<P> In the 2016 Birthday Honours, Owens was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to sport, and was awarded an honorary fellowship from Cardiff University in July of the same year . </P> <P> In February 2017, Owens was the castaway on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, during which he revealed to presenter Kirsty Young that before accepting his sexuality he had asked a doctor if he could be chemically castrated . </P> <P> His autobiography, Hanner Amser ("Half Time"), was published in Welsh in 2008, then in English in 2009 . He was named on the 2017 Pinc List of leading Welsh LGBT figures . </P> <P> On 24 July 2017, Owens presented a Panorama documentary about men and eating disorders . In it, he opened up about his own experiences with bulimia and how it has affected his life, highlighting refereeing the rugby world cup as a significant trigger . </P>

Welsh rugby referee whose 2009 autobiography is entitled half time
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