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  • TV REVIEW | Epidemic: When Britain Fought AIDS, Channel 4

    ★★★★★ | Epidemic: When Britain Fought AIDS, Channel 4

    REVIEW | Epidemic: When Britain Fought AIDS, Channel 4

    To mark the 50 years of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, Channel 4 has commissioned a number of special programmes, in its 50 Shades Of Gay series; Epidemic: When Britain Fought AIDS is just one of these remarkable look backs.

    In the 1980s the UK was gripped by the panic of a destructive disease, which, in the beginning seemingly only affected the gay and bisexual male community. Citizens the world over were starting to exhibit numerous illnesses caused by one of the most destructive diseases known to man. It killed its victims ruthlessly, painfully and indiscriminately.

    It would take the best part of a decade for the government and health industry of the day to get to grips with just the naming and diagnosis of what we now know today as HIV and AIDS. To put it perspective, PrEP and Truvada were still twenty years in the development.

    Epidemic: When Britain Fought AIDS focuses on the main players in a forgotten story, from the landmark moment when Princess Diana publicly held the hand of someone who had AIDS in the UK’s first HIV/AIDS hospital ward to the complete silence on the subject from the UK’s Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.

    Paul O’Grady, Jean Paul Gaultier, Andy Bell, Lord Michael Cashman, and Margaret Thatcher’s health secretary Norman Fowler, give personal insight into how the battle against AIDS was fought. It delves into how the language that we used today was born and how the fight against AIDS, forced the UK, as a whole, to face its own intolerance and see LGBT+ people as humans rather than sinners and degenerates.

    Watch it on the Channel 4 website

     

     

     

     

  • Channel 4 got a love in for its trans and pan visibility

    Regardless of what you think about Channel 4’s controversial dating show N*ked Attraction, people loved the trans and pan visibility in the last episode.

    In a Naked Attraction first, trans and pansexual dating hopefuls were added to the naked panel. The show’s second season premiere featured self-identified pansexual Lizzy who came out after one year of university and says she is open to all genders saying, “I’m attracted to everyone”.

    Speaking about being transgender, presenter Anna Richardson said,

    “Transgender people identify with a different sex to the one they were assigned at birth. To bring their body in line with how they identify some take hormones to promote physical changes within their bodies.

    “Of the estimated half a million transgender people in the UK, only a third have gender confirmation surgery where their sexual organs are altered”.

    Lizzy had six of naked people to choose from including two trans people.

    Naturally, the good people of Twitter had a lot to say about the programme, but the representation of trans people was generally appreciated, with some pointing out that trans representation on mainstream television was poor and that Naked Attraction’s approach deserved kudos.

    https://twitter.com/imjustboujee/status/880542426246426624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegayuk.com%2Fchannel-4s-naked-attraction-had-trans-and-pan-dating-hopefuls-and-people-loved-it%2F

    https://twitter.com/ChrisChetal73/status/880562849940217856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegayuk.com%2Fchannel-4s-naked-attraction-had-trans-and-pan-dating-hopefuls-and-people-loved-it%2F

    https://twitter.com/W4352/status/880543549514805251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegayuk.com%2Fchannel-4s-naked-attraction-had-trans-and-pan-dating-hopefuls-and-people-loved-it%2F

  • Channel 4’s Naked Attraction had trans and pan dating hopefuls and people loved it!

    Channel 4’s controversial dating show Naked Attraction had naked trans and pansexual people strip off and people loved the inclusivity.

     

    In a Naked Attraction first, trans and pansexual dating hopefuls were added to the naked panel. The show’s second season premiere featured self-identified pansexual Lizzy who came out after one year of university and says she is open to all genders saying, “I’m attracted to everyone”.

    Speaking about being transgender, presenter Anna Richardson said,

    “Transgender people identify with a different sex to the one they were assigned at birth. To bring their body in line with how they identify some take hormones to promote physical changes within their bodies.

    “Of the estimated half a million transgender people in the UK, only a third have gender confirmation surgery where their sexual organs are altered”.

