WORDS: ADAM DUXBURY // PHOTOGRAPHS: LEON CSERNOHLAVEK
As England and Wales mark 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of sex between men, we’re being treated to a bevy of fantastic culture. Queer is the buzzword across art, theatre, literature and film. And on TV, the BBC is really flying the rainbow flag with its “Gay Britannia” season, which includes a raft of documentaries exploring queer identity and a powerful docudrama called Against the Law (see next month’s issue of Attitude for an interview with star Daniel Mays).
But one of the season’s highlights is undoubtedly Man in an Orange Shirt — a two-part love story charting the ill-fated relationship between two closeted soldiers in post-war Britain, and the redemptive journey of a young man in modern-day London who’s filled with shame while also being driven by an insatiable appetite for casual sex.