WORDS: MATT CAIN // PHOTOGRAPHS: FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE VILLABOA // FASHION: NICK BYAM
Matt Cain with James Wharton, right
The first time I met James Wharton was at the Attitude Awards in 2012. He was fresh-faced, excitable and fun — and he had a fascinating life story to tell. Brought up in a working-class family in Wrexham, North Wales, he joined the British Army at the age of 16, fought in the Iraq War and became the poster boy for the newly gayfriendly armed forces.