It was difficult being a teacher and out of the closet in the '50s. By the time I retired, the English department was proud of having a gay poet of a certain minor fame. It was a very satisfactory change!
-- Thom Gunn
   
Thom Gunn   Name:
Thom Gunn
Type:
Poet
Nationality:
British
Birth:
August 29, 1929
Death:
April 25, 2004
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