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    ‘I was given training to de-gay my voice’: what it’s really like to work in TV if you’re LGBTQ+

    Dec 01, 2021 6 minutes

    Despite an increase in on-screen representation and hits such as It’s a Sin and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, being LGBTQ+ and working in television can still be difficult. It has been described as a “cloak-and-dagger” industry where most people work freelance and therefore are often afraid to speak up about incidents of homophobia or transphobia. The discrimination and harassment that LGBTQ+ people experience is often horribly insidious; dressed up as “banter” or dismissed as ignorance.

    Here, seven anonymous LGBTQ+ people who work in television, in front of and behind the camera, share their experiences.

    The production coordinator

    When I entered the industry, I was incredibly guarded about my sexuality. There were a few gay or bisexual men, but as a cisgender woman who identifies as queer or a lesbian, there’s a different skew on it. I don’t think I always felt safe or listened to.

    I was working on a documentary about a brothel and the executive joked about whether they should be sending me in there to

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