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"Russell T Davies has said that a poll naming him the most influential gay person in the UK is rubbish. The Doctor Who executive producer topped a 2007 list in the Independent, but Davies described the title as &amp;quot;demeaning&amp;quot;. The newspaper described Davies as a &amp;quot;genius&amp;quot; who had made &amp;quot;Saturday evening telly compulsory again&amp;quot;. Speaking to the Pink Paper, Davies said: &amp;quot;B******s, am I hell! I had nothing to do with that decision. &amp;quot;I mean I hope, I think, I do good work and I\u00E2\u20AC\u2122ll be very visible as a gay man because I think that\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s very important, but in terms of being influential when there are people out there fighting for changes in the law, homophobia in schools. That\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s influence.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;What\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s influential? I mean it\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s a funny old question, who\u00E2\u20AC\u2122s the most influential straight person in the world? &amp;quot;We don\u00E2\u20AC\u2122t apply that question to straight people. The category itself is slightly demeaning.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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