The Light of Day: the moving true story of the first man to come out as gay

'Your book is the "really good book. Just one" that Roger Butler would have wanted' - Sir Ian McKellen

'Miraculous. The Light of Day reclaims a forgotten hero . . . I couldn't put it down' - Will Tosh

'Sir, we are homosexuals . . .'

So began the letter penned by Roger Butler and sent to several British newspaper editors - some of whom were so shocked they thought it was a hoax - in June 1960. Writing such a letter seven years before the decriminalisation of homosexuality was a radical and dang...