An artist who came out on live TV has said LGBTQ+ rights are "going backwards”.
Tony O'Connell, from Tuebrook, was protesting against Section 28 - a series of laws introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government that prohibited the “promotion” of homosexuality by local authorities - when he declared his sexuality to the world.
The Scouser, who now lives in Toxteth, came out when he was 19 and at a time when homophobia was rife thanks to the right-wing media’s response to the 1980s AIDS crisis.
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