<b>''An extraordinary </b><b>life, </b><b>depicted with searing honesty ... A </b><b>colourful journey sprinkled with delicious </b><b>anecdotes</b><b>'' <i>Daily Express</i></b><b>''Extraordinary ... You''ll be ugly-sobbing at the end'' Graham Norton¿It tells not just the story of his life, but also the battle for LGBT equality in the UK¿ <i>Guardian</i></b><b>''A memoir to cherish'' Ian McKellen</b><b>''A book to be savoured'' Alan Johnson</b><b>''There are so many reasons to love this book'' Armistead Maupin</b><b>¿A beautifully written, funny memoir¿ Jo Brand</b>Growing up in post-war East London, the son of a docker and an office cleaner, young Michael Cashman¿s life changed when he was discovered, aged twelve, and transported to the West End stage. Cashman would make history ¿ first as an actor, one half of the first gay kiss broadcast on a British soap, BBC TV¿s EastEnders, and then as a campaigner and politician, founding Stonewall with Ian McKellen, and embarking on a fight fo