Mikey Walsh (born 22 September 1980)[1] is a British writer and columnist.

Walsh was brought up to be a bare-knuckle fighter in the Romany community, but being gay, he was forced to leave his family and culture in 1996.

[2] Walsh's earliest interview was for BBC Radio 4's The Choice with Michael Buerk where he spoke about his life and what brought him to have to leave his culture.

[3][4] In 2014 and 2015, Walsh was added to The Independent's Rainbow List of the most influential British LGBT people.

[19][20] Walsh was filmed for the first time to share his coming out story for The Albert Kennedy Trust's winter appeal.