• Director(s)

    n/a

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    Tom Daley

TV Show

Tom Daley Illegal To Be Me

TOM DALEY: ILLEGAL TO BE ME is a British documentary in which the medal winning diver shines a light on athletes facing persecution around the world due to their sexuality. …

TOM DALEY: ILLEGAL TO BE ME is a British documentary in which the medal winning diver shines a light on athletes facing persecution around the world due to their sexuality.

  • Director(s)

    n/a

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Cast

    Tom Daley

homophobic violence, strong language, references to sexual violence
Classified Date:
17/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'arsehole' and 'bloody'.
discrimination
The theme of the documentary is homophobia and transphobia and there is use of homophobic terms such as 'fag', 'gay', 'cake', 'batty boy' and 'queer'. Frequent references are made to the verbal insults, threats and violence gay and transgender athletes endure around the world. There are real videos of people being hit and whipped for being gay. In one clip, a beaten man is tied to a barrel begging perpetrators to stop. In another, a man is seen being forced to walk naked through the town and there is a bloody wound on his buttocks. An athlete describes how his step father beat him and threw acid on him because of his sexuality and there are detailed descriptions of how a man was murdered for being gay. There are verbal and visual references to the lynching of slaves. Homophobia, transphobia and racism are strongly condemned throughout.
sexual violence and sexual threat
An expert in slavery describes how enslaved men were anally raped as a form of punishment in front of their family and friends. There is sight of a drawing of a slave lying face down and having his trousers pulled off as it is implied about to be raped by white slave owners.
additional issues
References are made to people having suicidal thoughts, becoming depressed and turning to drugs due to the homophobia they have experienced.
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  • Classified date

    17/05/2023

  • Distributor

    BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

  • Language

    English