Rylan Clark has called for more stories about transgender people to be shared amid what he says is a 'mass wave of hate'.

The TV and radio presenter spoke candidly about adversity LGBT+ people face, along with his own experience growing up gay.

The 36-year-old - who has presented on ITV This Morning and Big Brother's Bit On The Side - said people are 'being tarnished with the same brush'.

At the Edinburgh TV Festival, he said: "I feel that there is a mass wave of hate just sweeping the community, especially trans people at the moment.

"There’s a lot of people that are talking about bathrooms and spaces and things like this and people are just being tarnished with the same brush."

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