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| − | '''Neil McKenna''' is a gay historian and journalist. | + | [[File:Neil McKenna.jpg|thumb|Neil McKenna, gay historian and journalist, with his new book ''[[Fanny and Stella]]'', at a meeting of [[South London Gays]], 14 May 2013]]'''Neil McKenna''' is a gay historian and journalist. |
He has written for the ''Independent'', the ''Observer'', the ''Guardian''and the ''New Statesman'' and for Channel 4 Television. He has also worked extensively in the gay press in Britain and the United States. He is the author of two ground-breaking books about men who have sex with men and AIDS in the developing world. His first biography ''The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde'' was a critical and a commercial success.<ref name=faber>http://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/author/neil-mckenna</ref> In 2013 he published ''[[Fanny and Stella]]'' about the Victorian cross-dressers [[Boulton and Park]]. | He has written for the ''Independent'', the ''Observer'', the ''Guardian''and the ''New Statesman'' and for Channel 4 Television. He has also worked extensively in the gay press in Britain and the United States. He is the author of two ground-breaking books about men who have sex with men and AIDS in the developing world. His first biography ''The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde'' was a critical and a commercial success.<ref name=faber>http://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/author/neil-mckenna</ref> In 2013 he published ''[[Fanny and Stella]]'' about the Victorian cross-dressers [[Boulton and Park]]. | ||
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Neil McKenna, gay historian and journalist, with his new book Fanny and Stella, at a meeting of South London Gays, 14 May 2013
He has written for the Independent, the Observer, the Guardianand the New Statesman and for Channel 4 Television. He has also worked extensively in the gay press in Britain and the United States. He is the author of two ground-breaking books about men who have sex with men and AIDS in the developing world. His first biography The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde was a critical and a commercial success.[1] In 2013 he published Fanny and Stella about the Victorian cross-dressers Boulton and Park.
Neil McKenna has been interested in gay history since he was 15. He lives in London with his partner, Robert Jones, and their cat, Lupin.[1]
