LONDON — Josh Gutteridge, a gay ex-Jehovah’s Witness, speaks about his experience of coming out and being disassociated from his family and religious community in A new BBC series Queer Britain.
Queer Britain is presented by YouTuber and journalist Riyadh Khalaf and gets under the skin of queer culture and shines a light on the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community.
In episode one, Riyadh meets a dis-fellowed Jehovah’s witness, a Muslim woman seeking a marriage of convenience, and a trans-masculine Christian, Elijah, as he is renamed in church.
Queer Britain is a six-part series, and new episodes will be released each Sunday morning.
Watch episode one above.
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