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Daily Mirror
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Sarah Robertson

Suranne Jones helps gay women come out with lesbian role in BBC's Gentleman Jack

Racy TV series Gentleman Jack has encouraged a generation of women to open up about their own sexuality.

The period drama, starring Suranne Jones and a smash hit on BBC1, is based on the real-life diaries of landowner Anne Lister. She dressed in black, wore a top hat and was dubbed Gentleman Jack – Jack being slang in the 1800s for a gay woman.

Sally Wainwright, who wrote TV hit Happy Valley, based the series on Anne’s revelations.

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