Doris Dale

New account from a seasoned Tweeter, due to old account having been hacked🙄 Hey-ho, good excuse to pare back....always looking up, never down😊👍

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

Ain't that the truth. Biology innit....

[Dee Lo @deelo190]

@mscots41

[Diana Alastair💚🤍💜 ⚢ ❌❌✡️ @sappholives83]

The person who made this would be happy to see it shared as widely as possible.

The world can now see the truth of “trans inclusion.”

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@NiallHarbison Such a star 😍😍😍

[James Dreyfus @DreyfusJames]

*PLEASE RT* Account restricted.

Nah @KaskaJessica

I’m not reevaluating a damn thing.

I’ve seen firsthand what your spiteful, misogynistic, homophobic movement has done.

I watched you slowly , but surely, destroy every single thing we built.

Stop trying to gaslight me.

You insisted on violating women’s spaces & sports.

You insisted on involving other people’s children.

You insisted on being as vile & despicable to every single person who attempted to debate with you.

Your ‘movement’ is going down the pan.

People are wising up.

You want to drag us all down with you.

Ain’t gonna happen. 🤷

PLEASE RT. Account restricted.

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@sharrond62 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻💪🏻💝

[James Dreyfus @DreyfusJames]

Mmmm. Very pretty & professional looking, I’ll admit…

I’ll also admit I wasn’t instrumental in LGB activism, like Bev Jackson, Kate Harris or Fred Sargeant, but, if I may, I’d like to correct the multitude of errors that litter this statement (again, very pretty, all typed out neatly, by Miffy The Whiffy Gamer… either from some bot or his imagination)

But let’s get a few facts straight, shall we?

I’ve been a vocally out gay actor since 1990. In those days, if you were gay, & open about it, you were only cast in gay parts. And it was bloody difficult.

I worked for The London Gay Theatre Company in 1992 & 1994. I was in many different LGB plays throughout the 90’s, & was interviewed & spoke about being “openly gay” with Gay Times, Attitude, The Pink Paper & many other gay publications. In every interview I gave, it was mentioned (much to my eventual boredom & to the irritation of the gay press, who seemed to be frustrated at me for not believing that being gay was the most interesting thing about me.)

In 1993, I was part of the West End cast of “Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens”, alongside Regina Fong, Simon Fanshawe, Trudie Styler, Kim Cresswell & many others. The show was about those who’d died from AIDS, & every night, we raised a significant amount of money for AIDS charities. We also all performed on the main stage at Pride that year.

In 1994, I was in New York during the Gay Games, where I made a film about lesbian ice skating, which we shot on location. I marched with Ian Mckellen (who was also in the film) & Martin Sherman, to celebrate the Games.

In 1996, myself & 6 other openly gay actors were part of a successful little indie film called “Boyfriends”. Again, we all vocally supported gay rights in various interviews.

In 1997, Stonewall invited me to their Equality Show at the Albert Hall, to high kick with the Tiller Girls, as part of a small group of out performers, including Stephen Fry, Jimmy Somerville, Simon Fanshawe, to encourage others to come out & be proud. Yes, we were actually “celebrated” by Stonewall back then, believe it or not.

In 1999, I played a controversial, purposefully vile gay character in Jonathan Harvey’s sitcom ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’. It was controversial because it was one of the first gay characters that was entirely comfortable with his sexuality, was vulgarly open about it & wasn’t always portrayed in a positive light. The gay press were not happy, initially, but it apparently grew on them. The series continued until 2001. Again, I did interview after interview discussing & championing gay rights.

In 2000, I played Bette Midler’s ‘openly gay’ musical accompanist, Oscar, in the short lived sitcom ‘Bette’. Being a series regular, I used my voice in interviews to speak up for gay rights.

In 2004, I took part in the first series of Gordon Ramsey’s Hell’s Kitchen, raising £40, 000 for my chosen charity The Terence Higgins Trust, which I publicly supported & endorsed endlessly.

Do bear in mind, there was no social media as we know it now.

I joined Twitter in 2014. From 2000 to 2014, LGB people had achieved equality & for the first time, it seemed to be ok to be gay.

I rejoined the fight online when I saw the damage the TQ+ was now was doing to the rights we’d, as gay people, had already won, at much cost. I was reluctant & angry, as I’d thought we’d been there, done that, bought the t-shirt etc. But no.

So if you mean I played no part in the fight for LGB rights, you’d either be wrong or lying. The world didn’t start with the advent of the internet.

Perhaps if I stuck on a red beret, a dress, held an Antifa flag & hollered at a crowd through a megaphone to “punch terfs in the f**king face”, I’d already be lauded as a “champion of LGBTQIA+ rights”.

Maybe that was my mistake…🤷

Please RETWEET as my reach is yet again severely restricted. Thank you.

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@DreyfusJames 🔥🔥🔥 You don't have to justfy yourself to the majority who have ALWAYS known you as an honest, openly gay, hilariously funny artiste. I despair of the lazy twits who assume all activism began with the internet and social media🤦‍♀️(ps.Thin Blue Line #comedyperfection 💖💥)

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@Furiosa24 @zarahsultana 💥💥💥#proudtobeaboomer

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@AjaTheEmpress @zarahsultana 🔥🔥🔥 You're the ruling queen in this debate Aja 💪🏻🥰💋

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@NiallHarbison What a beautiful boy he is, thanks beyond words due to you and the Happy Doggo team for saving his life ❤️ 🐾

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@sharrond62 Brilliant news, many congratulations. You'll be metaphorically carried along on the shoulders of the millions of women & children you've stood up for. Go get 'em Champ 🥇💪🏻🥰

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@AntiLeftMemes Get a grip luv....

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@sharrond62 Absolutely 💯 behind this - but can't get the 'donate' button on the website to work... ?

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@RightNUFC 🔥🔥🔥

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@AjaTheEmpress @RmSalih 🔥🔥🔥

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@johnboyne @editionsLattes So, so deserved. This was a wonderful body of work, each main character beautifully observed and such interesting story subjects. Thank you John 🙌🏻👌🏻🤩

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@AntiWokeMemes Inspiring.

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@carrotcottagerr @TheArtistJJ 🙌🏻🥰

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@Glinner Late but welcome 🙌🏻

[Doris Dale @DorisDaleOct4]

@sappholives83 Seen 😊