I do not think I was even ‘out’ when I first read the diaries, but little things started to make sense and I started questioning. So to have a period drama on the BBC showing two people living their lives fairly unashamedly and to see everything they went through, and the barriers faced, is incredible to have this lost history of gay women. It was emotional for us watching it, as I had grown up watching period dramas at university and had studied English literature. “If I had this show growing up I might have known a lot sooner. Sally Wainwright is phenomenal and what she has done for television and setting things in the north of England is brilliant. I heard about the show and thought how brilliant it was. I had come across Anne Lister before and stumbled on her diaries as the company I worked for published it. She said: “Katie and I sat down and watched the series. Isabel, a 29-year-old who works in publishing, told the Sunday Mirror how she came out five years ago. Like Anne Lister, they share the desire to marry in church - but current rules forbid that. Katie, 28, met Isabel five years ago when the couple sang in a church choir in London. However, a story more closer to Liverpool is that of Isabel, who is from Cheshire, and Katie’s as they tell of their pain that the church wedding they long for is not allowed. READ MORE: BBC One's LGBT period drama that transported Liverpool back to the 19th century with stunning costumes and carriagesĪmongst those women is Yvonne, a Mormon who comes out to her adult children, and Sami, from Manchester, who is attempting to approach the sensitive subject with her mother Hazel after initially receiving a hostile response a decade earlier. Gentleman Jack Change My Life follows women aged from 22 to 63 as they reveal how they found the courage to live life as their true authentic selves according to The Mirror.
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Ahead of the finale episode of season two airing this Sunday, the BBC released a new documentary showing how the hit tv show made it easier for women up and down the country to open up about how they truly felt. While the conversation surrounding same-sex relationships is much more prevalent these days, a fear of judgement when coming out is still common. Her role as the English diarist transforms viewers back to a time when men dominated the world of business and women were expected to marry and have children – and little was said of same-sex relationships. The 43-year-old actress currently stars as the "first modern lesbian" Anne Lister in the historical period drama, Gentleman Jack.
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Suranne Jones’ latest role in a BBC One series is said to have helped gay women come to terms with their sexuality.