Contents:
NEARLY HALF OF BRS THK THERE ARE 'FAR TOO MANY' GAY PEOPLE ON TV OM HEARTSTOPPER TO EASTENRS, GRAHAM NORTON SHOW TO DRAG RACE - HERE'S WHY THEY'RE WRONG"SHOULDN'T WE BE LIFTG UP LGBT+ TV STARS, NOT PICKG AT THEM FOR THEIR MOMENT THE SPOTLIGHT", WR MYLONDON LGBT+ REPORTER MATT SPIVEYGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTS NEWSOPNBYMATT SPIVEYCONTENT EDOR13:13, 5 MAR 2023UPDATED15:08, 5 MAR 2023BOOKMARKLGBT+ PEOPLE ARE FAR MORE VISIBLE ON MASTREAM TV BUT THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO FOR EQUAL REPRENTATN (IMAGE: BBC)SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI MORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 SIGN UP FOR NEWS AND FEATUR OM OUR DIVERSE MUNI INVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
We've e a long way sce a time when the only gay people on TV were eher closeted or unable to openly exprs their sexualy. He says: "I get loads of msag om 16-year-old gay lads sayg they’ve e out to their parents bee of me. Durg the 1990s, Ru was known the UK for his appearanc on the Channel 4 seri ‘Manhattan Cable’ : Dpe beg one of the most regnised faced the LGBT muny, RuPl do not nsir himself a gay in, sayg: “That's for someone else to nsir me that.
”He says: “Regular, straight pop culture has liberally lifted thgs om gay culture as long as I n remember. The stand-up ic hosts his own Channel 4 chat show, ‘Chatty Man’ : Alan has claimed he don’t believe he is a role mol for the gay muny, as he don’t nsir his sexualy to be a fol part of his shows, sayg: “I thk what better equaly for gays than that?
He says: “The only thg I n give to young gay people is that when I was growg up there were no role mols that were blokey, that were men. Everybody was flamboyant and mp, and I remember gog, 'That's not me, so even though I thk I am gay, I don't thk I f to this world. She says: “People ask me if I want to be a gay role mol and I say no, I jt want to be me and if I do help people to e out then that’s fantastic.