Justin Fashanu homophobia in football and promotes the inclusion of openly gay players in football. In July 2013, the French film composer Jann Halexander composed a short requiem in his memory. In July 2014 London band Elephants and Castles released their first single, "Fashanu", as a tribute. In 2017, Netflix released the film, "Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story". Justin Fashanu Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu (; 19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998) was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out to
Catherine Cookson her youth wanted to write about 'above stairs' in grand houses, she later and successfully concentrated on people ground down by circumstances, taking care to know them well. Cookson wrote almost 100 books, which sold more than 123 million copies, her novels being translated into at least 20 languages. She also wrote books under the pseudonyms Catherine Marchant and a name derived from her childhood name, Katie McMullen. She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, up until four years after her death, losing the top spot to Jacqueline Wilson only in 2002.