Television “Gay people should be allowed to be boring on screen”. Mark Gatiss calls for better representation for gay characters on TV Mark Gatiss, who co-created dark comedy series The League of Gentlemen and Sherlock, and starred in queer favourite Nighty Night, has called for better representation for gay characters ion TV, adding that “gay people should be allowed to be boring on screen”. The 58-year-old screenwriter – who is i By Graham Robson • 1 min read
Arts SPOTLIGHT ON: Forbidden love, prison life and murderous music Brian Butler finds plenty to sing and dance and shout about at Brighton’s Theatre Royal By Brian Butler • 3 min read
Arts FEATURE: Spotlight on Queer stories on BBC TV Brian Butler cruises BBC iplayer and finds Queer stories galore By Brian Butler • 4 min read
Arts REVIEW: Streaming- Snow White in 7 Months of Lockdown Men playing women and women playing men – must be panto says Brian Butler By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: NT@home-The Madness of George III Brian Butler revels in Mark Gatiss’ masterful madness By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts P/REVIEW: View From The Sofa 12 Brian Butler surveys the streaming horizon and finds madness, love in New York and a BAME triumph By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: NT@home: Coriolanus: Donmar Brian Butler watches the towering Tom Hiddleston self-destruct in a Roman tragedy. REVIEW: NT@home- Coriolanus -Donmar production By Brian Butler • 2 min read
Arts Stars to appear in West End gala for Switchboard LGBT+ Helpline Actor Mark Gatiss, a patron of the national Switchboard, LGBT+ helpline is to appear alongside twenty other performers in a one-night West End gala presentation of the true-life coming-out drama OUTINGS by Matthew Baldwin and Thomas Hescott as part of the Pride in London Festival. By Besi • 2 min read
Arts REVIEW: The Boys in the Band: Theatre Royal Political criticism has dogged Mart Crowley’s 1969 play from the start. Its portrayal of a group of bitchy, self-hating queens has never been on-message as far as the gay rights movement is concerned. It’s the perennial problem with gays – or any minority – that their portrayal could be seen as pres By Michael Hootman • 2 min read
Community News LGBT+ celebrities shout about their LGBT heroes To mark the re-launch of one of the UK’s oldest LGBT+ charities, LGBT+ celebrities talk about their LGBT+ heroes on video. The video made by Calum McSwiggan was premiered at the re-launch of LGBT+Switchboard at The Waldorf Hilton Hotel in London last week, to an audience of 600 guests including many By Gary Hart • 3 min read
Community News Doctor Who star addresses London Gay Switchboard 40th birthday fundraiser Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi addresses his sex symbol status and ‘vulnerability’ at special audience by Mark Gatiss for the London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard’s 40th birthday. The new Doctor also told how his time in the tardis has been “extraordinary” but at times made him feel “vulnerable” during t By Besi • 2 min read
Community News London Switchboard receives ‘community award’ at Attitude Awards After 40 years of service to the LGBT community, London Lesbian and Gay Switchboard was honoured with the ‘Community Award’ at the Attitude Awards 2014 in London on Monday night By Besi • 1 min read
