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

Continuing our series of exposes about the TV industry, insiders talk about being misgendered, treated like sexual predators and having to work with outwardly homophobic and transphobic' talent

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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.