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[[File:Ray.Gosling.jpg|thumb|right|Ray Gosling, speaking at [[The Brief Encounter (Croydon)]], 2 December 2008]]'''Ray Gosling''' (1939–2013) was a journalist, broadcaster, and gay rights activist. He was brought up in [[Northampton]] | [[File:Ray.Gosling.jpg|thumb|right|Ray Gosling, speaking at [[The Brief Encounter (Croydon)]], 2 December 2008]]'''Ray Gosling''' (1939–2013) was a journalist, broadcaster, and gay rights activist, and one of the founders of the [[Campaign for Homosexual Equality]]. He was brought up in [[Northampton]], but lived mainly in [[Nottingham]] for most of his life. | ||
==Early life== | |||
Gosling was born in [[Brixworth]], near [[Northampton]]<ref>Some sources give his place of birth as [[Chester]].</ref> in 1939.<ref name="indy profile">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ray-gosling-the-outcast-8181573.html Robert Chalmers, "Ray Gosling: The outcast", ''The Independent'', 30 September 2012</ref><ref name="guardian_obit">http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/19/ray-gosling-dies Ben Quinn, "Ray Gosling, broadcaster and gay rights activist, dies aged 74", ''The Guardian'', 19 November 2013</ref> He was educated at Northampton Grammar School and the University of [[Leicester]], and also briefly worked as a railway signalman, before dropping out to become the manager of a band, and then working in a factory in London and as a youth worker in [[Leicester]].<ref name="guardian obit"/><ref name="telegraph_obit">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/10462201/Ray-Gosling-obituary.html "Ray Gosling - Obituary", ''The Telegraph'', 20 November 2013</ref> | |||
==Broadcasting career== | |||
He wrote and presented more than 100 television documentaries, and was a long-term presenter on the <cite>Inside Out</cite> programme for BBC East Midlands. | He wrote and presented more than 100 television documentaries, and was a long-term presenter on the <cite>Inside Out</cite> programme for BBC East Midlands. | ||
==Gay campaigning== | |||
He was an active member of [[CHE]], along with [[Allan Horsfall]], from its beginnings, and remained one of its vice-presidents until his death. | He was an active member of [[CHE]], along with [[Allan Horsfall]], from its beginnings, and remained one of its vice-presidents until his death. | ||
==Later life== | |||
In latter years [[Allan Horsfall]] and Ray Gosling ran [[Gay Monitor]] seeking justice for men wrongly accused of sexual abuse. | In latter years [[Allan Horsfall]] and Ray Gosling ran [[Gay Monitor]] seeking justice for men wrongly accused of sexual abuse. | ||
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Revision as of 10:38, 10 April 2014
Ray Gosling (1939–2013) was a journalist, broadcaster, and gay rights activist, and one of the founders of the Campaign for Homosexual Equality. He was brought up in Northampton, but lived mainly in Nottingham for most of his life.
Early life
Gosling was born in Brixworth, near Northampton[1] in 1939.[2][3] He was educated at Northampton Grammar School and the University of Leicester, and also briefly worked as a railway signalman, before dropping out to become the manager of a band, and then working in a factory in London and as a youth worker in Leicester.[4][5]
Broadcasting career
He wrote and presented more than 100 television documentaries, and was a long-term presenter on the Inside Out programme for BBC East Midlands.
Gay campaigning
He was an active member of CHE, along with Allan Horsfall, from its beginnings, and remained one of its vice-presidents until his death.
Later life
In latter years Allan Horsfall and Ray Gosling ran Gay Monitor seeking justice for men wrongly accused of sexual abuse.
In 2011 he confessed on television to having used a pillow, many years before, to suffocate a former lover who had been dying in terrible pain from AIDS. He was arrested on suspicion of murder, but released without being charged, and later given a suspended sentence for wasting police time.
Ray Gosling died in November 2013, aged 74.[6]
References
<references>
- ↑ Some sources give his place of birth as Chester.
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/ray-gosling-the-outcast-8181573.html Robert Chalmers, "Ray Gosling: The outcast", The Independent, 30 September 2012
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/19/ray-gosling-dies Ben Quinn, "Ray Gosling, broadcaster and gay rights activist, dies aged 74", The Guardian, 19 November 2013
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedguardian obit - ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/10462201/Ray-Gosling-obituary.html "Ray Gosling - Obituary", The Telegraph, 20 November 2013
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/19/ray-gosling-dies