Peter Burton

Peter William Burton (29 April 1945 – 7 November 2011) was an English journalist, publisher, editor and author, considered "the Godfather of gay journalism". Gay News was fined £1,000. He continued, noting, "y the time I had become aware of society and the law’s attitudes, it was too late for me to change mine.” at age 66 on 7 November 2011 in Brighton. he was "survived by his sister Pamela Hinchcliffe and her sons, [and] his close companion, Torsten Højer". 2003 Bend Sinister: The Gay Times Book of Disturbing Stories Lambda Literary Award for Anthology (Fiction) Finalist 2005 Serendipity: The Gay Times Book of New Stories Lambda Literary Award for Anthology (Fiction) Finalist 2009 A Casualty of War: Gay Short Fiction Lambda Literary Award for Anthology Finalist Publications

Rod Stewart: A Life on the Town (1977) Parallel Lives (1985) Talking To--: Peter Burton in Conversation with ... Writers Writing on Gay Themes (1991) Amongst the Aliens: Some Aspects of a Gay Life (1995) Somerset Maugham (2000)

Anthologies edited

Vale of Tears (1992) The Mammoth Book of Gay Short Stories (1997) Bend Sinister: The Gay Times Book of Disturbing Stories (2002) Death Comes Easy: The Gay Times Book of Murder Stories (2003) Serendipity: The Gay Times Book of New Stories (2004) A Casualty of War: The Arcadia Book of Gay Short Stories (2008) What Love Is: The Second Arcadia Book of Gay Short Stories (2011)

Anthology contributions

On the Line: New Gay Fiction, edited by Ian Young (1981) Play Hard, Score Big, edited by John Patrick (1999)