Dan O'Neill: Gay BBC prenter 'told to play down sexualy'

Contents:

• LOST 1950S BBC GAY DOCUMENTARY BROUGHT TO LIFE NEW PLAY
• GAY BBC PRENTER ‘WAS TOLD TO PLAY DOWN HIS SEXUALY’ BY TV PROFSNALS

LOST 1950S BBC GAY DOCUMENTARY BROUGHT TO LIFE NEW PLAY

In 1953, BBC rerd s first-ever LGBTQ+ documentary about gay men livg Bra. Speakg about the ntent, Colls said: “It’s been hard to read some of the material at tim, but has also been an honour to get this amazg sight to this lost programme and s view of homosexualy.

When talkg about his creative procs, Hornby said, “I’ve mixed up agments om the BBC archive wh the fictnal story of a young man explorg his sexualy the 1950s… Through him, we get a wdow to beg gay the 1950s and we see the impact of the documentary has upon him. The First Homosexual premiered at New Alphi Stud on December 1.

This gay documentary was the first of s time, and ’s affirmg to know that this prevly lost material will now be safely prerved BBC archiv. © 2022 GCN (Gay Communy News). Films like Portra of Jason and Tongu Untied, for stance, tell ntemporary viewers as much about the dividual stori about gay Black men prented on screen as about the muni (real and imaged) that their rpective filmmakers brought to bear on their fished films.

GAY BBC PRENTER ‘WAS TOLD TO PLAY DOWN HIS SEXUALY’ BY TV PROFSNALS

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