More than 150 people who plaed after two gay men kissed on BBC soap EastEnrs have been told by the rporatn that they treat gay and straight relatnships the same way.
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- 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 GAY SEX SCENE WH BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER WILL NOT FACE OF PROBE
- 'EASTENRS' ACTOR REVEALS HE IS GAY
- EASTENRS' MAX BOWN RELLS 'HOURS OF SNOGGG THE LD' A YEAR AFTER GAY KISS
- HOW MICHAEL CASHMAN CHANGED THE WORLD: OM EASTENRS' FIRST GAY KISS TO STONEWALL
- EASTENRS' TONE GAY KISS TO BE REPEATED FOR BBC FOUR'S PRI SEASON
- PIERS MAN APOLOGIS FOR ANTI-GAY ARTICLE ATTACKG EASTENRS OVER ‘YUPPIE POOFS’
- THE WCHER WAS SUPER GAY WAY BEFORE SEASON 3
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 HAS A GAY BEAR SEX SCENE AND PEOPLE ARE LOVG
- TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
- THE WCHER WAS SUPER GAY WAY BEFORE SEASON 3
- IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS CALLUM EASTENRS GAY REAL LIFE?
- MICHAEL CASHMAN SHAR EMOTNAL REASON FOR EASTENRS RETURN AS PART OF TRAILBLAZG GAY UPLE
- BBC REJECTS PLATS ABOUT EASTENRS GAY KISS
- PIERS MAN APOLOGIS FOR ANTI-GAY ARTICLE ATTACKG EASTENRS OVER ‘YUPPIE POOFS’
- TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 HAS A GAY BEAR SEX SCENE AND PEOPLE ARE LOVG
- THE WCHER WAS SUPER GAY WAY BEFORE SEASON 3
- TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
- TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 HAS A GAY BEAR SEX SCENE AND PEOPLE ARE LOVG
- THE WCHER WAS SUPER GAY WAY BEFORE SEASON 3
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!
Jake Maskall, who plays Danny Moon, has revealed that he is gay. * eastenders gay *
EastEnrs aired the first ever gay kiss a soap 1989. Prev LGBTQ+ storyl on EastEnrs have clud the very first gay kiss on a Brish soap, shared between characters Col Rsell and Guido Smh (played by Michael Cashman and Nicholas Donovan, rpectively) 1989.
EASTENRS GAY SEX SCENE WH BEN MCHELL AND PL COKER WILL NOT FACE OF PROBE
Tom Holland's gay sex scene The Crowd Room on Apple TV sparks appallg homophobic backlash. * eastenders gay *
The homosexual love scene between yuppie poofs was screened the early eveng when lns of children were watchg. ” The article also tailed how “homosexual actor” Michal Cashman lived wh his “real-life boyiend”. ” Piers told PkNews: “I’m ashamed of some of the appropriate language I ed The Sun 30 years ago about gay stars.
EastEnrs gay sex scene wh Ben Mchell and Pl Coker will not face Of probeBen Mchell and Pl Coker's "implied sex scene" a funeral parlour received plats but Of will not vtigateThe ntroversial scene17:10, 17 Aug 2015Updated00:02, 18 Aug 2015An EastEnrs scene volvg secret uple Ben Mchell and Pl Coker will not be vtigated further by Of. EastEnrs actor Jake Maskall has revealed that he is gay and has a boyiend.
Jake plays womanizg Danny Moon on the soap, currently havg an affair wh Sam Mchell (Kim Medlf), but he told Now magaze: "I'm gay and I've been wh my boyiend for 12 years. EastEnrs' Max Bown rells 'hours of snoggg the ld' a year after gay kissThe EastEnrs star, 25, joed the h soap as Ben Mchell last year and has sce been an unfettable character who sced Tony's character Callum HighwayVio LoadgVio UnavailableEastEnrs star rells 'hours of snoggg the ld' a year after gay kissMax Bown reflected on hours of snoggg Tony Clay's face off the ld a whole year after their kiss was aired.
'EASTENRS' ACTOR REVEALS HE IS GAY
Stranger Thgs star Noah Schnapp has celebrated his “First Pri” after g out as gay. * eastenders gay *
In 1985, he had been approached by the creators of EastEnrs, Julia Smh and Tony Holland, to play Col Rsell – the Brish soap’s first gay character.
The News of the World ran a double-page spread, headled “Secret Gay Love of Aids Sre EastEnr”, which outed his partner and prted the uple’s photos and was even an attempt to orchtrate “sister” stori about him.
