Queer Britain
Presented by YouTuber and journalist Riyadh Khalaf, Queer Britain gets under the skin of queer culture and shines a light on the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community.
- Created By
- First Aired on
May 07, 2017
- Popularity: 0.7643
- 3 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
1 seaons till Jun 11, 2017
Last episode: Queer and Proud
Seasons & episodes
Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Does God Hate Queers? min
Riyadh looks at faith and sexual identity. He meets a disfellowed Jehovah's Witness, a Muslim woman seeking a marriage of convenience and a trans masculine Christian as he is renamed in church.
Episode 2The Search for the Perfect Body min
Riyadh explores body image pressures in the gay community. He meets Jamal who has been "femme shamed" and Rye who has recovered from bulimia. Riyadh poses for a naked photo shoot for Gay Times.
Episode 3Out on the Streets min
Riyadh explores the issues behind the statistic that 1 in 4 homeless young people in Britain identity as LGBTQ+ as he meets three people in different parts of the country to hear their experiences.
Episode 4Preference or Prejudice? min
Coming from a mixed-race background Riyadh knows first hand how judgmental the online gay community can be. He explores casual racism in the LGBTQ+ community asking when does personal preference become prejudice.
Episode 5Porn Idols min
Riyadh heads into the world of queer porn to meet the producers and performers bringing different sexual identities to the screen - from the set of a gay 'chav porn' shoot to a trans female webcam show.
