'I had online abuse over my TV makeover but seven years on it's been on Netflix and I'm amazed how attitudes have changed'

Seven years ago singer-songwriter Jsky went on the E4 show Body Fixers asking for help swapping his flamboyant style for a more 'masculine' look. The Manchester LGBTQ+ star - real name Jason Warner - was urged to ditch his floral outfit and oversized hoop earrings for jeans and a smart jacket with a scarf, and super-sleek hair as part of a 'masculine make-under.'

"Obviously I stll want to be Jsky but I want to be nore masculine with it do you know what I mean?" he asked the makeover team. "People see me and they don't really know know how to react. There's times I go to the toilet ad I'm told hin in the wrong room."

He was delighted with the end result, declaring joyously "I'm a rock god. This is me going down Deansgate now." After the show was screened Jsky, who hosts BBC Radio Manchester's The Dead Good Show on Wednesdays and presents on Gaydio, the largest LGBTQ+ station in the world, received online abuse.

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But recently he says it has been a "nice surprise" to find that E4 owners Channel Four had been sharing his episode of Body Fixers across their socials since the show was screened on the streaming platform Netflix. A clip of his transformation shared on Facebook had over 250,000 views along with positive comments about Jsky and his makeover.

Pride of Manchester judge Jsky, who filmed the show when he was 28 and is now 35, said: "I don't pay attention to comments but I saw the comments on this and I'm glad that I did. The first time it aired people said 'what a freak' and 'what an attention seeker.' But seven years later and people are saying nice things and if anything nasty is said people are defending