To promote his new drama seri about Aids the early 1980s, Rsell T. Davi sisted an terview that gay characters should be played only by actors who are actually gay. This was madng for a number of reasons, startg wh blatant hypocrisy. One of the thgs that ma Davi’s Queer As Folk so
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- IT’S A S CREATOR RSELL T DAVI: “CAST GAY AS GAY”
- RSELL T DAVI SPEAKS OUT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STG GAY ACTORS AS GAY CHARACTERS IT'S A S
- YOU’LL WISH YOU WERE GAY: CHANNEL 4’S IT’S A S REVIEWED
- TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
IT’S A S CREATOR RSELL T DAVI: “CAST GAY AS GAY”
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He plays Rchie, a young gay man om the Isle of Wight who’s not out to his parents.
RSELL T DAVI SPEAKS OUT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF STG GAY ACTORS AS GAY CHARACTERS IT'S A S
Former Doctor Who shownner Rsell T Davi opened up on the importance of stg gay actors like Stephen Fry his 1980s AIDS drama It's A S." data-ttid="meta-scriptn * it's a sin gay actors *
He also prented BBC Three documentary Growg Up Gay, which is available on BBC iPlayer and well worth a watch.
He is a young gay man, who’s fay effectively disown him after he out to them.
Gregory is a gay man om Stland who don’t live the Pk Palace but is iends wh them all, particularly Jill and Rose.
YOU’LL WISH YOU WERE GAY: CHANNEL 4’S IT’S A S REVIEWED
It’s A S Creator Rsell T Davi: “Cast Gay as Gay” | AnOtherIt’s A S, 2021(Film still)Rsell T Davi ss down wh Nick Leve to discs his new seri rooted the 80s Aids crisis, LGBTQ reprentatn on screen and straight actors playg gay charactersJanuary 20, 2021.
TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
Sce he created the groundbreakg gay drama Queer as Folk 1999, the Swansea-born wrer has nsistently elevated LGBTQ reprentatn mastream TV.
As gay mat Rchie (Olly Alexanr), Rose (Omari Douglas), Ash (Nathaniel Curtis) and Col (Callum Stt Howells), pl female iend Jill (Lydia Wt), lose iends and lovers to the disease, Davi pats a poignant portra of how to fe their liv. NL: In episo four we see Nathaniel Curtis’s character Ash eviscerate Sectn 28, the Thatcher ernment’s barbaric legislatn prohibg the “promotn” of homosexualy schools. RTD: I thk would have been odd to have wrten a gay drama set the 80s wh no mentn of .
If you were a teacher and a child was beg bullied for beg gay ont of you, there was nothg you uld say. I thk ls than half of our current bet voted for gay marriage – certaly our Home Secretary, Pri Patel, who’s charge of the laws of the land, voted agast gay marriage. They’re a gay male band wh their one female iend, which is very, very 80s.