The Colour of His Hair Author:David Rees 1976 -- a more liberal time for gay men and women than the mid-eighties. That doesn't mean an easy ride, however, for the central characters. Mark, aged eighteen, and Donald, aged seventeen, who fall in love and begin a relationship. When their so-called friends at school find out what is going on, the persecution begins. Donald nearly break... more »s down under the strain, despite help from an unexpected quarter - his English teacher, who is also gay. But the relationship survives into early adulthood, and ten years on it undergoes some surprising twists and turns in less liberal, AIDS-conscious 1986.« less