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2022
Digital billboards
2 of 4 from
Pride 50
480 x 720px, 864 x 576px, 1080 x 1920px jpeg RGB colour
17 January - 6 February 2022
UK-wide
New legislation, allowing TV companies to broadcast during the day, was passed in 1972 - the same year the first Gay Pride march took place in the UK.
Many young women were inspired and beguiled by a new breed of daytime TV presenters, so becoming aware of their LGBT+ identity for the first time.
Sue Lawley Made Me Lesbian,
2022, prototype abandoned by the artist
Daytime TV Made Me Lesbian
tells the true-life story of one teenager's realisation of her lesbianism while watching the glossy presenters of the UK's first daytime TV show.
Daytime TV Made Me Lesbian
is one of 4 artworks created to herald the 50th anniversary year of the first Gay Pride march in the UK.
