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• GAY BRANNIA
• BBC ANNOUNC MAJOR NEW SEASON, GAY BRANNIA, MARKG THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEXUAL OFFENC ACT
• GAY BRANNIA
• BBC ANNOUNC MAJOR NEW SERI OF LGBTQ PROGRAMMG, GAY BRANNIA
• TRAILER: GAY BRANNIA SEASON
• BBC ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, GAY BRANNIA, MARKG THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEXUAL OFFENC ACT
• GAY BRANNIA SEASON ON THE BBC

GAY BRANNIA

Gay Brannia, a season of programmg markg the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offenc Act 1967, which partially crimalised gay sex. Gay Brannia on Rad 2.

Matthew Sweet on film and mic for hidn gay cema. The Myth of Homosexual Decrimalisatn. Peter Tatchell on how the 1967 Sexual Offenc Act failed to provi equaly for gay men.

BBC ANNOUNC MAJOR NEW SEASON, GAY BRANNIA, MARKG THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEXUAL OFFENC ACT

Who Decis If Gay Is OK? Why is OK to be gay the UK but not Zambia? Gay Brannia.

Ben Hunte meets Ben Cohen, then the edy seri wh 'the only gay the village'.

The Archers' Gay Weddg. This season is a powerful examatn of how far we have e - whilst also explorg how much further we have to travelLed by programmg on BBC Two and BBC Four, wh other ntent across BBC rad and onle, the Gay Brannia season will feature bold and provotive stori that celebrate the LGBTQ muny as well as challengg existg prenceptns and prejudic.

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The season will also st a h light on the history of gay Bra, as well as highlightg jt what means to be gay Bra today.

BBC ANNOUNC MAJOR NEW SERI OF LGBTQ PROGRAMMG, GAY BRANNIA

On BBC Two, the season rang om pellg drama Agast The Law, starrg Daniel Mays as journalist Peter Wilblood (who was found guilty of homosexualy the 1950s, the explosive Montagu Trial); to the first screen drama om bt-sellg Brish novelist Patrick Gale, Man In An Orange Shirt, starrg Vansa Redgrave; to important and timely documentari such as Is It Safe To Be Gay The UK? Which ttimony and found footage to explore the rise of attacks on lbian, gay and transgenr people.

What Gay Did For Art (BBC Two) celebrat the ntributn lbian and gay people have ma to popular culture, the visual arts, lerature, theatre and film; while Prejudice and Pri: The People’s History Of LGBTQ Bra, prented by San Calman and Stephen K Amos on BBC Four, reveals the prec mementos and memorabilia that have the changed the liv of LGBTQ people over the last 50 years.

TRAILER: GAY BRANNIA SEASON

Also on BBC Four, Gluck charts the morn Brish history of female homosexualy and s reprentatn culture, lerature, fashn and art, through the untold story of the celebrated artist Gluck (Hannah Gluckste, 1895-1978) who fied her ntemporari' fns of genr and sexualy; and Mark Gatiss offers his and other wrers' rpons to the 50th anniversary of The Sexual Offenc Act Queers.

On BBC Three, Olly Alexanr, lead sger of Years and Years and a powerful voice on LGBTQ rights, explor why the gay muny is more vulnerable to mental health issu, as he opens up about his own long-term battl wh prsn Olly Alexanr: Growg Up Gay.

On Rad 3, the drama Victim will trace the bravery behd the 1961 film of the same name, which was the first English language film to e the word ‘homosexual’. Trailer: Gay Brannia Season.

BBC ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, GAY BRANNIA, MARKG THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEXUAL OFFENC ACT

Olly Alexanr: Growg Up Gay. Explorg the long journey to publitn of EM Forster's gay love story, Mrice.

The story of Victim, the first Brish film to addrs homosexualy serly. Riyadh looks at body image prsur the gay muny.

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More om Gay Brannia. A grippg te story of love and homosexualy.

Gay Brannia on BBC TV.