However, perhaps his enthusiasm has got in the way of some of the facts.
It was argued that countries once colonised by Britain retain laws that criminalise homosexuality, therefore making the colonial expansion responsible for the large number of Commonwealth countries, 35 out of 56, in which homosexuality remains a criminal offence.
But it seems if you look more closely that the persecution of homosexuals long predates European colonial expansion .
Dr Zareer Masani, a historian of the British Raj, has questioned the claims in Daley’s documentary, suggesting the story was not simply one of the British removing rights that previously existed.
He said: “I can assure him that male homosexuality in India carried penalties under Hindu and Sharia Islamic law long before the British Raj.”
I can’t fault Tom Daley’s intentions or principles, but we should not lay everything at the door of colonialism.