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He was an active member of [[CHE]], along with [[Allan Horsfall]] from its beginnings, and remains one of its vice-presidents.
He was an active member of [[CHE]], along with [[Allan Horsfall]] from its beginnings, and remains one of its vice-presidents.
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 whohad been dying in terrible pain from AIDS. He was arrested on supicion of murder, but released without being charged, and later given a suspended sentence for wasting police time.
In 2011 he confessed on television to having used a pillow, many years before, to suffocate a former lover whohad been dying in terrible pain from AIDS. He was arrested on supicion of murder, but released without being charged, and later given a suspended sentence for wasting police time.

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Ray Gosling, speaking at The Brief Encounter (Croydon), 2 December 2008

Ray Gosling, born 1939, is an English journalist, broadcaster, and gay rights activist. He was brought up in Northampton and attended Leicester University, but has lived mainly in Nottingham for most of his life.

He has written and presented more than 100 television documentaries, and has been a long-term presenter on the Inside Out programme for BBC East Midlands.

He was an active member of CHE, along with Allan Horsfall from its beginnings, and remains one of its vice-presidents.

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 whohad been dying in terrible pain from AIDS. He was arrested on supicion of murder, but released without being charged, and later given a suspended sentence for wasting police time.