No, go on, tell me about how the UK achieved perfect social justice in the year 1977 and everything since then has just been social justice wackjobs ruining everything to spite you I never get tired of hearing about your absurdly narcissistic worldview
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Haha me narcissistic...projecting, much?! PS married in 1992. He presented Saturday morning kids tv then, and was succeeded by a presenting team that included two gay men, both of whom are still on tv regularly and are much loved. Cut the dramarama about ‘destroyed lives’
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Replying to @clairecalladon
No, he was a CBBC presenter from 1985 to 1987, at the height of the anti-gay AIDS backlash Section 28 was passed in 1987 and became law in 1988 Thatcher gave a speech about how children were being "cheated from a chance at a normal life" to thunderous applause
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Replying to @arthur_affect @clairecalladon
Maybe you don't think starting out in that environment would've had the same psychological effect on you but it's still pretty monstrous to judge him for being a liar or a coward for staying closeted
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Replying to @arthur_affect @clairecalladon
And no, I'm not super familiar with CBBC personalities but comparing him to someone like Andrew Hayden-Smith, who was born in 1983 and who hosted from 2002-2006, is pretty fucking dishonest
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Replying to @arthur_affect
And yeah you’re not familiar with presenters of British 90s kids tv so maybe bow to my knowledge instead of being so rude!!!
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Replying to @clairecalladon
Okay so which presenter were you talking about
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Replying to @arthur_affect @clairecalladon
Specifically, is it a presenter who was active in children's TV between 1988 and 2000, when being gay could've literally gotten them fired
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Replying to @arthur_affect
It’s a bit late for me to give you a list- have yourself some fun and carry on with the research! enjoy the many programmes with gay presenters/characters in that timeframe. Some quality work in there And I’m sure you’re actually sorry for calling me dishonest, thanks.
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Replying to @clairecalladon @arthur_affect
I’ll just leave you with Lily Savage presenting Blankety Blank, a prime time BBC1 family quiz show, in 1997. Yes, a drag queen. Paul O’Grady MBE.
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So you've proven that attitudes were different in 1997 on a primetime show than they were in 1987 for children's programming Yes, I, an American alive back then, know this
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