In the 1970s homophobia was a way of life, it was just the way it was. But it doesn't matter at all now. When I came out, I wasn’t planning to be sort of visibly gay or appear feminine, but that is what I want to do... The thing is, it’s part of the identity thing. It’s part of being true to who I really am. It’s a psychological thing. I mean, I’m a signal, I want people to see that I might well be gay. In fact, I was always signalling it for a long time because I always wear lots of pink. I like the colour, but I was very happy to be slightly ambiguous that way. So when the big day came they wouldn’t be entirely shocked... I don’t want to be all wooden and kind of stereotypically masculine for a man, because I don’t want to do that. I won’t go over the top, but all I’m doing is just being myself actually. That’s the truth.