G (Gamal Turawa): Black Pride
It's Black History Month and we celebrate it with a corker! We meet the effervescent Gamal Turawa, or \u2018G\u2019 as he prefers to be called.
\nG is a black man, born to Nigerian and Jamaican parents. He grew up in foster care in the UK with a white family. His abusive birth father took him back at the age of 15, only to send him back to Nigeria to be without money, work or the language; where he ended up homeless.
\nG made his way back to the UK and eventually enrolled as a police officer in the Met. He talks to us today about his experience of coming out at the age of 40 in 2004, making him the first black, openly gay police officer in the UK.
\nG is now a diversity facilitator and international speaker who\u2019s currently writing his highly anticipated autobiography and is soon to release a documentary on his life.
\nWe laughed and learned a huge amount from G. He\u2019s fascinating, hilarious and incredibly resilient. You\u2019re in for a great episode here and we hope you enjoy it!
\nMore of G:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLc9Mk1ZJAs - G talking on his earlier life
\nhttps://vimeo.com/115746591 - G coming out on stage at Pride - beeeautiful poem to make it memorable!
\nhttps://purplefrog-connections.com/about - how to find G
\nYou can get hold of Gabi & Amelia here:
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