Vanuit een emancipatoir gay perspectief vind ik Little Britain juist een enorme vooruitgang:
In the seventies was je crimineel, ziek en vies.
Dat beeld werd vrijwel altijd in de media aangehouden.
The Sexual Offences Act 1967 was accordingly passed and received royal assent on 27 July 1967 after an intense late-night debate in the House of Commons. It maintained general prohibitions on buggery and indecency between men, but provided for a limited decriminalisation of homosexual acts where three conditions were fulfilled: 1) the act had to be consensual, 2) the act had to take place in private and 3) the act could involve only people that had attained the age of 21. This was a higher age of consent than that for heterosexual acts, which was set at 16. Further, "in private" limited participation in an act to two people. This condition was interpreted strictly by the courts, which took it to exclude acts taking place in a room in a hotel, for example, and in private homes where a third person was present (even if that person was in a different room). These restrictions were overturned by the European Court of Human Rights in 2000.
Are You Being Served was een belangrijk keerpunt met Mr. Humphries:
Though Mr. Humphries exhibits many of the behaviors typical of a gay stereotype, his true sexual orientation is never explicitly confirmed in the series. The reticence was a necessity given prevailing attitudes at the time the series was produced: after the first five episodes of Are You Being Served?, a senior BBC executive ordered David Croft to "Get rid of the poof" from the show – Croft declined, saying: "If the poof goes, I go."
In the eighties was men een stuk directer in Allo Allo met leftennent Gruber, het werd niet expliciet benoemd maar hij was duidelijk gay.
De politiek werkte echter niet echt mee.
Die mad old cow (Thatcher) bv met Section 28 uit 1988:
The 1980s saw a setback for LGBT rights. The availability in the libraries of schools run by the Inner London Education Authority of a book considered by some to "promote" homosexuality led to protests and a campaign for new legislation.
Consequently, the Local Government Act 1988 included a provision prohibiting "the intentional promotion of homosexuality" by any local authority and "the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship."
Protestnummer met mijn favoriete intro aller tijden:
Boy George - No Clause 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI0tZjH06BQ
De vervolgstap naar Little Britain noem ik een enorme sprong voorwaarts.
Hebr 6: 
