Voices: Doctor Who is a lifeline for queer people like me
Doctor Who is back, and it’s queerer than ever. Original reboot showrunner Russell T Davies, of Queer As Folk and It’s A Sin fame, is back at the helm, and we even have openly queer actor Ncuti Gatwa in the lead role. Who would have guessed back in 2005 that the Doctor would be number one on the Independent Pride List?
Not me. In 2005, I was, I was regularly called homophobic slurs in school and ignored by teachers when I expressed my sadness. We sometimes forget that the law which banned the “promotion of homosexuality” was only repealed in 2003, when I was 14. It just so happens that 2003 was also the year was announced as returning from its decades of dormancy.
