Olympian Tom Daley branded a 'national treasure' for his BBC documentary Illegal to Be Me

Tom Daley has been branded a 'national treasure' following the broadcast of his BBC documentary Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me, which shows the athlete campaigning for the Commonwealth Games to be more LGBTQ+ friendly. Tom Daley has been branded a 'national treasure' by a viewer of his BBC documentary Tom Daley: Illegal to be me The Olympian visited homophobic Commonwealth countries while making the film, to see how gay athletes in those countries are persecuted Twitter users praised the Olympian for making the documentary, with one branding him a 'national treasure', and another calling him a 'fine young man' They wrote: 'Just putting it out there now before the hate starts. Tom Daley along with six LGBT advocates and athletes from across the Commonwealth at the opening ceremony of this year's Commonwealth Games Daley posing with his husband, Oscar-winning filmmaker Dustin Lance Black, after being awarded an OBE in July 'Being able to include LGBT flags in stadiums and also in sporting events so those people feel safe and they feel welcome, they feel seen, and also being able to give people the access to the correct support and safety measures if their life is in danger.' 'The Colonial Legacy of Homophobia': In the documentary Daley looks at Nigerian laws from 1923 with Nigerian LGBT activist Bisi Alimi Daley listens to Bisi Alimi, a lecturer in African LGBT history, during the documentary Tom Daley: Illegal to Be Me Bisi Alimi, a Nigerian LGBT rights advocate who fled the country for the UK after being persecuted for being gay The sportsman then asks Alimi why Nigeria has not removed the law.