Olly Alexanr of Years & Years reflects on what spired him to open up about his stggl wh mental health and sexual inty his documentary "Growg Up Gay."
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- OLLY ALEXANR: THE YEARS & YEARS ONTMAN DISCS POWERFUL NEW DOCUMENTARY ‘GROWG UP GAY’
- GROWG UP GAY SGER OLLY ALEXANR'S HOME TOWN THE FORT OF DEANFOR PRI MONTH WE TALKED TO LGBTQ PEOPLE THE TOWN WHERE THE YEARS & YEARS ONTMAN GREW UPGLOUCTERSHIRELIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYJA HUGHSENR DIGAL REPORTER15:11, 4 JUL 2021BOOKMARKNEVER MISS THE LATT LOL NEWS AGA BY SIGNG UP TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 NEVER MISS THE LATT LOL NEWS AGA BY SIGNG UP TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- OLLY ALEXANR GETS REAL ABOUT GROWG UP GAY AND IT’S A S
- YEARS & YEARS' NEW SONG CELEBRAT THE "BLSG" OF BEG GAY
- 'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
- OLLY ALEXANR: GROWG UP GAY
OLLY ALEXANR: THE YEARS & YEARS ONTMAN DISCS POWERFUL NEW DOCUMENTARY ‘GROWG UP GAY’
Years & Years ontman Olly Alexanr discs his powerful new documentary Growg Up Gay, and beg a Diversy Role Mol. * growing up gay olly alexander *
In a powerful BBC3 documentary, Olly Alexanr: Growg Up Gay, the 26-year-old explor why the queer muny is more vulnerable to mental health issu – and ndidly addrs his own prsn. No one’s sayg beg gay giv you mental health issu – ’s growg up a world that mak you feel like you’re wrong, disgtg or perverted.
Like half of all LGBT teens, you suffered homophobic bullg at school.
GROWG UP GAY SGER OLLY ALEXANR'S HOME TOWN THE FORT OF DEANFOR PRI MONTH WE TALKED TO LGBTQ PEOPLE THE TOWN WHERE THE YEARS & YEARS ONTMAN GREW UPGLOUCTERSHIRELIVEBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYJA HUGHSENR DIGAL REPORTER15:11, 4 JUL 2021BOOKMARKNEVER MISS THE LATT LOL NEWS AGA BY SIGNG UP TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 NEVER MISS THE LATT LOL NEWS AGA BY SIGNG UP TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTERINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
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You say you partied too much when you first went on the gay scene aged 18. The documentary forms part of a season markg 50 years sce the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy. How do you feel about Thera May’s parliamentary al wh the anti-gay-marriage Democratic Unnist party?
OLLY ALEXANR GETS REAL ABOUT GROWG UP GAY AND IT’S A S
A new Brish TV drama looks at the liv of gay men London at the very start of the AIDS crisis — back when no one wanted to stop the party, and no one thought the vis uld touch them. * growing up gay olly alexander *
Olly Alexanr: Growg Up Gay is available on iPlayer now.
But wasn't always that way and a BBC 3 documentary Growg Up Gay he admted that he tried to hi his homosexualy while livg the small market town of Coleford the Fort of Dean. Beg lled a ‘fag’ or ‘poof’, led to a few physil fights and the word ‘gay’ was always ed a negative way.
Sectn 28 did so much damage that I grew up thkg the word gay was an sult. " Although they did not experience direct homophobia ments like "that's not right" or "we don't want to see that kd of thg on TV" cut ep. I always knew I was gay and kissed a boy the school toilets, but was such a massive taboo that I always nied .
YEARS & YEARS' NEW SONG CELEBRAT THE "BLSG" OF BEG GAY
The Years & Years sger will film the BBC special as part of the 'Gay Brannia' season of programm." name="scriptn * growing up gay olly alexander *
"There was a boy who was badly beaten up for beg gay so was a very dark time for me. "I me om London but I did not know what Pri was, I never knew what a gay man or woman was, I never knew anythg about transgenr.
'IT'S A S' BRGS A LOST GENERATN OF GAY MEN TO LIFE
At first he me out as bisexual bee was easier on ex-girliends and parents who were worried but acceptg, but eventually me out as gay. But he knows not everybody feels the same way and at one time he ran a monthly lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) night to provi somewhere safe to meet the heart of the Fort. "It's still happeng, " he said referrg to an horrific homophobic attack Liverpool.
OLLY ALEXANR: GROWG UP GAY
Even if she had unrstood what was gog on, Becky says the stigma attached to beg gay as a young person growg up Coleford would have stopped her nfidg anybody.