Unicorns actor Jason Patel and Dottie Shufflebottom – a straight ally who nursed people through the AIDS crisis and helped as a volunteer to establish Manchester Mardi Gras in the 1990s (now Manchester Pride) – span decades of LGBTQ+ history between them. They tackle whether the threat to the community has moved from something you once only saw on a screen to something happening on your own street – and whether society has truly learned anything since the 80s.