Career
Walsh was brought up to be a bare-knuckle fighter in the Romany Gypsy community, but being gay, he was forced to leave his family and culture in 1996. Walsh suffers from social anxiety disorder, and is known to avoid public appearances and interviews because of lieutenant His last public interview was in 2012, for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s The Choice with Michael Buerk, in which he spoke about his life and what brought him to have to leave his culture.
In 2014, Walsh was added to the The Independent"s Rainbow List of the most influential British people.
The movie adaptation of Walsh"s first book, Gypsy Boy, is currently in development, produced by British Broadcasting Corporation s, Bowery and Bond s and screenplay adapted by James Graham. Walsh was filmed for the first time to share his coming out story for The Albert Kennedy Trust"s winter appeal.
Walsh has been featured in Attitude"s "Gay Role Models" issue, and writes a regular guest column for Gay Times.