Sir Ian McKellen: 'Not telling parents I was gay remains my greatest regret'
“He had been invited to take part in a drama workshop about homophobic bullying.
Saying he was impressed that the school was tackling the problem, he told pupils: ‘Being gay was a topic that was never mentioned when I was your age. We had not really invented the word gay - at school I used to be called Oscar, after Oscar Wilde.
When I was 29 it was illegal for me to make love, I had a boyfriend and we slept together but the law said that we should be in prison.
It was very hard to walk out in the street and say to him don’t touch me or brush your hand against mine, there may be a police man around the corner.’”
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