Call the Midwife homophobia storyle mov viewers to tears as gay man is forced to take ''cure'' meditn - Mirror Onle

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• CALL THE MIDWIFE HOMOPHOBIA STORYLE MOV VIEWERS TO TEARS AS GAY MAN IS FORCED TO TAKE ''CURE'' MEDITN
• CALL THE MIDWIFE NURSE PATSY GAY STORYLE: FANS PRAISE SHOW AFTER TOUCHG ROMANCE SCEN AIR

CALL THE MIDWIFE HOMOPHOBIA STORYLE MOV VIEWERS TO TEARS AS GAY MAN IS FORCED TO TAKE ''CURE'' MEDITN

Call the Midwife homophobia storyle mov viewers to tears as gay man is forced to take ''cure'' meditnThe episo followed the story of a gay man 1958, who was ught gropg another man a public toilet PoplarVio LoadgVio Unavailable1950's homophobia highlighted on 'Call The Midwife'Sunday night's episo of Call the Midwife moved viewers to tears as show wrers tackled the issue of homophobia the 1950s. The episo followed the story of a secretly gay dad-to-be 1958, who was ught gropg another man a public toilet Poplar. Reactn om lol people towards Flehman's character and his on-screen wife was cel and upsettg - a stark remr of the jtic gay people faced ls than an centenary ago.

See some of the reactn to the show's homophobic storyle below. For the first time sce the character joed the st last seri, show boss ma a clear nod to her sexualyVio LoadgVio UnavailableCall the Midwife Nurse Patsy is beg a gay in for the scenWhen Call The Midwife aired last night there was only one topic everyone was talkg about - Nurse Patsy.

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CALL THE MIDWIFE NURSE PATSY GAY STORYLE: FANS PRAISE SHOW AFTER TOUCHG ROMANCE SCEN AIR

The 21st-century CTM fans got a paful slap the face this week as the show turned s attentn to one of the more embarrassg episos of Brish history: the crimalizatn of homosexualy. Although this topic has been well-vered terrory of late, specifilly the 2014 film The Imatn Game, and to an extent, the more recent Thomas Barrow subplots on Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife‘s cisn to jump on the gay story-le bandwagon took the subject matter a step further.

In addn to illtratg the ernment’s harsh penalti (homosexualy wouldn’t be crimalized Bra until 1967), Call the Midwife portrayed a far more cripplg effect the U. ’s anti-homosexualy stance had on gay men at the time: the ostracism they endured by their own fai and muny. This is someone who grew up a world where homosexualy was nsired “unnatural, ” and the likelihood of Marie havg any sort of “gaydar” was a stretch of the imagatn.

The only place where a real nversatn about homosexualy actually took place this episo was, fact, Nonnat Hoe. But hont only to a pot—the women of Nonnat are ed tolerant, but acceptg one of their own as gay?