{"product_id":"we-can-be-heroes-a-survivors-story-9781662501050","title":"We Can Be Heroes: A Survivor's Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eActivist. Journalist. Survivor. One man's journey from prejudice to Pride.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Burston wasn't always the iconic voice of LGBTQ+ London that he is today. Paul came out in the mid-1980s, when 'gay' still felt like a dirty word, especially in the small Welsh town where he grew up. He moved to London hoping for a happier life, only to watch in horror as his new-found community was decimated by AIDS. But even in the depths of his grief, Paul vowed never to stop fighting back on behalf of his young friends whose lives were cut tragically short.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a promise he's kept to this day. As an activist he stormed the House of Commons during the debate over the age of consent. As a journalist he spoke up for the rights of the community at a time of tabloid homophobia and legal inequality. As a novelist he founded the groundbreaking Polari Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his lifestyle hid a dark secret, and Paul's demons--shame, trauma, grief--stalked him on every corner. In an attempt to silence them, he began to self-medicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom almost drowning at eighteen to a near-fatal overdose at thirty-eight, this is Paul's story of what happened in the twenty years between, and how he carved out a life that his teenage self could scarcely have imagined. Emotional but often witty, \u003ci\u003eWe Can Be Heroes \u003c\/i\u003eis an illuminating memoir of the eighties, nineties and noughties from a gay man who only just survived them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662501050\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 114\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Burston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42824550383797,"sku":"9781662501050","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_958efe10-7fd2-4006-ab07-5548b5eb40b8.jpg?v=1680621269","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/we-can-be-heroes-a-survivors-story-9781662501050","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}