And he penned one of the era’s great anthems, Smalltown Boy, the plaintive lament of a young gay man running away from home to find acceptance elsewhere. Jimmy Somerville - Homage. Picture: ...

Jimmy Somerville and I have something in common ... in an attempt to convey the seismic impact disco had on him as a young gay man growing up in Glasgow in the 1970s. As you may expect, Jimmy’s ...

Jimmy Somerville: For me, it’s filled with optimism ... It’s that cliché of being a young gay man without knowing I was gay but still latching onto female vocals and lyrics about love ...

Andrew Ford: As in the song, you ran away to London. Was it easier to be a young gay man in London than in Glasgow? Jimmy Somerville: I think it's easier for anyone who leaves their home town and ...

Bronski Beat’s Jimmy Somerville has vowed to remove ... attention to homophobia amid the AIDS epidemic, with Somerville playing a young boy outed to his family by the police and kicked ...

Jimmy Somerville is reminiscing about his disco ... Street was the first kind of grown-up club I went to. I was young but I managed to get in, basically because I looked like a little girl.

STEVE BRONSKI aka Jimmy Somerville... 'Hit that perfect beat ... on the homophobia and social alienation experienced by a young gay man who is forced to move away because of his sexuality.

When the short video “27000” premiered at London Pride in 1996, featuring a live performance from Jimmy Somerville ... “27000” told the story of a young man getting his positive HIV ...

Legendary Scottish pop star Jimmy Somerville has condemned LGB Alliance ... It tells the story of a young gay man forced to leave his hometown due to prejudice and discrimination, reflecting ...