In 1994 the charity Save the Children dropped her services as compere of its 75th anniversary celebrations after she came out,[REF] but following a direct action protest by the Lesbian Avengers,[REF] the charity apologised [REF].
Toksvig describes her "posh" accent as being the result of a deliberate attempt to copy the voice of Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter, after being ostracised at boarding school for having an American accent [REF].