Stephen Fry felt like an ‘undesirable person’ on gay scene in 1980s
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breakingnews.ieStephen Fry has said he felt like an “undesirable person” when he arrived on the gay scene in London in the 1980s and that he struggled with loneliness.
The actor, who has been married to husband Elliott Spencer since 2015, said it was only when he started examining his mind that he realised how unhappy he was.
Speaking to hosts Chris Sweeney and Alan Cumming on the first Queer Icons episode of the Homo Sapiens podcast, Fry said: “I always hated what was called ‘the scene’ when I arrived in London – I arrived in London at a bad time for any gay person, in 1981 during the HIV virus. “I remember hearing about GRID – gay related immune deficiency and all kinds of other strange words… we’d go to Heaven and various other gay clubs and a sweet
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