Linda Bellos

Linda Bellos OBE (born 13 December 1950) is an English ex-politician and current businesswoman and activist for gay rights. Bellos was born in London to a Jewish mother, Renee Sackman, and a Nigerian father, Emmanuel Adebowale, who came from Uzebba and joined the merchant navy during the Second World War. Raised in Brixton, she was educated at Silverthorne Girls’ Secondary Modern School, Dick Shephard Comprehensive School and the University of Sussex. She married in 1970 and gave birth to two children, in 1974 and 1976, and "came out" in 1980. Her marriage ended in divorce in 1983. She is now a grandmother. On 21 December 2005, she and her partner, Caroline Jones, were among the first couples to enter into a Civil partnership in the UK....