode of Season 2, novelist and Emmy award-winning screenwriter Patrick Gale shares his coming out story, and reveals how his own father had been secretly gay, a family secret hidden from him until he had left home.
Topics discussed:
- Patrick Gale's coming out story
- What it's like have closetted gay members of the family
- Family trauma and intergenerational trauma
- What drives Patrick to write
- Patrick's novel, 'Mother's Boy'
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://outcastpod.com
- https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/21/when-my-childhood-bully-said-sorry-40-years-too-late
This podcast is hosted by Rosie Pentreath.