Mikey Walsh - Revision history

LGBT-HP: Fix bare tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing

2026-07-10T13:09:22Z

Fix bare <references> tag: MW 1.45.1 Cite requires self-closing <references/>

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:09, 10 July 2026
Line 8:		Line 8:

	==References==		==References==
	<references>		<references/>

	[[Category:Writers]]		[[Category:Writers]]
	[[Category:1980 births]]		[[Category:1980 births]]
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]

Ross Burgess at 15:15, 31 March 2014

2014-03-31T15:15:35Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:15, 31 March 2014
Line 3:		Line 3:
	The story of Mikey's escape from his father, and his new life as a young gay man away from the Gypsy culture, is described in the sequel, ''Gypsy Boy:On the Run''.		The story of Mikey's escape from his father, and his new life as a young gay man away from the Gypsy culture, is described in the sequel, ''Gypsy Boy:On the Run''.

	Mikey Walsh's one-time boyfriend, the photographer [[David V Barron]], has claimed that the events as described in the books are a distortion of what actually happened.<ref>http://davidvbarron.wordpress.com/category/the-gypsy-blogs/</ref>		Mikey Walsh's one-time boyfriend, the photographer [[David V Barron]], has claimed that some of the events as described in the books are a distortion of what actually happened.<ref>http://davidvbarron.wordpress.com/category/the-gypsy-blogs/</ref>

	{{stub}}		{{stub}}

Ross Burgess: /* References */

2014-03-31T14:51:25Z

References

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:51, 31 March 2014
Line 11:		Line 11:

	[[Category:Writers]]		[[Category:Writers]]
	[[1980 births]]		[[Category:1980 births]]
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]

Ross Burgess at 14:49, 31 March 2014

2014-03-31T14:49:37Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:49, 31 March 2014
Line 1:		Line 1:
	[[File:Gypsy Boy.jpg\|thumb\|Front cover of ''Gypsy Boy'']]'''Mikey Walsh''' (~~apparently~~ a pseudonym)<ref>"Mikey’s not his real name. It’s a character from ''The Goonies'', the children’s film he watched over and over as a young boy." http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/real-life-gypsy-boy-mikey-84547 ''Daily Mirror'', 11 October 2011</ref> is the author of ''Gypsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time.		[[File:Gypsy Boy.jpg\|thumb\|Front cover of ''Gypsy Boy'']]'''Mikey Walsh''' (a pseudonym;<ref>"Mikey’s not his real name. It’s a character from ''The Goonies'', the children’s film he watched over and over as a young boy." http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/real-life-gypsy-boy-mikey-84547 ''Daily Mirror'', 11 October 2011</ref> born in [[Reading]], 1980<ref>Date of birth according to ''Gypsy Boy on the run''</ref>) is the author of ''Gypsy Boy'',<ref>Mikey Walsh, ''Gypsy Boy'', Hodder & Stoughton, 2009</ref> an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time. The book is to be made into a film.<ref>http://mikeywalsh.co.uk/motion-picture.html</ref>

			The story of Mikey's escape from his father, and his new life as a young gay man away from the Gypsy culture, is described in the sequel, ''Gypsy Boy:On the Run''.

			Mikey Walsh's one-time boyfriend, the photographer [[David V Barron]], has claimed that the events as described in the books are a distortion of what actually happened.<ref>http://davidvbarron.wordpress.com/category/the-gypsy-blogs/</ref>

	{{stub}}		{{stub}}
Line 7:		Line 11:

	[[Category:Writers]]		[[Category:Writers]]
	[[~~Category:People with missing dates~~]]		[[1980 births]]
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]

Ross Burgess at 14:14, 31 March 2014

2014-03-31T14:14:40Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:14, 31 March 2014
Line 1:		Line 1:
	[[File:Gypsy Boy.jpg\|thumb\|Front cover of ''Gypsy Boy'']]'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym)<ref>Mikey’s not his real name. It’s a character from ''The Goonies'', the children’s film he watched over and over as a young boy. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/real-life-gypsy-boy-mikey-84547 ''Daily Mirror'', 11 October 2011</ref> is the author of ''Gypsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time.		[[File:Gypsy Boy.jpg\|thumb\|Front cover of ''Gypsy Boy'']]'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym)<ref>"Mikey’s not his real name. It’s a character from ''The Goonies'', the children’s film he watched over and over as a young boy." http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/real-life-gypsy-boy-mikey-84547 ''Daily Mirror'', 11 October 2011</ref> is the author of ''Gypsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time.

	{{stub}}		{{stub}}

Ross Burgess at 14:13, 31 March 2014

2014-03-31T14:13:45Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:13, 31 March 2014
Line 1:		Line 1:
	[[File:Gypsy Boy.jpg\|thumb\|Front cover of ''Gypsy Boy'']]'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym) is the author of ''Gypsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time.		[[File:Gypsy Boy.jpg\|thumb\|Front cover of ''Gypsy Boy'']]'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym)<ref>Mikey’s not his real name. It’s a character from ''The Goonies'', the children’s film he watched over and over as a young boy. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/real-life-gypsy-boy-mikey-84547 ''Daily Mirror'', 11 October 2011</ref> is the author of ''Gypsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time.

	{{stub}}		{{stub}}

			==References==
			<references>

	[[Category:Writers]]		[[Category:Writers]]
	[[Category:People with missing dates]]		[[Category:People with missing dates]]
	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]

Ross Burgess at 12:32, 31 March 2014

2014-03-31T12:32:19Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:32, 31 March 2014
Line 1:		Line 1:
	'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym) is the author of ''~~Gipsy~~ Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time.		[[File:Gypsy Boy.jpg\|thumb\|Front cover of ''Gypsy Boy'']]'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym) is the author of ''Gypsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time.

	{{stub}}		{{stub}}

Ross Burgess: Created page with "'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym) is the author of ''Gipsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate fr..."

2014-03-31T12:26:54Z

Created page with "'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym) is the author of ''Gipsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate fr..."

New page

'''Mikey Walsh''' (apparently a pseudonym) is the author of ''Gipsy Boy'', an autobiographical account of growing up in an extremely patriarchal community, largely separate from the rest of society, with an violent father who wants Mikey to keep up the family tradition of boxing. He early realises he is gay, which would be completely unacceptable in the Gypsy society of the time.

{{stub}}

[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:People with missing dates]]
[[Category:Living people]]