Lionel Blue<
(February 6, 1930 - living) U.K.
Rabbi, writer, and broadcaster
 Lionel Blue is a regular contributor to the BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day.
He was the first British Rabbi to announce his homosexuality.
He met his partner, Jim, in 1981 by answering a personal advertisement in Gay Times and they are still living together.
 His work include:
Broadcasting
- Lighten our Darkness (1977)
- Roger Royle: Good Morning Sunday (1986)
- In Search of Holy England (1993)
Writing
- Godly and Gay (1981)
- A Backdoor to Heaven (1985)
- Kitchen Blues (1986)
- Bolt from the Blue (1986)
- Day Trips to Eternity (1987)
- Tales of Body and Soul (1995)
- My Affair with Christianity (1999)
- Sun, Sand and Soul (1999)
- Kindred Spirits (1999)
Source: excerpts from: The Knitting Circle, U.K., http://www.sbu.ac.uk/stafflag/people.html
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