A tongue--cheek look at beg gay 2023. Pl: John McEnroe talks anger issu Gods of Tennis. Here’s what to watch this eveng
Contents:
- TOM ALLEN: THE IA OF GAY SHAME STILL PERVAS
- TV TONIGHT: A PUNCHY SERI OF EDY SHORTS KICKS OFF WH THIS IS GAY
TOM ALLEN: THE IA OF GAY SHAME STILL PERVAS
The edian discs the shame he felt growg up gay the 1990s, and how he overme . * bbc gay comedian *
Image source, Aemen SkarImage ptn, Allen says edy is a place where people n explore and celebrate their quirksAt the turn of the lennium, when edian Tom Allen was a teenager, a celebry g out as gay regularly ma headle late Boyzone sger Stephen Gately was splashed across the ont page of the Sun when he revealed he was gay 1999.
When Brian Dowlg won the send seri of Big Brother 2001, the fact he was gay was notable and groundbreakg. Society was a perd of transn at the time, wh attus towards homosexualy beg ls hostile. And wh them me chang the law to improve gay rights.
TV TONIGHT: A PUNCHY SERI OF EDY SHORTS KICKS OFF WH THIS IS GAY
"Those were such seismic events 15 or 20 years ago, " says Allen, whose new memoir studi the shame he felt growg up gay.