EastEnrs' executive producer Bryan Kirkwood ments on the soap's new gay storyle.
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- 'EASTENRS' NEW GAY STORYLE: UPDATE
- EASTENRS WS A GAY TIM HONOUR AWARD REGNN OF S LGBT STORYL
- BBC EASTENRS FANS MAND A 'GAY FAY WH REGULAR PROBLEMS' AS EVERY LGBTQ+ CHARACTER HAS 'THE SAME STORYLE'FANS OF THE SHOW WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DIFFERENT STORYL GIVEN TO S LGBTQ+ CHARACTERSGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYELLEN JENNESENR WHAT'S ON, SHOWBIZ AND TV WRER11:56, 4 MAY 2022UPDATED12:28, 4 MAY 2022BOOKMARKEASTENRS FANS SAY THEY WANT TO SEE LGBTQ+ FAI WH 'REGULAR PROBLEMS' (IMAGE: BBC/KIERON MCCARRON/JACK BARN)GET FREE EMAIL UPDAT FOR EASTENRSMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET FREE EMAIL UPDAT FOR EASTENRSINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
- EASTENRS' JONNY LABEY REVEALS HOMOPHOBIC ABE OVER GAY STORYLE
'EASTENRS' NEW GAY STORYLE: UPDATE
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There's a ltle update on EastEnrs' new gay storyle for Ben Mchell today as the soap has nfirmed the mours and executive producer Bryan Kirkwood has spoken about the plot.
EASTENRS WS A GAY TIM HONOUR AWARD REGNN OF S LGBT STORYL
Speakg to The Guardian about the storyle, Kirkwood mented: "For EastEnrs viewers, was never a qutn of if, but more like when Ben Mchell was gog to e out as gay.
BBC EASTENRS FANS MAND A 'GAY FAY WH REGULAR PROBLEMS' AS EVERY LGBTQ+ CHARACTER HAS 'THE SAME STORYLE'FANS OF THE SHOW WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME DIFFERENT STORYL GIVEN TO S LGBTQ+ CHARACTERSGETWTLONDONBOOKMARKSHARECOMMENTSNEWSBYELLEN JENNESENR WHAT'S ON, SHOWBIZ AND TV WRER11:56, 4 MAY 2022UPDATED12:28, 4 MAY 2022BOOKMARKEASTENRS FANS SAY THEY WANT TO SEE LGBTQ+ FAI WH 'REGULAR PROBLEMS' (IMAGE: BBC/KIERON MCCARRON/JACK BARN)GET FREE EMAIL UPDAT FOR EASTENRSMORE NEWSLETTERS SUBSCRIBEINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.MORE NEWSLETTERSWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!WE HAVE MORE NEWSLETTERSSHOW ME SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE SEE OURPRIVACY NOTICE&TIM;GROUP 28 GET FREE EMAIL UPDAT FOR EASTENRSINVALID EMAILSOMETHG WENT WRONG, PLEASE TRY AGA LATER.SIGN UPNO THANKS, CLOSEWE E YOUR SIGN-UP TO PROVI NTENT WAYS YOU’VE NSENTED TO AND IMPROVE OUR UNRSTANDG OF YOU. THIS MAY CLU ADVERTS OM AND THIRD PARTI BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF YOU. MORE &TIM;GROUP 28THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBG!
"To see a man like Phil learn to al wh, and ultimately accept, his gay son, is a valid story for a drama like EastEnrs to embark on.
EASTENRS' JONNY LABEY REVEALS HOMOPHOBIC ABE OVER GAY STORYLE
EastEnrs has won a Gay Tim Honour award regnn of s LGBT storyl. The soap – which clud the first gay kiss a Brish soap 1987 – has equently set the bar for LGBTQ storytellg. It regularly featur a fair amount of LGBTQ characters and the seri has pneered reprentatn of gay characters on Brish televisn as a celebrate, they were honoured wh the Jackie Forster Gay Tim Honour: Impact Media, TV and Entertament durg the gural Gay Tim Honours ceremony on Saturday eveng (November 18).
Speakg about one of the soap's most recent g out storyl, wrer Daran Ltle explaed the msage of acceptance he wanted to [Mick supported his son Johnny (then played by Sam Strike) when he revealed that he is gay]"A few years ago I wrote a g out scene between Johnny Carter tellg his dad Mick, played by Danny Dyer, that he was gay, " he said (via Gay Tim). I wanted to do so the father knew and was tellg them that was okay if he was gay.
EastEnrs aired the first ever gay kiss a soap 1989.