    Lizzy had six of naked people to choose from including two trans people.

    Naturally, the good people of Twitter had a lot to say about the programme, but the representation of trans people was generally appreciated, with some pointing out that trans representation on mainstream television was poor and that Naked Attraction’s approach deserved kudos.

     

    https://twitter.com/imjustboujee/status/880542426246426624

    https://twitter.com/ChrisChetal73/status/880562849940217856

    https://twitter.com/W4352/status/880543549514805251

     

    Watch the entire episode on All4.

  • Channel 4 announces season of programming for the 50th year of gay decriminalisation

    Channel 4 will be marking the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK by broadcasting a raft of programming to celebrate LGBT life in the UK.

    A number of landmark productions are set to be broadcast on Channel 4 as it marks 50 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales.

    Not Guilty charts the stories of some of the 15,000 British men criminalised for offences under long-defunct anti-homosexuality laws. Epidemic (working title w/t) reveals how an unlikely coalition of gay campaigners Tory politicians, and pioneering doctors came together to fight AIDS in the 1980s – and changed Britain forever in the process. In 50 Shades of Gay (w/t) Rupert Everett, in a series of surprising encounters with gay people of all ages, delivers his own personal take on the changes in gay life and culture that have happened in Britain in the past 50 years. And Coming Out (w/t) reveals how while campaigners were battling Parliament for legal reforms,  the real frontline in the fight to win acceptance for gay culture was the arena of pop music.

    Rob Coldstream, Commissioning Editor, Special Factual said,

    “History can tell us as much about the present day as it does about the past and I’m thrilled to announce this slate of programmes – its incredibly wide ranging but at its heart is brilliant new journalism, and a fresh lens onto the past that offers new insights into our own times.”  

  • TV | Coming Out, Channel 4

    Coming Out

    Broadcaster: Channel 4

    Broadcast Date: TBC

    Production Company: Alley Cats TV

    After homosexuality was legalised 50 years ago, this is the story of how it was pop music that won the battle for hearts and minds, and made it OK to be gay.

    While politicians and protestors focused on legal reform, another struggle was going on – the battle for hearts and minds. The fight to win mainstream status for queer culture was waged, and won, by a group of pioneers who used popular music as the stage for a revolution. Put simply: it was pop music that made it OK to be gay. Channel 4 marks this momentous anniversary with the story of the fearless & flamboyant artists– from global icons to hidden heroes – who used pop music as gay culture’s Trojan Horse, seducing us all with a soundtrack to die for.

  • TV | 50 Shades of Gay, Channel 4

    Fifty Shades Of Gay

    Broadcaster: Channel 4

    Broadcast Date: TBC

    Production Company: Swan Films

    Rupert Everett charts the changes in gay life and culture over the last fifty years, from men in their eighties who cottaged with palace guards, to young transgender people coming out as the ‘only trans in the village’ in rural Britain.  Since 1967 much has been achieved in terms of openness and acceptance, but have some of the things that Rupert most wants to celebrate about gay culture – its rebelliousness and outsiderness, for example – faded in the process of assimilation into the mainstream?

  • TV | Epidemic, Channel 4

    Epidemic

    Broadcaster: Channel 4

    Broadcast Date: TBC

    Production Company: Blast Films

    Epidemic (w/t) This landmark film tells the uplifting story of how an unlikely coalition of Tory politicians, pioneering doctors and gay men came together to fight a deadly disease with no cure – and how Britain was changed forever by the battle against AIDS in the 1980s.  Together they overcame a homophobic press, the ignorance of the medical establishment, and the outright hostility of Margaret Thatcher, in order to create a campaign that would change hearts and minds about AIDS – and gay men.  Not only did their effort stem the tide of the AIDS plague – but by making us talk publicly about sex in a new way, they helped to create a more liberal Britain – that has lasted until today.

