Title: Gypsy boy
Description: Mikey was born into a Romany Gypsy family. They live in a closeted community, and little is known about their way of life. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders and if you choose to leave you can never come back.

This is something Mikey knows only too well.

Growing up, he rarely went to school, and seldom mixed with non-Gypsies. The caravan and camp were his world.

But although Mikey inherited a vibrant and loyal culture his family’s legacy was bittersweet with a hidden history of grief and abuse.

Eventually Mikey was forced to make an agonising decision – to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere he could truly belong.
Subjects: Romanies, Social life and customs, Young gay men, Biography, Ethnic relations, Great britain, biography, Great britain, social life and customs, Gay men, biography, England, social life and customs, Great britain, ethnic relations, Autobiography and memoir, Europe, social life and customs
Places: England
People: Mikey Walsh