Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain

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Prejudice and Pride: The People’s History of LGBTQ Britain

The story of ordinary LGBTQ people and their extraordinary lives over the last 50 years.

This is the story of ordinary LGBTQ people and their extraordinary lives, loves and struggles over the last 50 years. Presented by Stephen K Amos and Susan Calman.

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Susan Calman

Stephen K Amos

7 Wonder Productions

Austin Allen

Louise Carolin

Geoff Hardy

Peter Roscoe

Liam Boudicca

Ian Elmslie

Ian Lucas

Bright Daffodil aka Adeleh Sansara

Emma Riley

Shaun Duggan

Mike Atkinson

Simon Johnson

Susan and Gerrie

Jennifer Black

Khakan Qureshi

Eve Kay

James Giles

Bruce Law

Rosie Gray

Harry Gardner

Pada Schaaf

Joseph Ingham

Emma Love

Steve Condie

Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain: Series 1: Episode 2

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LGBTQ people share objects from 1987 to 2017 that helped them to define their lives.

Ordinary people share the objects that have helped define their lives since homosexuality was decriminalised, including naval discharge papers and even a pair of Ugg boots.

Every so often the world changes beyond your wildest dreams. In 1967 the Sexual Offences Act partially decriminalised homosexuality, offering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people the opportunity to start living openly for the first time. 

Presented by Stephen K Amos and Susan Calman, this unique series features LGBTQ people from across the UK as they share the objects that helped define their lives during 50 transformative years.

In episode two, these crowdsourced artefacts include a copy of the controversial schoolbook Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin, naval discharge papers and even a pair of Ugg boots.

We meet the nun-impersonating freedom fighters the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the writer behind TV's steamiest lesbian kiss and a Muslim man who set up an LGBT support group for Southeast Asians.

Ranging from 1987 to 2017, this was an era when public acceptance of homosexuality overtook the government's - a time when many celebrities came out and stood up for LGBTQ rights. But it is also the story of ordinary people in extraordinary times - told through their treasured possessions - charting the joys and heartbreaks of just being true to yourself.

Prejudice and Pride: The People's History of LGBTQ Britain is part of Gay Britannia, a season of programming produced in 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act.

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