EASTENRS' MAX BOWN RELLS 'HOURS OF SNOGGG THE LD' A YEAR AFTER GAY KISS
Eastenrs’ gay on-screen uple Col Rsell and Barry Clark are set to return to screens for Dot Cotton’s funeral. * eastenders gay *
Through his varied, high-profile reer and life-changg relatnship wh his hband, Pl Cottgham (an actor and mpaigner who died of ncer 2014), tells not jt the story of his life, but also the battle for LGBT equaly the the Sun vered the story of the EastEnrs gay kiss 1989When news broke that Cashman’s character would share the first gay kiss a Brish soap (a peck on the forehead), the backlash only tensified. By parison, his next on-screen kiss – Brish soap’s first gay kiss on the lips – passed worth ?
“Somebody said to me: ‘When you were on I ed to watch om behd the sofa bee I didn’t want my parents to know I was gay. In the 60s, gog to the police wasn’t really an optn for gay men, he says. “That this is what happened to gay men.
In May 1988, the Thatcher ernment had brought the Lol Government Act and s notor sectn 28, which prohibed the tentnal promotn of homosexualy by lol thori and schools. ”Throughout the 80s and 90s, gay people were often portrayed as predators by media anisatns supportive of sectn 28. And he is ncerned that some lbian, gay and bisexual people are jog .
HOW MICHAEL CASHMAN CHANGED THE WORLD: OM EASTENRS' FIRST GAY KISS TO STONEWALL
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“The fact that lbian and gay people are willg to sacrifice trans people …we’re rollg back the clock.
EASTENRS' TONE GAY KISS TO BE REPEATED FOR BBC FOUR'S PRI SEASON
Tom Holland's gay sex scene The Crowd Room on Apple TV sparks appallg homophobic backlash. * eastenders gay *
In 1999, he beme the untry’s first openly gay Labour MEP and went on to be print of the European Parliament’s tergroup on gay and lbian issu, while also helpg nvce Tony Blair’s ernment to troduce same-sex civil partnerships. He was ma a Labour peer 2014 and has champned issu such as pulsory LGBT-clive sex and relatnships year, he rigned om the Labour party after endorsg the pro-rema Liberal a gay rights march 1988 wh Ian McKellen.
Episo featured a hallmark moment when Col Rsell (Lord Michael Cashman) had the first mouth-to-mouth gay kiss on Brish televisn wh his boyiend Guido (Nicholas Donovan).
BBCRelated: 50 groundbreakg soap characters Digal Spy magaze issue 12In the s sce this scene aired, EastEnrs has ntued to explore reprentatn Walford wh an episo takg place durg Pri and the openg of the Square's first gay bar, The Prce Michael Cashman was a part of many groundbreakg storyl on the soap as Col durg his three years as an EastEnrs st member. Piers Man penned the article after EastEnrs’ first gay kiss (Photoshot/Getty Imag). It also not that “homosexual actor” Michael Cashman “liv wh his real-life boyiend”.
PIERS MAN APOLOGIS FOR ANTI-GAY ARTICLE ATTACKG EASTENRS OVER ‘YUPPIE POOFS’
Stranger Thgs star Noah Schnapp has celebrated his “First Pri” after g out as gay. * eastenders gay *
Man told PkNews: “I’m ashamed of some of the appropriate language I ed The Sun 30 years ago about gay stars.
The former journalist highlighted a piece he wrote for The Telegraph 2005, which he admted he was”rather ashamed” of his past wrg about gay people, notg the EastEnrs verage and attempts to expose “whether male pop stars were gay or not”. Is The Wcher gay? At the time, shownner Lren S Hissrich nied any homoerotic unrton, explag that this was "jt an example of male iendship" be fair, if any bottom was gog to receive pliments om straight men, would be the extremely pert and ed lovely one that belongs to Henry Cavill.
THE WCHER WAS SUPER GAY WAY BEFORE SEASON 3
Tom Holland's gay sex scene The Crowd Room on Apple TV sparks appallg homophobic backlash. * eastenders gay *
And when they were fally rned after an extend absence, Jaskier got his k off the first chance he uld get, showg off his newly-sculpted abs a bid to imprs Geralt and remd him of what he'd been missg out aga, The Wcher team nied any homoerotic unrton between the pair. After Nightmare of the Wolf tossed a blk-and-you'll-miss- gay character lled La, the Blood Orig prequel wove multiple queer storyl around Meldof's lost love, Gwen, and Nathaniel Curtis' "Fancy Gay J" (as the st liked to ll him). NetflixHontly, 's givg 'Padam', and we're not the only on pickg up on those gay vib by then eher.
