G (Gamal Turawa): Black Pride

It's Black History Month and we celebrate it with a corker! We meet the effervescent Gamal Turawa, or ‘G’ as he prefers to be called.

G 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.

G 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.

G is now a diversity facilitator and international speaker who’s currently writing his highly anticipated autobiography and is soon to release a documentary on his life. 

We laughed and learned a huge amount from G. He’s fascinating, hilarious and incredibly resilient. You’re in for a great episode here and we hope you enjoy it!

More of G:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLc9Mk1ZJAs - G talking on his earlier life

https://vimeo.com/115746591 - G coming out on stage at Pride - beeeautiful poem to make it memorable!

https://purplefrog-connections.com/about - how to find G

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