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The Great Pottery Throw Down crowns its first-ever non-binary winner

AJ Simpson, a non-binary potter from Aberdeen, emerged as the victor of The Great Pottery Throw Down’s fifth season. The 21-year-old said the last year has been “life-changing” for them, especially with the win under their belt. “I don’t know what the future holds for me in the pottery world, but I am more motivated than ever to make pottery and enjoy every minute,” AJ told the Press and Journal. “I hope that one day I can make pottery my day job. I want to introduce more people to this…

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“Important and compelling” documentary to examine barriers LGBTQ+ footballers face

A soon-to-be-released Channel 4 documentary is set to look into the obstacles LGBTQ+ people face in Premier League football. The new digital documentary, titled Football’s Coming Out, looks into why one of the most popular sports in the world has such little LGBTQ+ representation. It will explore what the road may look like for a Premier League footballer if they did come out, including the challenges they may face and how fans, financial donors and the press could react. Football’s Coming Out will utilise historical case studies and archive footage…

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Russell T Davies says he put off writing It’s a Sin for 30 years: “Doing it justice was an enormous weight to bear”

Russell T Davies has revealed that he put off writing It’s a Sin for 30 years because he feared getting it “wrong” and letting people down. It’s A Sin, which follows a group of friends in 1980s London who grow up in the shadow of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, received acclaim for its powerful storytelling, incredible cast and bringing LGBTQ+ history to a mainstream audience. However, in an interview with the Guardian in celebration of it being voted the newspaper’s best TV show of the year, Davies revealed that his now…

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It’s A Sin “La” t-shirt raises over £500,000 for HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust

Philip Normal, the indie shop owner behind the popular It’s A Sin-inspired t-shirt, has confirmed that they have raised over half a million pounds. The five-part Channel 4/HBO Max series, which was written by Russell T. Davies, depicts the lives of a group of gay men living through the HIV/AIDS crisis in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991. It was met with critical acclaim and quickly generated a cult following, with many praising its depiction of AIDS and the emotional cast performances. Following the success of It’s A Sin…

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It’s A Sin star joins Netflix’s prequel series for The Witcher

Nathaniel Curtis has joined the cast of The Witcher: Blood Origin. The British actor, who recently rose to fame as a main cast member on Channel 4’s widely-acclaimed LGBTQ+ drama It’s A Sin, will play a character called Brian in Netflix’s six-part prequel series. The highly-anticipated fantasy epic will also star Laurence O’Fuarain as Fjall, Sophia Brown as Élie, Michelle Yeoh as Scían, Jacob Collins-Levy as Eredin, Lizzie Annis as Zacaré, Huw Novelli as Callan “Brother Death”, Francesca Mills as Meldof, Amy Murray as Fenrik, Zach Wyatt as Syndril and…

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