The Olympic athlete is shining the spotlight on LGBTI+ rights ahead of the Games
Tom Daley competing in the men’s 10m platform preliminaries in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on August 6 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/CLIVE ROSE
Homosexuality is a criminal offence in 35 of the 56 nations that make up the Commonwealth, with many still enforcing colonial-era laws from the British empire. Punishments include whipping, life imprisonment and death penalty. The film will culminate with Daley carrying the queen’s baton into Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium for the opening ceremony, accompanied by some of the athletes and advocates he met filming the documentary.
“If I feel like that as a privileged man, I can’t imagine what day-to-day life is like for LGBT+ people around the Commonwealth.
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