And the Great British Bake Off presenter doesn't just star in Heading Out — she also wrote it.
Her character Sara is brilliant with animals but hopeless at relationships — and at nearly 40 is still trying to summon up the nerve to come out to her parents.
However, Sue insists that the series, which starts tonight on BBC2 at 10pm, is not a “gay sitcom”. She said: “It’s a mainstream sitcom with one gay character in it — and actually she’s the only one who’s homophobic and uptight. All her friends are straight and they're totally cool with it.
“It’s set in the world I know, which is a load of straight people going, ‘Can you shut up, your relationships are just as boring as everyone else’s!’”
The Sun - so working on the assumption this is what Sue actually said...
If the lead character is gay - or lesbian - why not just say it's a gay sitcom?
Especially if the plot pivots on them coming out - or not.
What's wrong with that?
There is no simplistic and cuddly "universal", as someone stupid on The Guardian online claims.
What's wrong with a novel being called a gay novel?
Or a film a gay film?
Always be alarmed by anyone who like Sue says they don't live in a gay ghetto, though.
No-one does.
It's meaningless distancing - other-loathing.
Why do gay people keep apologising?
Or are we not allowed to say they're gay people?
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