Equus - Alan Straang "Revealed"

The current production of Equus at the Gielguld Theatre in London has generated its share of interest and controversy. Apart from the theatre-going cognoscenti, interest in the production is largely from the world-wide gay community (or at least that my perception from the appears to be from the gay-content blogs I've seen) and centres on Daniel Radcliffe, the erstwhile child actor who plays Harry Potter on silver screen.

From a strictly gay point of view, I can understand the interest. The child actor is now a man There is nothing about his physique that would lead you to think he was a child. I'm a "treasure-trail" man myself and many of the initial pictures of Daniel Radicliffe ended somewhat abruptly at the waist but nevertheless showed a very tantalising trail which left me weak at the knees. So far this is the only picture which I've found with a full frontal (thanks to fellow blogger Brenton Parry of Aussielicious). There's been differing views on Aussielicious as to whether the photograph is genuine but I leave you make up your own mind as to whether it is or isn't.

The controvery surrounding the production stems from the fact that he is currently 17 (and won't be 18 until July - if the information on IMDB is correct). The age of consent (for gay sex) in the UK is currently 16 although it might still be a criminal offence to show naked pictures of minors. I don't know for sure but obviously, the authorities have not done anything to stop the production, knowing Daniel Radcliffe's age so it's probably alright.

The brighter readers among you will immediate realise that the age of consent argument is a non sequitur - just because you're old enough to have gay sex doesn't necessarily mean that you're old enough to have nude pictures of yourself published. It's the same way that a 14 year old female (in some jurisdictions) can consent to sex with a male but showing naked pictures of her in public still amounts to kiddie porn.

The age of majority in the UK is generally 18 so does Equus fall into the category of "kiddie porn"? I don't plan to answer that question - this is the reason why this blog is called "The Many Shades of Grey".