iO Tillett Wright: Fifty shas of gay | TED Talk

Contents:

• FIFTY SHAS OF GAY
• 50 SHAS OF GAY
• '50 SHAS OF GREY' GAY FLAP
• C4 ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, 50 SHAS OF GAY
• GALLERY: IO TILLETT WRIGHT EXAM THE 50+ SHAS OF GAY
• C4 ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, 50 SHAS OF GAY
• IKE AVELLI AND “50 SHAS OF GAY” H THE ROAD AGA
• UNED STAT TV DIENCE MAND FOR 50 SHAS OF GAY
• 50 SHAS OF GAY

FIFTY SHAS OF GAY

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50 SHAS OF GAY

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IO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? 50ShasOfGay:AHeartbreakgShortStory|SrlettRivers.

'50 SHAS OF GREY' GAY FLAP

Matt Bomer isn't right for Christian Grey bee he is openly gay. Can an openly gay actor nvcgly portray a straight character on screen? In 2010, Newsweek wrer Ram Setooh igned a furor when he explaed that he uldn't appreciate Sean Hay' performance the play Promis, Promis, primarily bee "'s weird seeg [the openly gay] Hay play straight.

" In 2009, Rupert Everett was so trated by Hollywood's abily to see anythg past his own sexualy that he urged young gay actors to stay the closet if they wanted to enjoy any real mastream succs. "It means that we've moved beyond stereotyp and that gay is hot…" I uldn't image a more misguid terpretatn of that feedback. Another explanatn: women are not threatened by the ia of gay men.

Apparently, that male illn is plited when the man portrayg that hero is gay. " Unrstandg Ellis' reactn is important to appreciatg the hypocrisy when the on-screen sexual orientatn scenar is reversed: Was Tom Hanks ls believable playg a gay man Philalphia bee the dience uldn't rolve the role wh his real-life marriage to Ra Wilson?

C4 ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, 50 SHAS OF GAY

Perhaps the reason they were accepted proment gay rol and generoly honored for dog so is bee, ep down, there's homophobic ridue that exists even the most enlightened du's psyche that is reassured by the realy that those actors are "jt pretendg" to be gay. Channel 4 is markg the 50th anniversary of the partial crimalisatn of homosexualy wh a new season of programm: 50 Shas of Gay. In a documentary of the same name, Rupert Everett livers his personal and ank take on the velopments gay life Bra sce crimalisatn.

Not Guilty (w/t) shows how gay men ntued to be persecuted long after the 1967 Act began to crimalise homosexualy. Far om herg an end to prejudice, 1967 unleashed a backlash of homophobia. Epimic [w/t] tells how an unlikely aln of gay mpaigners, Tory policians, and pneerg doctors me together to fight AIDS the 1980s – and changed Bra the procs.

GALLERY: IO TILLETT WRIGHT EXAM THE 50+ SHAS OF GAY

Born This Way (w/t) reveals that while mpaigners were battlg Parliament for legal reforms, pop mic was changg hearts and mds, brgg gay culture to the livg rooms of Bra. And Bra’s Great Gay Buildgs, famo fac such as Simon Callow, Lord Waheed, Anna Richardson and Mary Portas champn the buildgs where extraordary moments Bra’s gay history took place. This film reveals how gay men ntued to be persecuted long after the 1967 Act began to crimalise homosexualy.

C4 ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, 50 SHAS OF GAY

Far om herg an end to prejudice, 1967 unleashed a backlash of homophobia enforced by the police and the urts, as many aspects of gay life ntued to be illegal. The film tells the stori of some of the 15, 000 men who fell foul of Bra’s homophobic laws durg the past half century - and expos how the jtice ntu today.

IKE AVELLI AND “50 SHAS OF GAY” H THE ROAD AGA

This landmark film tells the behd-the-scen upliftg story of how an unlikely aln of Tory policians, pneerg doctors and gay men me together to fight a adly disease wh no cure – and how Bra was changed forever by the battle agast AIDS the 1980s. Together they overme a homophobic prs, the ignorance of the medil tablishment, and the outright hostily of Margaret Thatcher, orr to create a mpaign that would change hearts and mds about AIDS – and gay men.

UNED STAT TV DIENCE MAND FOR 50 SHAS OF GAY

50 Shas of Gay. In this documentary, Rupert Everett livers his personal and ank take on the velopments gay life Bra sce the crimalisatn of homosexualy 50 years ago. Huge progrs has been ma - but has somethg of the edge and distctivens of gay inty also been lost?

After homosexualy was legalised 50 years ago, this is the story of how was pop mic that won the battle for hearts and mds, and ma OK to be gay.

50 SHAS OF GAY

Put simply: was pop mic that ma OK to be gay. Channel 4 marks this momento anniversary wh the story of the fearls & flamboyant artists– om global ins to hidn hero – who ed pop mic as gay culture’s Trojan Horse, scg all wh a soundtrack to die for.

Channel 4's dited short arts strand Random Acts is partnerg wh Tate on s Queer Brish Art 1861-1967 exhibn, which marks the 50th anniversary sce the crimalisatn of male homosexualy the UK. Bra’s Great Gay Buildgs. In Bra’s Great Gay Buildgs, prented by Stephen Fry, 7 famo gay fac champn the buildgs that have helped fe Bra’s gay history, revealg the groundbreakg events that happened them and extraordary people who lived and worked them.

The Reverend Richard Cole reviss Heaven Nightclub after many years to reveal s hedonistic past, Mary Portas viss Shibn Hall Yorkshire to disver the secret diari of a Yorkshire heirs, Craig Revel Horwood revels the story of Bra’s drag scene at the Royal Vxhall Tavern, Simon Callow tells the story of Osr Wil’s downfall at the Old Bailey, Rikki Beadle Blair viss the Theatre Royal Haymarket to disver how the Brish public showed their support for Sir John Gielgud after his arrt for ttagg, Liz Carr travels to Bletchley Park to vis the place that fostered one of Bra’s greatt scientists Alan Turg and Lord Waheed Alli tells the story of the Ho of Parliament’s recent battle for gay rights. 50 Shas Of Gay: A Heartbreakg Short Story|Srlett River. IO Tillett Wright: Fifty shas of gay.