Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride, a Gay British History

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Good As You is the 30 year history of British gay culture - from the identification of the HIV virus in 1984, through Manchester's self-selection as Britain's gay capital, to Eastenders' Colin and Barry's first primetime televised gay kiss, and the real-time romance of Elton John and David Furnish's eventual marriage. Including candid interviews from major protagonists such as Kylie, Russell T Davies and Holly Johnson, as well as the relative unknowns crucial to the gay community, Flynn charts the fight for equality both front of stage and in the wings. In it, we find a history peppered with media hysteria, public outrage, personal loss but above all, collective victory and a deep sense of pride. This is the definitive account of the last 30 years of gay experience - illustrating the tragedy and triumph, the (not always legal) highs and the desperate lows, and the final transition of gay men becoming, Good As YouGood As You is the 30 year history of British gay culture - from the identification of the HIV virus in 1984, through Manchester's self-selection as Britain's gay capital, to Eastenders' Colin and Barry's first primetime televised gay kiss, and the real-time romance of Elton John and David Furnish's eventual marriage. Including candid interviews from major protagonists such as Kylie, Russell T Davies and Holly Johnson, as well as the relative unknowns crucial to the gay community, Flynn charts the fight for equality both front of stage and in the wings. In it, we find a history peppered with media hysteria, public outrage, personal loss but above all, collective victory and a deep sense of pride. This is the definitive account of the last 30 years of gay experience - illustrating the tragedy and triumph, the (not always legal) highs and the desperate lows, and the final transition of gay men becoming, Good As You
Paul Flynn is an entertainment and style journalist who writes on music, film, television and fashion. He is currently contributing extensively to Sunday Times Style, the Guardian, Observer Music Monthly, iD, Attitude and Q, and he has a weekly soap column in the Sunday Express. He has conducted over 700 celebrity interviews with major stars such as David Beckham, Elton John, Kylie and Robbie Williams.