What starts as a documentary trying to ban countries with anti-LGBTQ+ laws from hosting the Commonwealth Games blossoms into something deeper – and far more touching
Tom Daley with the academic Carla Moore, who urges the athlete to meet activists in Jamaica, in Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me on BBC One.Tom Daley with the academic Carla Moore, who urges the athlete to meet activists in Jamaica, in Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me on BBC One.a sweet and open video
Daley has not been competing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, but he is using the occasion to press for action. There is anti-gay legislation in 35 of the 54 member states taking part in the Games. In some, homosexuality is punishable by death. Daley starts the film with a simple, if crude, idea: that countries with anti-LGBTQ+ laws should not be permitted to host the Games.