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Is Bold & Betiful's R.J. Forrter gay? The answer to that qutn uld lnch a groundbreakg story for the soap.

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10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG

10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars * bold and the beautiful gay characters *

10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars Who Are Out — & Outstandg.

Some of the actors and actrs playg the inic rol were straight, some were out and gay at the time, and others me out later on. The first Pri March New York Cy was held on June 28, 1970, one year after the Stonewall Uprisg, to honor the thoands of LGBTQ+ people who took to the streets to monstrate agast the discrimatn they faced hog and employment, the anti-homosexual laws agast gatherg bars or dance clubs, to even be out as a homosexual. The ncept behd the ial march me om members of the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns who had been anizg an annual July 4th monstratn known as the Remr Day Pickets, at Inpennce Hall Philalphia, between 1965 and 1969.

LET'S CAST "THE BOLD AND THE BETIFUL" BISEXUAL CHARACTERYOU MEAN THERE AREN'T ONLY STRAIGHT PEOPLE THE FASHN WORLD?{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY SNICKSAUGT 13, 2015/1:17 PMBY SNICKSAUGT 13, 2015 / 1:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LET'S CAST \"THE BOLD AND THE BETIFUL\" BISEXUAL CHARACTER","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-13T17:17:16.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-13T17:17:16.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SNICKS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF ALL OF THE SOAP OPERAS STILL GASPG FOR LIFE ON AMERIN DAYTIME, CBS' THE BOLD AND THE BETIFUL HAS BEEN THE LEAST CLIVE, WHICH IS ALL THE MORE SHOCKG NSIRG 'S SET THE FASHN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE SHOW HAS TAKEN MAJOR STRIS LATELY TOWARD SHOWG A WORLD THAT ISN'T ENTIRELY PRISED OF HETERONORMATIVY AND CISGENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: DAYTIME TV’S FIRST TRANSGENR BRI GETS HCHED ON “THE BOLD AND THE BETIFUL” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW MA HISTORY THIS WEEK AS CHARACTER MAYA AVANT (KARLA MOSLEY) BEME THE FIRST TRANSGENR BRI TO BE MARRIED ON DAYTIME TV, WALKG DOWN THE AISLE WH RICK FORRTER (JAB YOUNG) OM THE SHOW'S RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT THE BOLD AND THE BETIFUL ISN'T STOPPG THERE, AS THEY HAVE SENT OUT A STG LL FOR A NEW CHARACTER. DAYTIME CONFINTIAL REPORTS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE DAYTIME DRAMA IS LOOKG FOR A WHE MALE BETWEEN THE AG OF 25-28 TO PLAY THE ROLE OF "CHRISTIAN". THE CHARACTER, WHO WORKS FASHN, IS SCRIBED AS BEG SOPHISTITED, PROFSNAL, HAVG A GREAT SENSE OF STYLE AND POSSIBLY A IC SI TO HIM. OH, HE'S ALSO GEO AND BI!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS WELE NEWS, AND WHILE 'S TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE HOW LARGE THE ROLE WILL BE, WE N CERTALY DO SOME DREAM STG! HERE ARE A UPLE OF CHOIC THAT WOULD BE IAL, AND THEY'RE OM THE SOAP WORLD, SO THEY N H THE GROUND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}29-YEAR-OLD BRANT'S SOAP CRENTIALS ARE SMALL, BUT MEMORABLE. HE PLAYED BRIAN S. MOLR, ONE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE ROMANCED SONNY KIRIAKIS, BUT NOT EVEN AROMATHERAPY NDL AND SOFT RE JAZZ ULD SCE SONNY TO HIS BED. OH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}31-YEAR-OLD STT STARRED FOR TWO YEARS AND 138 EPISOS OF ONE LIFE TO LIVE AS BELOVED POLICE P OLIVER FISH. ONE OF DAYTIME'S 25 GREATT GAY CHARACTERS (FIRMLY THE TOP TEN), HE ROMANCED KYLE LEWIS, AND THEY SHARED DAYTIME TV'S FIRST SAME-SEX LOVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF HOTNS AND GOOFS TO MAKE THIS CHARACTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OKAY, YOUR TURN! WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ST?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

A gay character. Is gay, or bi, or pan, and beg as morn and enlightened as he is, he hasn’t thought to tell his folks.

Beg gay is really all that shockg but bee Bold & Betiful so often operat wh a backassward kd of 1950s mdset. One of Daytime's 25 Greatt Gay Characters (firmly the top ten), he romanced Kyle Lewis, and they shared daytime TV's first same-sex love sceneStt has the right amount of hotns and goofs to make this character, your turn! Dpe the shows dippg their to the water wh queer characters and storyl the 1990s — like Ryan Phillippe as groundbreakg gay teen Billy Douglas on “One Life to Live” om 1992 to 1993 — the show shied away om romance for s queer characters until the 21st century.

CAN THEY ST A GAY CHARACTER ALREADY?

As the dghter of Eri Kane (San Lucci), was the first time such an important legacy character was wrten to be gay.

Other shows the first of the 21st century troduced gay characters, wh mixed rults. On “General Hospal, ” Lus Jon (then played by Ben Hogtyn), the adopted son of Bobbie Spencer (Jackie Zeman) and Tony Jon (Brad Mle) me out as gay, but he didn’t get much romance before he was wrten off the show 2006; the character returned to the nvas played by Ryan Carn 2013.

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