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question for the americans. (yes, I've been reading too much Afterelton and out.com again...)

How many of your primetime/valued time slot presenters are gay? (this requires being out, not just suspected/open secret)

in the UK, most of the primetime presenters are comedians. And because they're high profile, articulate, quick and funny, they end up presenting a *lot* of stuff, including the one-off galas/festival coverage/etc, etc. Combine with relatively few channels and the ease of crossover between radio, tv, presenting, drama and comedy shows, and boy do you get saturation.

The current list of the out presenters :

Stephen Fry (QI, acting, _insert topical and comedy radio show_)
Graham Norton (_insert topical and comedy radio show_, anything on BBC that's a one-off like New Year quizzes, most BBC Saturday night variety shows, his own talk show)
Alan Carr (Friday Night Project)
Simon Amstell (Never Mind the Buzzcocks)
John Barrowman (slowly ramping up his presenting credits)
Sandi Toksvig (_insert topical and comedy radio shows_)
Derren Brown (Illusionist/hyponotist)
ETA:
Julian Clary (not as much as he used to, but talk shows, etc)
Paul O'Grady
John Sessions
Paul Gambaccini
Dale Winton (haven't seen him on tv for ages)
Michael Barrymore (rarely on tv these days)
A couple of the Dancing on Ice and Strictly Ballroom judges

Can't say much for news readers, since their sexuality *never* seems to be discussed - they're practically inviolate; the only time you hear anything about their sexuality is if they're on Desert island Discs and mention is made of their family (male) or get married/up the duff (female)

high profile comedians who aren't presenters : Mark Gatiss, Matt Lucas, James Dreyfuss (can't include Eddie Izzard because he's not a drag queen, he's a tranny.)

UK lot, yell if I've missed anyone.

Date: 2008-04-23 04:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] denorios.livejournal.com
Ummm, Paul O'Grady? And John Sessions. And Julian Clary used to do a fair bit, didn't he?

Date: 2008-04-23 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blue-monday.livejournal.com
John Sessions is out? I missed that.

Date: 2008-04-23 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] denorios.livejournal.com
Oh yeah, he is. I love him on QI - he's so cute with all his names and dates!

Date: 2008-04-23 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blue-monday.livejournal.com
Me too, he is brilliant on it.

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