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The butch husband and father watches and England football match on television, drinking a can of beer and dressed in England football team colors. His obedient wife does the ironing and his son hides in the closet, wearing the England football stripe like his father but his mothers red shoes. The coats about his head of all the colors of the rainbow.

I know how this feels.

I was born on the 20th February 1968 and grew up in the shadow of Birmingham, England. The second largest city in the UK. I come from a working class back-ground. I am gay and came out to my family at the age of 16 in 1984. At first my family rejected my sexuality. AIDS was hitting the headlines as, “the gay plague,” and they really did not understand why I had, “chosen,” to be gay. Eventually however, they realized it was not a choice and they did accept me. This conflict is documented in many of my artworks along with my interest in history and politics. My artwork is created to be seen and when it has been looked at it has achieved his goal. I creates two types of art, that which carries a message and that which...