Unnatural Relations

Fifteen

year old Jamie Potten, bullied by his wealthy but belligerent father

and unloved by his mother, is hopelessly in love with nineteen year old

Christopher. In a chance meeting with the older boy Jamie found someone

he could at last talk to, someone who listened and took an interest in

him; over time Jamie's liking for Christopher turned to love, and when

he finally acted on his impulses he was delighted to find that love

reciprocated. However circumstances would conspire against them and lead

to the older boy being arrested and tried on charges of buggery with a

minor - this is England in the 1980s.For Jamie Potten, burdened at fifteen with a bullying father and an

uncaring mother, his encounter with nineteen-year-old Chris brings

solace and joy. Chris’s love for Jamie, however, leads to his

prosecution for 'buggery with a minor', with the threat of a heavy

prison sentence.In this

gripping yet tender story of two young people facing together a brutal

assault on their human rights, Mike Seabrook highlights the iniquitous

position of gay teenagers under English law.