In 1998, George Michael was arrested for a lewd act in a LA public toilet. This is the story of how a potentially career-ending event became a defining moment for gay liberation.
April 1998, after his arrest in an LA toilet, the story of how George Michael turned disaster into triumph, coming out on TV and releasing a hit record celebrating gay cruising.
Through the 1980s and 90s, gay people were outed by the tabloid press against their will. Tory MP Harvey Proctor's political career was destroyed. And then 30 years later it happened again.
Branded a 'home-wrecker', social worker Terry Dunning was outed by the Express in 1993. Thirty years later, Terry and family tell his story.
Splashed across the headlines, simply for being gay, destroyed an anaesthetist's army career, and almost his life.