  • TV | Not Guilty, Channel 4

    Not Guilty

    Broadcaster: Channel 4

    Broadcast Date: TBC

    Production Company: Testimony Films


    Not Guilty tells the stories of some of the 15,000 British men living with criminal records for offences committed under long-defunct anti-homosexuality laws. On 1    st February 2017 the government passed a new ‘Alan Turing law’ granting pardons for those convicted – but some are refusing to accept a pardon, demanding instead a full apology.  At the heart of the film are emotional testimonies of persecution long after the 1967 Act first began to decriminalise homosexuality in Britain.

  • Guess how much Gogglebox stars get paid!

    Guess how much Gogglebox stars get paid!

    Ever wondered how much the stars of Gogglebox get paid? You’ll be surprised.

    Gogglebox Gays
    CREDIT: Channel 4

    So The Sun has been doing some digging around and they’ve found out how much the stars of Gogglebox get paid.

    It turns out that each family unit gets paid a monthly allowance of £1500 plus expenses to help pay for takeaways to help them through their filming sessions. They are able to split that £1500 in any way they wish.

    According to the “Gogglebox insider” the stars are expected to commit to 12 hours of filming in two massive six-hour shifts. So Scarlett Moffatt, who is currently starring in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here has to share £1500 with her two parents, meaning she gets £500 per month if they decide to split the sum equally.

    If she’s required to watch 12 hours per week (48 hours per month) that means she’s paid £10.41 per hour.

    Of course, stars are able to make money from endorsement deals, book deals, fitness DVDs and starring in other programmes thanks to the fame created by starring on the hit Channel 4 show.

    Recently Stephen and Chris, dubbed fondly, the Gogglebox gays, have released their first book, We Need To Talk. We spoke to Chris in the latest issue of THEGAYUK. Subscribe now to read the magazine for free.

  • The internet just slayed Milo Yiannopoulos

    The internet just slayed Milo Yiannopoulos

    Professional Internet villain just had his ass handed to him, on a plate, as hundreds of people took to Twitter to share their disgust after his appearance on tonight’s Channel 4 News interview with Cathy Newman.

    Milo Yiannopoulos
    CREDIT: Channel 4/ ITN

    Milo Yiannopoulos the self-styled poster child of the conservative youth in America is finding out that he doesn’t have many supporters in the UK. Scores of people have taken to Twitter to troll the troll with his name becoming a trending tag on the social network after appearing on Channel 4.

    Milo, who was a very vocal supporter of Donald Trump during his presidential campaign, has proved to be a divisive character whose thoughts on feminism among other hot topics have proved very unpopular.

    Milo’s Twitter profile was first unverified and then suspended earlier this year, following a spat with Ghostbuster actor Leslie Jones.

    https://twitter.com/NeilCameron5/status/799344819654967296

     

    https://twitter.com/Callum871/status/799341733716914176

    https://twitter.com/jacobs_ladder71/status/799341069930496001

    Cathy Newman was generally praised for her handling of Milo during their interview after he told her that the modern version of feminism was “modern, ugly, spiteful & vindictive”.

     

    https://twitter.com/DoSACExile/status/799340150543126528

    https://twitter.com/FloeyFriis/status/799338396208549888

     

    Of course, some were very pleased that he found space on the Channel 4 show.

     

     

  • That time Joel Dormmett did penis painting… It’s very NSFW

    He’s captured the nation’s attention. Twice. First because of his rippling hot body, but secondly because he once did penis painting on national TV. As you do.

    CREDIT: ITV

    So Joel is currently the nation’s sweetheart thanks to his appearance of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, his odds of winning have swollen by an unprecedented amount since he stripped off in jungle, but there’s something he’s also famous for… Penis painting… He stripped down for a Channel 4 show called, World Of Weird and found that he had a talent for oil painting with his… erm… talent.

    Dressed in pink chaps… Joel bravely took the penis painting challenge. Bravo to him. He’s a braver man than us.

    We’re guessing you wanna see the pictures anyway! You can watch the entire episode on Channel 4’s website

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