Close Up 2: June Smith

Chat show (2016). The second series of Close Up, the BSL Zone's in-depth interviews with well-known Deaf people. In this episode, June Smith, a BSL teacher and Deaf LGBT community leader, tells Tessa Padden about how the Deaf community reacted when she came out as a lesbian in the 1970s. She also talks about her life changing educational experiences at school and university. Produced by Bob Duncan and Dawn Marshall at Becoming Visible.

Watch other episodes of Close Up and our other chat shows here.