My Contribution To 'Gay History Month'

Sir Roger Casement, the diplomat, social activist,
Irish hero and 'gay diarist' who was gay
when homosexuality was an activity,
rather than an aspect of character,
and his homosexuality was the least
part of who he was, with his intelligence
and charisma. When with his death the British
besmirched his character still he 'outed'
the idea of an Ireland free of the British Empire,
much to the chagrin of Unionists today.
homosexuality,
remained mostly unknown outside
the Bloomsbury group of writers