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Contents:
- JACK ROOKE ON HIS NEW CHANNEL 4 EDY BIG BOYS: WE NEVER SEE STRAIGHT/GAY MALE IENDSHIPS ON SCREEN
- TV TONIGHT: A PUNCHY SERI OF EDY SHORTS KICKS OFF WH THIS IS GAY
- HOW ARE LGBT PEOPLE REACTG TO CHANNEL 4'S GAY DRAMA "CUCUMBER"?
JACK ROOKE ON HIS NEW CHANNEL 4 EDY BIG BOYS: WE NEVER SEE STRAIGHT/GAY MALE IENDSHIPS ON SCREEN
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Both films will go out around the anniversary of the first UK Gay Pri Rally which was held London on 1st July 1972.
TV TONIGHT: A PUNCHY SERI OF EDY SHORTS KICKS OFF WH THIS IS GAY
The growg relatnship between two young men, one gay one straight, mak for a genuely upliftg, wty s * channel 4 gay comedy *
To be shown later the year, Outed: Gee Michael and the Fight for Freedom (w/t) will be a two-part re-examg the pop in’s 1998 outg as a gay man and how he refed to be ashamed. Louisa Compton, Head of News, Current Affairs, Specialist Factual and Sport who is overseeg the Pri season says: “Channel 4 has been rponsible for more outstandg LGBTQ+ ntent over s 40 years than any other public service broadster -often missng ntent others wouldn’t touch, om award-wng dramas It’s A S, Queer As Folk, and Brooksi to novative factual stori cludg Football's Comg Out, Genrquake, and Hollyoaks: Gay Dads Forever.
HOW ARE LGBT PEOPLE REACTG TO CHANNEL 4'S GAY DRAMA "CUCUMBER"?
Films to make Outed: Gee Michael and the Fight for Freedom (w/t) – a two-part documentary re-examg the watershed moment that the pop in’s 1998 outg as a gay man and how he refed to be ashamed, speakg hontly about his sexualy, riskg his reer and his reputatn. Reflectg on a time when the outg of gay men the media was monplace, the seri will tell the story of a culture war – between those who wanted to turn the clock back on gay rights and the micians, actors, sports stars and policians who took on the haters – and won.