Fast forward a decade and those bright-eyed dreams of living out and proud as an LGBTQ+ person can still feel like an aspiration or a dream that only truly exists in the world of fiction.
Before viewing the first two episodes of Russell T. Davies’s new drama I was apprehensive. LGBTQ+ storytelling in our current age tends to live in two camps: 'trauma porn' or 'retroactively healing' – think Euphoria or Heartstopper. It’s either the darkest moments of the queer experience shown in their most concentrated form, or two young queer folk learning about themselves and their community in ways many of us could only have dreamed of.
Both play an important role for their intended audiences, but their broader focus often means they fail to capture the day-to-day realities of being LGBTQ+ in the UK, from barriers in the workplace to challenges at home and in relationships.
View oEmbed on the source websiteBut if anyone can bridge that divide, it’s Russell T Davies.
But there’s something that struck me about Tip Toe that Davies summed up perfectly during a post screening Q&A at the BFI. "You could make a Jewish version of this drama, you could make a disabled version of this drama, women could make this drama. I see straight white men who could make this drama, feeling marginalised."
Alan Cumming: "Tip Toe shows how normalised violence and hatred have become"Russell T Davies says his "emergency" drama Tip Toe is relevant to all communities: "It's a crisis"
Tip Toe's brilliance isn’t just in its ability to centre the queer community via Leo, played by Radio Times cover star Alan Cumming, but the way it uses his point of view to reflect the vast amount of competing perspectives we encounter every day, and the sense of alienation that can emerge as a result.
I remember in the late 2010s when I came out as non-binary, I struggled speaking to people who disagreed with me – especially when it was intrinsically linked to my identity. I was bold and brash – an activist in spaces where it was just one vast echo chamber. People outside of that safe bubble would ask if I’d like to identify as a helicopter, or scoffed when friends would use 'they/them' pronouns when speaking to me. I couldn’t handle the knowledge that there were people in the world that hated my difference – so I simply pretended that it didn’t exist.
But with time, I now understand that shying away from our differences as a society only pushes us further into our own echo chambers, and even further away from a solution. Even if we vehemently disagree with what our neighbour is saying, putting our fingers in our ears and pretending they don’t exist is no longer a solution that I can abide by.
I can see myself in every character, even the ones who, on paper, I would disagree with – which is exactly why the whole country should be tuning in.
So if the coming-of-age dramas of the 2010s helped me come out and understand who I am, it’s shows like Tip Toe that remind me of how important it is to fight for what’s right and remember the proud political roots the LGBTQ+ community was built on.
Seeing our stories told by queer men like Davies and Cumming allows us, as an LGBTQ+ audience, to finally feel seen – not through perfect, rose-tinted representation, but in a way that validates our frustrations. Despite, at times, the show feeling like a slap across the face, it also feels like a hand on the shoulder that acknowledged what we’re going through right now. And sometimes, simply feeling understood is enough to remind us that we’re not facing those challenges alone.
Tip Toe continues with episode 3 at 9pm on Channel 4 on 7 June. Episodes 1 and 2 can be streamed on Channel 4 online.
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