Graham Linehan has called for an inquiry into Stonewall and BBC for promoting trans ideology, citing shows like 'I am Leo'. He said 'it's not just doctors who need to be investigated but the whole apparatus that created this myth of the trans child.'
Irish writer Linehan, 55, also demanded an investigation into the BBC . Supporters say his critics should 'uncancel' himFather Ted's co-creator Graham Linehan has described losing his career, his friends and his marriage in a six-year 'nightmare' due to his views on trans issues.
And he claimed his strident stance almost got him barred from entering Australia, where he is currently travelling on a speaking tour.He said the sudden financial insecurity caused by his trans views caused the collapse of his marriage of 16 years to Helen Serafinowicz, co-creator of the BBC comedy Motherland
Supporters on X, formerly Twitter, have been sharing the hashtag 'GlinnerWasRight' and asking whether everyone who had 'cancelled' him would go back on their words. The charity has also campaigned for greater access to puberty blockers, which the Cass Review warned 'may change the trajectory of psychosexual and gender identity development' without altering a patient’s body dissatisfaction or gender dysphoria.
'It’s not just doctors who need to be investigated, it’s the whole apparatus that created this myth of the trans child. 'We now know thanks to Cass – although many of us knew it already, we didn't need Cass to know this – it's an absolute lie that was designed to confuse and manipulate people and shame them into thinking they were attacking a vulnerable section of society when in fact they were trying to help a vulnerable section of society.'
Comedy writer Josh Howie posted on X: 'The hate and ridicule directed at Graham by colleagues in the comedy industry these last years has disgusted me. Linehan rose to fame in 1995 for creating, alongside writing partner Arthur Matthews, the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted which ran until 1998. 'I got threats. I got nasty emails, nasty direct messages, some of them from people I had worked with for years - everyone telling me to stop talking and shut up.
'They offered me £200,000. I refused because I thought the issue was too important - I didn't want Father Ted to be built on the ruined bodies of children. He had been working on a stage musical version of Father Ted, called Pope Ted - Ardal O'Hanlon and the late Dermot Morgan are seen here in the TV original
Neil Hannon, who penned Father Ted's theme tune and was writing the music for the stage show, told the Telegraph in January 2022: 'It was fun working on it, but it wasn’t proving easy. It’s been difficult to watch what’s happened. She said this should prevent this 'vulnerable' group going straight into adult clinics, as she warned teenagers were 'falling off a cliff edge' in their care when reaching 17.
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