In 1999 he launched the fearless Queer As Folk on Channel 4, bringing unfiltered gay sex to the mainstream, proving to be a must-see television for both members of the LGBTQ + community and those outside it.īut arguably his most crucial series to date came in 2020, when It’s A Sin stopped the world on its tracks and after years of LGBTQ + people living with HIV and AIDS they were neglected, demonized and put by.
Russell T Davies is responsible for telling the most powerful LGBTQ + stories, subsequently transforming queer representation into television. John Whaite talks to Russell T Davies for .uk (Photo: Getty / METRO)
