WORDS: ADAM DUXBURY PHOTOGRAPHY: BARTEK SZMIGULSKI STYLING: NICK BYAM
When Against the Law was announced earlier this year, it came mere weeks after thousands of gay and bisexual men, convicted of sex crimes under antiquated anti-gay laws, were given posthumous pardons by the UK government. Some of those men are featured in this BBC programme, which blends real-life accounts of gay life before decriminalisation with a dramatised account of the 1954 trial of Tor y politician Lord Montagu for gay sex offences. As the BBC marks 50 years since partial decriminalisation in the UK and Wales, this touching but stark show — the centrepiece of the ongoing Gay Britannia series — is a reminder of just how far LGBT+ equality has come.