Channel 4 announc 50 Shas of Gay season markg the 50th anniversary of the partial-crimalisatn of homosexualy England and Wal
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- C4 ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, 50 SHAS OF GAY
- CHANNEL 4 LED THE GAY REVOLUTN TV
- CHANNEL 4 GLAD TO PNEER THE FIRST GAY DRAMA ON BRISH TV
C4 ANNOUNC NEW SEASON, 50 SHAS OF GAY
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Epimic [w/t] tells how an unlikely aln of gay mpaigners, Tory policians, and pneerg doctors me together to fight AIDS the 1980s – and changed Bra the procs. Born This Way (w/t) reveals that while mpaigners were battlg Parliament for legal reforms, pop mic was changg hearts and mds, brgg gay culture to the livg rooms of Bra.
CHANNEL 4 LED THE GAY REVOLUTN TV
And Bra’s Great Gay Buildgs, famo fac such as Simon Callow, Lord Waheed, Anna Richardson and Mary Portas champn the buildgs where extraordary moments Bra’s gay history took place.
Far om herg an end to prejudice, 1967 unleashed a backlash of homophobia enforced by the police and the urts, as many aspects of gay life ntued to be illegal. This landmark film tells the behd-the-scen upliftg story of how an unlikely aln of Tory policians, pneerg doctors and gay men me together to fight a adly disease wh no cure – and how Bra was changed forever by the battle agast AIDS the 1980s.
CHANNEL 4 GLAD TO PNEER THE FIRST GAY DRAMA ON BRISH TV
Together they overme a homophobic prs, the ignorance of the medil tablishment, and the outright hostily of Margaret Thatcher, orr to create a mpaign that would change hearts and mds about AIDS – and gay men. Channel 4 marks this momento anniversary wh the story of the fearls & flamboyant artists– om global ins to hidn hero – who ed pop mic as gay culture’s Trojan Horse, scg all wh a soundtrack to die for. Channel 4's dited short arts strand Random Acts is partnerg wh Tate on s Queer Brish Art 1861-1967 exhibn, which marks the 50th anniversary sce the crimalisatn of male homosexualy the UK.