PHOTOS PAUL GRACE, JASON ALDEN, DAVID M. BENETT, ALINA OSWALD
With a stand up career spanning two decades and history-making roles in Doctor Who, Cucumber & Banana, 42-year-old Bethany Black has become one of the most famous trans lesbians in the world – something she says was “entirely by accident”. “The day after they announced I was in Doctor Who, it was the top entertainment story for 24 hours in Variety, the US showbiz magazine,” she grins over Zoom. “Two minutes later Lady Gaga had done something, and hers was story number two on that day! I was like, ‘What’s going on!?’ I had to go down the shops with my hood up, just in case!”