Still, that hasn't stopped onle tractors om whg that Jaskier shouldn't be "gay" at all.
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TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’
We hope he's right bee do seem absurd to object agast a queer-d character beg revealed as queer a world where basilisks and chernobogs are readily accepted as the Jaskier sgs his new gay banger, their love is "not a want, 's a need". If they ma Geralt a b gay too.
‘Tom Holland gay sex ma me google The Crowd Room real quick, ’ another trigued viewer shared.
BALDUR’S GATE 3 HAS A GAY BEAR SEX SCENE AND PEOPLE ARE LOVG
‘Oh no I got my parents to The Crowd Room and I’ve jt learned that one of my theori is rrect and we will ed be seeg Tom Holland a gay sex scene. Tom Holland has been fend by fans over The Crowd Room backlash ( Picture: Apple TV)Tom Holland has been fend by fans om homophobic backlash over a sex scene The Crowd Room. While the moment set social media alight wh praise, also enuraged bigots to plague Twter wh homophobic remarks.
TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
‘It only took Tom Holland dog one gay scene for Twter to explo to homophobic rants, agile masculy & toxic behavur, ’ wrote on fan.
THE WCHER WAS SUPER GAY WAY BEFORE SEASON 3
Another agreed: ‘People makg homophobic jok about this need to unrstand that the hallmark of a good actor is lettg yourself be open to new rol that challenge you. ‘The way how y’all are rpondg to Tom Holland actg a f**kg SHOW is beyond juvenile and homophobic, ’ fumed a third, and their cri were thankfully echoed by so many others.
Related: Stranger Thgs' Maya Hawke sts doubt on girliend storyle season 5In his origal g-out msage, the actor wrote: "When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was, 'We know', " over a vio of him mimg to a meme.
IS THE ACTOR WHO PLAYS CALLUM EASTENRS GAY REAL LIFE?
"I gus I'm more siar to Will than I thought, " he add the reference lks to the fact that Will is gay, though Stranger Thgs has faced some cricism for not makg the character fively e out on McIntyre//Getty ImagRelated: Stranger Thgs' Fn Wolfhard shar reactn to Noah Schnapp's g out vioSchnapp said earlier this year that the show's upg fal season will give fans closure wh Will, tellg Forb: "I n jt tell you that I'm very very exced for what's to e. Table of Contents1 Is the actor who plays Callum Eastenrs gay real life? 3 Who is gay EastEnrs?
Partridge is openly gay.
Is Steven Beale gay?
MICHAEL CASHMAN SHAR EMOTNAL REASON FOR EASTENRS RETURN AS PART OF TRAILBLAZG GAY UPLE
Realisg Steven is gay, Christian tri to make Steven face up to his sexualy. Is Tony Gay Eastenrs?
BBC REJECTS PLATS ABOUT EASTENRS GAY KISS
Upon his return, Tony cis that Simon is the man for him and Simon accepts the fact that Tony is not gay but bisexual.
Who is gay EastEnrs?
Col was EastEnrs’ first homosexual character. At first the dience and the rints of Walford were kept the dark about the fact that Col was gay.
PIERS MAN APOLOGIS FOR ANTI-GAY ARTICLE ATTACKG EASTENRS OVER ‘YUPPIE POOFS’
More than three s after they ma history as one of TV’s first gay upl, EastEnrs’ Col Rsell and Barry Clark are set to return to screens for Dot Cotton’s funeral. “Apparently, they ed the scene where Dot realis that Barry and Col share a bed schools to te people about gay relatnships. EastEnrs has long been praised for s groundbreakg LGBTQ+ storyl prev years, wh Albert Square troducg a gay bar, ’s first Pri para, and a host of diverse characters.
More than 150 people who plaed after two gay men kissed on BBC soap EastEnrs have been told by the rporatn that they treat gay and straight relatnships the same way. The BBC’s robt rponse to cricism mirrors the row over the first gay kiss on the soap back 1987.
“I am appalled by the display of homosexual kissg before the watershed shown on EastEnrs, ” one person wrote on a BBC msageboard. “We approach our portrayal of homosexual relatnships the same way as we do heterosexual relatnships.
TOM HOLLAND’S THE CROWD ROOM GAY SEX SCENE SPARKS APPALLG HOMOPHOBIC BACKLASH
Michael Cashman, chair of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and an MEP reprentg the Wt Midlands, played EastEnr’s first gay character, Col Rsell, between 1986 and 1989.
His character was groundbreakg, the first to have a gay kiss on a UK soap. 17 ln people saw , The Sun was outraged, qutns were asked Parliament and another small victory for gay visibily had been won.